Business Change Manager

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; West End; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd in London is seeking an experienced Business Change Manager to lead change across a major transformation programme. This hands-on role requires delivering change and adoption across large, dispersed user groups and interacting with senior stakeholders.

The successful candidate will develop change and communications strategies, manage resistance, and ensure alignment across multiple workstreams while driving practical change at pace in a hybrid London setting.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex business/people change programmes.
• Experience across large user populations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Proven experience managing resistance and driving adoption.
• Experience with change networks, readiness assessments and impact assessments.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Hands-on, proactive and self-starting approach.
• Ability to switch between strategic planning and tactical delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver change and communications strategies.
• Manage change across large-scale and geographically dispersed teams.
• Establish and manage change networks and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead change impact assessments and business readiness activities.
• Support training, communications and user adoption.
• Manage resistance and influence senior stakeholders.
• Ensure change activity is joined up across multiple workstreams.
• Adapt the change approach based on user feedback and operational requirements.
• Deputise for change leadership when required.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Resistance management

Change networks

Readiness assessments

Strategic vs. tactical delivery

Job description

Business Change Manager

Rate: £450-£550 per day Umbrella, Inside IR35
Location: London - Hybrid
Contract: Initial 6 months, with potential extensions

We are seeking an experienced Business Change Manager to join a major transformation programme impacting 45,000+ employees and officers across a large public-sector organisation.

This is a highly hands-on role requiring someone who can hit the ground running, manage complex change and drive adoption across large, dispersed and change-resistant user groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver change and communications strategies.
• Manage change across large-scale and geographically dispersed teams.
• Establish and manage change networks and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead change impact assessments and business readiness activities.
• Support training, communications and user adoption.
• Manage resistance and influence senior stakeholders.
• Ensure change activity is joined up across multiple workstreams.
• Adapt the change approach based on user feedback and operational requirements.
• Deputise for change leadership when required.

About You

You will have:

• Strong experience delivering complex business/people change programmes.
• Experience managing change across large user populations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Proven experience managing resistance and driving adoption.
• Experience with change networks, readiness assessments and impact assessments.
• Excellent communication skills.
• A hands-on, proactive and self-starting approach.
• The ability to switch between strategic planning and tactical delivery.

Please note: This is not a Project Manager or PMO role. Candidates must have genuine hands-on Business/People Change Management experience and be able to demonstrate practical examples of delivering change at scale.