Business Process Transformation Manager

EDF Energy; Sunderland; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Market-leading pension

Flexible benefits

Supportive inclusive culture

Job summary

EDF power solutions seeks a Business Process Transformation Manager to shape how the organisation operates as we grow our renewable energy business. You’ll lead process architecture and change adoption, partnering with senior leaders across the organisation to identify opportunities and embed new ways of working.

This high-visibility role will also lead a small team of Business Analysts and Change Coaches, building capability and driving continuous improvement across end-to-end processes, data

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading business process architecture and transformation programs.
• Ability to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and capability.
• Experience developing governance and operating models.
• Proven success delivering major transformation initiatives and embedding change.
• Strong stakeholder management with Directors and Executives.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic transformation initiatives and operating model development.
• Own and develop the organisation’s business process architecture.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to deliver process improvements.
• Lead change adoption activities to embed new ways of working.
• Develop process governance, standards and best practice.
• Facilitate workshops and provide guidance on process design.
• Manage and develop a team of Business Analysts and Change Coaches.

Skills

Business process architecture

Business transformation

Operational excellence

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Leadership

Tools

Lean

Six Sigma

Operational Excellence

Job description

About the Role

At EDF power solutions, we're delivering an Electric UK and Ireland. This is a rare opportunity to lead business process architecture and change adoption initiatives that support our growth and contribute to a lower-carbon future.

Working closely with senior leaders, enterprise architects and transformation teams, you'll influence how business processes, data and digital platforms align to deliver strategic objectives across the organisation.

The Opportunity

We're looking for a Business Process Transformation Manager to help shape how EDF power solutions operate as we continue to grow our renewable energy business.

Working within the Business Improvement team, you'll lead our approach to business process architecture and change adoption, partnering with senior leaders across the organisation to identify opportunities for improvement, simplify ways of working and ensure change is successfully embedded.

This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence how the business evolves, helping create scalable, efficient and digitally enabled processes that support our long-term ambitions. You'll also lead and develop a small team of Business Analysts and Change Coaches, building organisational capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

The role is hybrid and can be based from our offices in #Durham, #Edinburgh or #London, with travel as required to support stakeholder engagement, workshops and key business initiatives.

Why Join EDF Power Solutions?

We're united by a shared ambition: to tackle climate change, shaping an Electric UK and Ireland. Our diverse team is growing fast, driven by innovation and a commitment to clean, green energy for all. With technologies spanning onshore and offshore wind, solar, battery storage and green hydrogen, we're the UK and Ireland's most diverse renewable generator.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future Business Improvement capability of EDF power solutions, helping establish the processes, standards and change adoption approach that will support our journey to becoming a 10GW low-carbon energy business by 2035.

Who You Are

You’ll be an experienced business improvement, transformation or process excellence professional with a track record of delivering organisational change within complex environments. You’ll bring:

• Significant experience leading business process architecture, business transformation, operational excellence or business improvement initiatives within a complex organisation.
• A strong understanding of how organisations operate end-to-end, with the ability to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness and organisational capability.
• Experience developing process frameworks, governance and operating models that support business objectives and future growth.
• Proven success delivering or supporting major transformation programmes, ensuring change is adopted and sustained beyond implementation.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills, with credibility and confidence in engaging Directors, Heads of Function and Executive stakeholders.
• Experience leading workshops, influencing decision-making and constructively challenging stakeholders to drive better business outcomes.
• Experience managing and developing teams, with a commitment to building capability and supporting professional growth.
• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, Business Process Management or similar approaches.
• An understanding of how business processes, data and digital platforms work together to enable successful business transformation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support strategic transformation initiatives and future operating model development.
• Own and develop the organisation’s business process architecture.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to identify and deliver process improvement opportunities.
• Lead change adoption activities to ensure new ways of working are successfully embedded.
• Develop and maintain process governance, standards and best practice.
• Facilitate workshops and provide expert guidance on process design and optimisation.
• Manage and develop a team of Business Analysts and Change Coaches.

Pay, Benefits and Culture

If you’re looking to join a company where you can work hard, have fun, and help to create a net zero future - then you’re in the right place! If you’re passionate about tackling climate change to support a cleaner, greener future, we’d love you to come and join us.

Alongside a competitive salary and potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, our employee benefits include flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle - from electric vehicle leasing and private healthcare to extra holiday and more.

Everyone is welcome at EDF power solutions; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 25th October 2026

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