Change Acceleration Senior Manager

Capgemini Invent; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Invent in the UK seeks a Senior Manager with extensive Change Management expertise to lead and deliver complex client transformation initiatives across sectors. You will shape delivery strategies, manage budgets, and drive growth of change-management services within the Programme and Change Practice.

Role includes mentoring junior team members, developing proposals, and contributing to internal capability development.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading complex, multi-supplier transformation initiatives across industries.
• Commercial acumen to structure deals benefiting clients and Capgemini.
• Experience with hybrid delivery models combining traditional change approaches with Agile.

Responsibilities

• Lead shaping, planning, and delivery of medium to large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Manage all client engagement aspects including budgets, resources, billing, and contracts.
• Develop delivery strategies and new offerings by leveraging existing assets or insights.
• Play a pivotal role in the Programme and Change Practice and mentor junior team members.
• Support internal training pathways to upskill consultants in technology-enabled change and leadership.

Skills

Change management

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Program delivery

Budget management

Education

PROSCI Change Practitioner

APMG Change qualifications

PRINCE2 Practitioner

MSP/MoP/P3O (Axelos)

Tools

SAP S4/Hana

Salesforce

Workday

Microsoft Dynamics

CoPilot

Job description

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Workforce and Organisation is a core Capgemini Invent capability unit that puts people at the heart of everything we do. We combine strategy, process, people, technology, and data working across all sectors to transform technology, organisations, and society. W&O are made up of three capability teams, including Programme & Change Acceleration (‘P&CA’) which is the focus of this specific role. P&CA houses Capgemini Invent's transformation programme delivery and change experts.

YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Manager with extensive expertise in Change Management, you will establish and deliver complex client business transformation initiatives across a variety of sectors and drive the enhancement of our service offerings.

As a Senior Manager you will play a key role in:

• Leading the shaping, planning, and delivery of medium and large scale, complex client business transformation initiatives.
• Being responsible for the management of all aspects of client engagements, including managing budgets, resource profile, billing and contracts.
• Developing delivery strategies and new offerings through the combination of existing assets or adopting new insights to enhance our change management approach and services.
• Playing a pivotal role in the Programme and Change Practice, enacting and delivering on our current strategy.
• Contributing to the development of internal training pathways to upskill consultants in areas of strategic change management such as technology enabled change, transition change and transformational leadership.
• Structuring and leading teams on client delivery, and being a mentor/coach to junior team members; enabling capability development and growth of our team

Role

As part of your role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development - Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution - Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development - Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

YOUR PROFILE

• Proven track record of leading and delivering complex, multi-supplier transformation initiatives across various industries. Significant expertise in strategic change management, stakeholder management and change delivery. Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry with previous Consulting experience.
• Commercial acumen to determine the best way to structure a deal for mutual benefit to clients and Capgemini. Ability to identify opportunities to enhance our change leadership and delivery through automation, advanced tooling, and tailored methodologies. Proven ability to foster and grow client relationships.
• Experience and expertise of multiple delivery approaches and methodologies. Particularly, the adoption of hybrid delivery models that combine traditional change approaches with Agile frameworks.

Desirable Skills And/or Experience

• Experience of implementing technologies such as SAP S4/Hana, Salesforce, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics, CoPilot
• Holds related qualifications
  • PROSCI Change Practitioner or APMG Change qualifications
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner or agile equivalents
  • MSP, MoP, and/or P3O from Axelos
• Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and leading the transition from sales into delivery.
• Business development: utilising a combination of the organisation's broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be required to generate c.£1m of consulting revenues.
• Already hold or, willing and eligible to obtain (within 6 months), UK security vetting status of Security Check (SC)

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

The Programme and Change Acceleration team is at the heart of the transformational consultancy services Capgemini Invent deliver for our clients. We act as Capgemini Invent's programme and change management centre of excellence, focused on the design and delivery of business transformations. Our Change Management offer helps organisations to navigate and mitigate the people-related challenges that come with complex transformations. While our Programme Management offer equips organisations with the tools necessary to ensure successful delivery execution.

We are delighted to have received the "Glassdoor Best Places to work UK" accolade for 5 consecutive years and voted in the top 10 for 2025. To see what it's like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don't just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained 'Mental Health Champions' across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We're also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we're working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone's access to a digital world. It's something we're really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world's most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you'll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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