Change Lead

BAE Systems.; Preston; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense technology company is looking for a Change Lead in Preston or Frimley. This role involves managing change control processes, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring effective communication. The ideal candidate has a professional qualification in Business Analysis and experience in stakeholder management. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £50,000 and various flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexibility and discounted health benefits

Qualifications

• Good attention to detail and the ability to plan and control workloads.
• Stakeholder management and the ability to foster and build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Foster and maintain a stakeholder communication network.
• Understand both labour and non labour cost base for the functional area.
• Manage the preparation and presentation of change assessments.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Planning and control

Education

Business Analysis professional qualification or proven working experience

Tools

Business Process Modelling Notation toolsets

Project Management professional qualification or proven working experience

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Change Lead

Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience and skills

Responsibilities

• Foster and maintain a stakeholder communication network
• Use tools and techniques to support to investigate business situation, evaluate actions and document requirements
• Understand both labour and non labour cost base for the functional area of responsibility
• Analyse the business impact of change requirements from multiple sources; application driven change (releases), business-initiated change, people strategy driven change and continuous improvement initiatives
• Be responsible for ensuring change control and change management procedures are followed within the project team applying appropriate levels of change governance
• Manage the preparation and presentation of change assessments with recommendations to weekly/monthly Change Review Board(s)
• Collect, understand, qualify, and transmit the business requirements for the project to key stakeholders for impact assessment, initiation/statement of work, development and delivery phases
• Work with the appropriate technical leads and 3rd Party organisations to ensure solutions are properly designed, developed, tested and implemented
• Validate the design with stakeholders to ensure that the design satisfies the business requirements
• Leverage best practice and ensure structured documentation and governance

Qualifications

Essential:

• Business Analysis professional qualification or proven working experience
• Good attention to detail and the ability to plan and control workloads
• Stakeholder management and the ability to foster and build relationships

Desirable:

• Extensive operational experience, ideally in a Shared Service environment
• Understanding and awareness of organisational financial business planning
• Project Management professional qualification or proven working experience
• Knowledge and experience of Business Process Modelling Notation toolsets
• Understanding and awareness of the external HR IT market landscape

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Shared Services team

Based within Employee Business Services and aligned to the Human Resources processes and services and technology, the role of Change Lead reports into the Senior Change Lead and is aligned with the function of Project Management.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 17th September 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.