Change Manager

Canopius; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Canopiusseeksenior Change Manager to design and deliver structured change management approaches across programmes, embedding a consistent framework, tools and standards. The role focuses on maximizing adoption, enabling new ways of working and ensuring change is delivered in a people-centered, sustainable way.

Responsibilities include leading change across multiple workstreams, developing end-to-end plans, engaging stakeholders, delivering communications, training and readiness, and tracking

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering change management across complex programmes.
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies (e.g. Prosci, ADKAR or equivalent).
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and continuously improve the change management framework across the portfolio.
• Lead change activity across multiple programmes and workstreams.
• Engage senior stakeholders to drive alignment and buy-in.
• Define and track change success metrics (adoption, readiness, engagement).
• Identify opportunities to improve organisational change capability and maturity.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Training strategy

Adoption metrics

Change frameworks

Prosci/ADKAR

Leadership coaching

Relationship building

Flexibility

Job description

Job Description

The Role:

The Change Manager is responsible for designing and delivering structured change management approaches across programmes and projects to drive successful business outcomes.

The role focuses on embedding a consistent change framework across the portfolio, maximising employee adoption, enabling new ways of working, and ensuring change is delivered in a controlled, sustainable, and people-centred way

Responsibilities will include:

Change Strategy & Framework

• Design, implement, and continuously improve the change management framework across the portfolio
• Drive alignment to a consistent set of methodologies, tools, and standards
• Embed change management as a core capability across Change, Technology, Data and Operations functions

Change Delivery

• Lead change activity across multiple programmes and workstreams
• Develop and deliver end-to-end change plans, including:
• Stakeholder engagement
• Communications
• Training and readiness
• Adoption and embedding
• Ensure change delivery aligns with broader programme and business objectives

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

• Engage and influence senior stakeholders to drive alignment and buy-in
• Partner with business leaders, project teams, and SMEs to embed new ways of working
• Coach leaders and teams through change, addressing resistance and enabling behavioural shift

Adoption & Benefits Realisation

• Define and track change success metrics (e.g. adoption, engagement, readiness)
• Monitor progress and intervene where adoption is at riskEnsure initiatives deliver intended business outcomes and benefits

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve organisational change capability and maturity
• Implement tools, processes, and methodologies to enhance delivery
• Analyse ongoing initiatives to identify efficiency and capability improvements and other ad hoc duties as required.

Further Relevant Skills and Experience

• Proven experience delivering change management across complex programmes
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies (e.g. Prosci, ADKAR or equivalent)
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to operate across Change, Technology, Data and Operations environments
• Experience developing communication, engagement, and training strategies
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent listening skills
• Ability toarticulatemessages to a variety of audiences
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationshipsacross all levels within anorganisation
• Ability to influence others and movetowarda common vision or goal
• Flexible and adaptable
• RecognisedChange Management certification
• Experience with large-scaleorganisationchange efforts
• Experience inInsurance or Financial Services preferred