Change Manager

Canopius; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Canopius is seeking a Change Manager to design and deliver structured change management approaches across programmes and projects. The role focuses on embedding a consistent change framework, maximising employee adoption, enabling new ways of working, and ensuring change is delivered in a controlled, sustainable, and people‑centred way.

Responsibilities include leading change across multiple programmes, developing end‑to‑end change plans with stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and

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.
• Ability to operate across Change, Technology, Data and Operations environments.
• Experienced developing communication, engagement, and training strategies.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and continuously improve the change management framework across the portfolio.
• Lead change activity across multiple programmes and workstreams.
• Develop and deliver end‑to‑end change plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and readiness, and adoption.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders to drive alignment and buy‑in.
• Define and track change success metrics and monitor progress to ensure benefits realization.
• Identify opportunities to improve organisational change capability and maturity.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Training strategies

Influencing

Relationship building

Flexible/adaptive

Education

Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR)

Job description

TheRole:

The Change Manageris responsible fordesigning 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

Responsibilitieswill 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
• Embedchange 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 risk
• Ensure initiatives deliver intended business outcomes and benefits

Continuous Improvement

• Identifyopportunities to improve organisational change capability and maturity
• Implement tools, processes,and methodologies to enhance delivery
• Analyse ongoing initiatives toidentifyefficiency and capability improvementsand other ad hoc duties asrequired.

Further Relevant Skills and Experience

• Provenexperience delivering change management across complex programmes
• Strongunderstanding of change management methodologies(e.g.Prosci, ADKAR or equivalent)
• Excellentstakeholder management and influencing skills
• Abilitytooperateacross Change, Technology, Data and Operations environments
• Experiencedeveloping communication, engagement, and training strategies
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent listening skills
• Ability toarticulatemessages to a variety of audiences
• Ability toestablishand 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