Change Manager

NFU Mutual; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary – up to £75,000

Annual bonus (up to 25%)

Contributory pension up to 20%

28 days annual leave + holidays + buy/

Family Friendly policy

Private medical insurance

Employee discounts

£20 gym contribution

Health and wellbeing plan

Volunteer day

Refer a Friend £500 bonus

Life Assurance 4x salary

Car salary sacrifice

Job summary

NFU Mutual is seeking an experienced Change Manager to lead strategic change initiatives and ensure benefits are realised across the organisation. The role operates within a flexible, hybrid model with time split between home and our Stratford-upon-Avon office.

You will manage change across programmes, shape adoption strategies, and work closely with senior leaders to secure buy-in. A structured approach and a track record of delivering measurable business outcomes are essential.

Qualifications

• Leading business change using structured change management methodologies.
• Delivering projects end-to-end, including impact analysis, benefit realisation, and risk mitigation.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships through effective engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
• Guiding teams through change and overcoming resistance to achieve successful outcomes.
• Collaborating across functions and adapting to evolving business needs to ensure alignment and delivery of objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead change management activity for strategic change initiatives.
• Collaborate across the business to deliver meaningful, people-centred transformation.
• Manage the impact of programme and project activity and embed change into business as usual.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and secure buy-in from senior leaders.
• Track benefits and readiness, supporting go/no-go decisions and successful adoption.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

End-to-end delivery

Adaptability

Structured methodology

Education

Prince2/APM/Agile certification

Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Prince2

APM

Agile

Job description

• Lead the change management activity for strategic change initiatives that shape the future of NFU Mutual.
• Collaborate across the business to deliver meaningful, people-centred transformation.
• Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home and our Stratford-upon-Avon office.

About the role:

Are you passionate about driving impactful change that puts people at the heart of transformation? As a Change Manager at NFU Mutual, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our organisation, customers, and partners are ready to embrace change and realise its full benefits. Working within the NFU Mutual Change Framework, you’ll manage the impact of programme and project activity, helping embed change into business as usual and ensuring strategic outcomes are achieved. Please note, this is a 12 month fixed term opportunity.

In this influential project delivery role, you’ll anticipate and assess the impact of change across the business, identifying risks and shaping the actions needed to deliver successful outcomes. You’ll contribute to and drive change management strategies and plans, ensuring activities are aligned with programme goals and communicated effectively. You’ll lead stakeholder engagement, resolve concerns, and secure buy-in from senior leaders. Working closely with benefit owners and adoption leads, you’ll track and measure progress to maximise improvements and ensure benefits continue to accrue post-delivery. You’ll also prepare business areas for transition, applying readiness criteria to support go/no-go decisions and ensure seamless integration into operations.

As a champion of continuous improvement, you’ll help evolve our change management practices and contribute to a one-team collaborative approach across the portfolio.

About you:

You're an experienced change management professional with a proven track record of delivering successful business outcomes. You bring a structured approach to change management and thrive in dynamic environments where stakeholder engagement and strategic thinking are key. You are also adaptable to evolving business needs.

To join our team, you must also have experience of.

• Leading business change using structured change management methodologies.
• Delivering projects end-to-end, including impact analysis, benefit realisation, and risk mitigation.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships through effective engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
• Guiding teams through change and overcoming resistance to achieve successful outcomes.
• Collaborating across functions and adapting to evolving business needs to ensure alignment and delivery of objectives.

Qualifications:

• Project or Programme Management certification (e.g. Prince2, APM, Agile) – Desirable
• Degree or equivalent experience – Desirable

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards:

• Salary – up to £75,000
• Annual bonus (up to 25% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Private medical insurance + options to add family members
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.
• Salary sacrifice employee car scheme - subject to eligibility

Working at NFU Mutual:

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services organisations, and for over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us, so we’re proud to be recognised as “a great place to work”.

Our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2026 award was not only awarded with Distinction, but it also marked us as the first UK based company to earn a Gallup Exceptional Workplace award for eleven consecutive years. We’ve also been consistently recognised by Glassdoor. We appeared in the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK list in 2023, 2024, 2026 — and in 2026, we were the highest ranked insurance business in the UK, highlighting our strong employee experience and the positive feedback our people share on the platform.

Additionally, we were named in the LinkedIn Top Companies 2026 list of “Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK”, and we’ve been certified as a UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

We offer a supportive and empowering culture where people are inspired to perform, given opportunities to grow, and recognised and rewarded for their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable—so we’re successful now and in the future.