Data & Analytics Change Lead

Primark; Reading; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Bonus potential

Leave entitlement: 27 days + bank hols

Job summary

Primark is seeking a Change Manager for Data & Analytics to drive organisational readiness and embed strategies across the D&A Programme. You will lead end-to-end change activities, ensuring adoption of new processes, systems and behaviours, and work closely with business stakeholders to design, execute and embed effective change interventions.

The role involves delivering change across a global, multi-functional organisation, developing resources to enable adoption, and ensuring alignment with

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience delivering change within large-scale programmes, ideally across data, analytics, or technology-driven transformations.
• Hands-on expertise in change impact assessments, stakeholder analysis, communications, training plans, and structured change management frameworks.
• Strong planning, organisational, and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and translate insights into actionable plans.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing capability, building trusted relationships and driving adoption across complex, global functions.
• Proactive, resilient, and adaptable communicator with strong ownership, accountability, and the courage to lead through ambiguity and change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, delivery, embedding, and measurement of change activities for the D&A Programme, including impact assessments, learning needs, communications, and capacity analysis, while managing change risks and dependencies.
• Deliver pragmatic change support across a global, multi-functional organisation, considering international navigation and cross-border activation requirements.
• Develop and deliver resources to enable, embed, and measure D&A change adoption across the business.
• Partner closely with Business teams, the D&A team, and People & Culture to ensure aligned communications, training, and transparent delivery.
• Apply structured change management methodologies across the programme while remaining flexible to evolving priorities and ambiguity.
• Embed the D&A operating model, including new ways of working, roles, governance forums, and decision-making processes.
• Lead the implementation and embedding of new D&A processes, tools, data governance and reporting capabilities, working closely with Project Managers to align change activities with delivery plans and operational readiness.
• Create data-led engagement, adoption, and benefits-realisation strategies, ensuring sustained change and post-implementation accountability.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Planning & analysis

Communication

Adaptability

Job description

Primark is seeking a Change Manager for Data & Analytics to drive organisational readiness and embed strategies across the D&A Programme. You will lead end-to-end change activities, ensuring adoption of new processes, systems and behaviours, and work closely with business stakeholders to design, execute and embed effective change interventions.

The role involves delivering change across a global, multi-functional organisation, developing resources to enable adoption, and ensuring alignment with