Data & Analytics Change Lead – 18-Month Fixed Term

Primark; Reading; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Bonus potential

27 days leave + bank holidays

Buy 5 extra days leave

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre

Subsidised cafeteria

Job summary

Primark is recruiting a Change Manager for Data & Analytics on an 18‑month fixed‑term contract. You will drive organisational readiness and design, embedding strategies for Primark’s D&A Programme, including a Modern Data Platform, enhanced governance, insight, analytics, and AI‑driven reporting.

You’ll lead end‑to‑end change across the programme, ensuring adoption of new processes, systems and behaviours, working with senior stakeholders to design, execute and embed robust change interventions.

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 analysis

Communications planning

Training planning

Structured change frameworks

Stakeholder engagement

Ambiguity management

Job description

Primark is recruiting a Change Manager for Data & Analytics on an 18‑month fixed‑term contract. You will drive organisational readiness and design, embedding strategies for Primark’s D&A Programme, including a Modern Data Platform, enhanced governance, insight, analytics, and AI‑driven reporting.

You’ll lead end‑to‑end change across the programme, ensuring adoption of new processes, systems and behaviours, working with senior stakeholders to design, execute and embed robust change interventions.