Lead Business Change Professional

BAE Systems.; Preston; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense company in the UK is seeking a Lead Business Change Professional to deliver business change management for significant IT transformation projects. The role requires strong experience in managing change, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge of Change Management methodologies. The ideal candidate will be part of an experienced team, ensuring the success of large complex business projects and implementing new ways of working across the organization. This position offers a competitive salary and a range of flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of managing change within enterprise-wide projects.
• Proven experience influencing and stakeholder management experience.
• Ability to effectively carry out medium to high complexity Business Change Management tasks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver business change collateral as part of an IT transformation programme.
• Ensure business change management is embedded and delivered through standard approaches.
• Work with stakeholders to agree project benefits and KPIs.

Skills

Business Change experience

Change Management theory

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Experience in enterprise-wide projects

Education

APMG or PROSCI qualification

Job description

Job Title: Lead Business Change Professional

Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £52,000 depending on experience and skills.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and deliver business change collateral such as business change plans, change impact assessment, communications plan, stakeholder assessment and training plans for the project as part of a significant IT transformation programme of work.
• Be responsible for business change delivery within a medium to large sized project, work package, or be supporting in delivering part of a complex change programme or business transformation plans, reporting the business benefit realisation.
• Working with key stakeholders to agree the core project benefits and benefits management plan, including agreed KPIs to measure benefits have been met.
• Setting up and facilitating a cohesive change network and change champion programme as part of a wider change adoption plan.
• From the adoption of new technologies through to supporting the implementation of new systems or ways of working, this individual will ensure that business change management is consistently embedded, delivered and assured through appropriate and justified standard approaches across the project.

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• Business Change experience and knowledge of Change Management theory and methodologies, processes, policies and procedures.
• The ability to effectively carry out Business Change Management tasks of medium to high complexity and provide guidance in those areas.
• Experience of managing change within enterprise-wide projects.
• Proven experience influencing and stakeholder management experience.
• APMG or other suitable Business Change Qualification such as PROSCI.

Desirable

• Previous experience and exposure of carrying out and implementing change within an IT environment.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Business Change team

You will be joining an experienced change management office of Business Change and Business Analyst professionals, delivering end to end change management support and capability across enterprise technology projects. This is an opportunity to work within an IT enterprise-wide projects and programmes within Business Change. The role will work with multiple stakeholders across the IT enterprise-wide space, and you will help drive and implement new ways of working across Business Change within large complex business projects.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must at a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.