People Change Lead

fnz; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

FNZ is seeking a People Change Lead to join our People & Culture team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, with hybrid working options in Edinburgh or London. You will lead complex people change and workforce transformation initiatives across a global organisation, balancing commercial objectives with employee experience and risk considerations.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to design and deliver people change strategies, ensuring governance, compliance and robust decision-making

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading people change and workforce transformation.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale organisational change.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and consultations.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Experience in financial services, consulting or private equity-backed environments.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex people change and workforce transformation across multiple business areas.
• Design and implement people change strategies aligned to objectives and priorities.
• Support organisational design and transformation initiatives.
• Advise on risks, governance and compliance in change activities.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to drive change across FNZ.
• Provide governance updates to leadership forums and governance bodies.

Skills

People Change

Org Transformation

Stakeholder Mgmt

Change Mgmt

Commercial Awareness

Regulatory Compliance

Job description

People Change Lead

Edinburgh or London

Hybrid

12-Month FTC

£Competitive + Excellent Benefits

Shape the Future of People Change at FNZ

FNZ is seeking a People Change Lead to join our People & Culture team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering organisational change and workforce transformation initiatives across FNZ.

Working at the centre of complex business change programmes, you will lead the people aspects of transformation, ensuring change is delivered in a way that is commercially effective, employee-focused, compliant, and aligned to FNZ's values. You will help leaders successfully navigate organisational change whilst maintaining engagement, capability and business performance.

Partnering closely with senior stakeholders, People teams and business leaders, you will design and deliver people change strategies that support FNZ's growth and evolving organisational priorities.

The Opportunity

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced People Business Partner, Change Lead, Organisational Design professional or Employee Relations specialist with significant experience delivering people-focused transformation programmes.

You'll lead and support high-profile workforce and organisational change initiatives across a global organisation, helping leaders successfully implement change while balancing commercial objectives with employee experience and risk considerations.

The role offers the opportunity to influence senior stakeholders, shape people change strategy, and drive meaningful organisational outcomes across FNZ.

What You'll Be Doing

People Change Leadership

• Lead complex people change and workforce transformation activities across multiple business areas
• Design and implement people change strategies aligned to business objectives and organisational priorities
• Support leaders through organisational design and transformation initiatives
• Develop communication, engagement and change adoption plans to support successful implementation

Organisational Transformation

• Partner with senior stakeholders to plan and deliver organisational change programmes
• Support restructuring, workforce optimisation and business transformation initiatives
• Advise on people, culture and organisational risks associated with change activities
• Establish robust governance, documentation and decision-making frameworks
• Support leaders in managing complex people-related challenges arising through periods of change
• Ensure sustainable organisational outcomes whilst balancing employee and commercial considerations

Change Advisory & Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted adviser on organisational change, workforce planning and transformation activities
• Provide practical guidance on consultation requirements, change methodologies and people impacts
• Partner with Legal, HR and business leaders to ensure a coordinated approach to change delivery
• Support senior leaders through sensitive and high-profile transformation initiatives
• Identify and mitigate people, operational, legal and reputational risks
• Promote best practice change management across the organisation

Stakeholder Management & Influence

• Build trusted relationships with senior business leaders and People teams
• Influence decision-making through expert advice and evidence-based recommendations
• Facilitate discussions with key stakeholders throughout transformation programmes
• Provide regular updates to governance forums and leadership teams
• Ensure alignment across business, HR and Legal stakeholders during change initiatives

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure all people change activities comply with employment legislation and regulatory requirements
• Maintain comprehensive programme documentation and audit trails
• Identify risks, issues and dependencies across transformation initiatives
• Support governance reporting and escalation processes where required
• Drive consistent and compliant approaches to organisational change across the business

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience leading people change, organisational transformation or workforce change initiatives within a complex organisation
• Proven experience delivering large-scale organisational change programmes
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and consultation requirements
• Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and business leaders
• Demonstrable experience operating within professional services, financial services, consulting or private equity-backed organisations
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen
• Experience working in fast-paced, evolving organisations
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong programme and project delivery capabilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously

What You'll Need to Succeed at FNZ

• The ability to lead through organisational change
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Excellent judgement when managing c