Senior Business Change Manager (2 Year FTC)

Cancer Research UK (CRUK); Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking an experienced Senior Business Change Manager to lead the people side of change across cyber security, data and AI initiatives. You will identify impacts, build engagement and deliver strategies to ensure colleagues are ready and confident in adopting new ways of working.

This fixed-term, full-time role is based in Stratford with high flexibility (typically 2 days in the office). Salary £58,000–£64,000 per annum plus benefits, and visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of delivering data and technology change in large-scale transformation programmes.
• Extensive experience leading the development, delivery, evaluation and iteration of change management plans with successful adoption.
• Demonstrable expert knowledge of applying business change principles, frameworks, tools and techniques to achieve outcomes.
• Significant stakeholder engagement and influencing experience at all levels to gain buy-in for change.
• Excellent communication skills to convey complex information simply to diverse audiences.
• Ability to navigate organisational complexity within data and technology delivery and link to broader business transformation.
• Strong project management and organisational skills with attention to planning, risk and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop and deliver a shared change management plan in line with collective outcomes.
• Conduct robust change impact and readiness assessments across the current landscape.
• Create persona groups to inform change planning across the organisation.
• Design the required change management interventions to embed changes, working with each programme and focusing on people, mindset and culture.
• Prepare the organisation for changes, working with the programme team to evaluate and iterate the change plan through delivery.
• Influence senior stakeholders at all levels to drive behaviour change in support of the plan.
• Drive the consistent application of Prosci ADKAR methodology throughout the change lifecycle.
• Enable handover of plans and capability, supporting the transition into BAU and continuous improvement.

Skills

Data & tech change

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Project management

Org. complexity navigation

Job description

Department: COO (Chief Operating Office)

Salary: £58,000 - £64,000 per annum plus benefits

Contract: Fixed Term Contract

Hours: Full-time (we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements)

Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (typically 2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: 8th October 2026

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone determined, someone like you.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Business Change Manager to help drive the successful adoption of key cyber security, data and AI initiatives across Cancer Research UK. In this pivotal role, you'll lead the people side of change, identifying impacts, building engagement, and delivering strategies that ensure colleagues are ready, supported and confident in embracing new ways of working. In this role, you will help to create a lasting impact, enabling our people to embrace change with confidence and maximise the value of critical strategic initiatives.

What will be some of the main responsibilities?

Key Accountabilities:

• Define,developand delivera sharedchangemanagementplan,in line withcollective outcomes.
• Conductrobust change impact and readiness assessments,assessing the current landscape.
• Create persona groups to inform change planning across the organisation.
• Design the required change management interventionsrequiredto successfully embed the changes, working closely with each programme, and withspecific attention to people,mindsetand culture change.
• Prepare the organisation for the changes ahead, working with members of the programme teamstoevaluateanditeratethe change plan through delivery.
• Influencingkeyseniorstakeholders at all levels across the charity, supporting them in their rolesand responsibilities to drivebehaviourchangein support of the change management plan.
• Driving the consistent application ofProsci® ADKARmethodologythroughout the change lifecycle, to deliver a best practice approach to change management
• Enable the handover of plans and capability, support the transition into BusinessasUsualand move towards continuous improvement.

What skills are we looking for?

• Significant experienceof deliveringdata andtechnologychange in organisation-wide transformation programmes.
• Extensive experience leading the development, delivery,evaluationand iteration of change management plans that has led to successful adoption of changes within a large organisation
• Demonstrable expert knowledge and experience of applying business change principles, frameworks, tools, and techniques to achieve required outcomes and benefits.
• Significant stakeholder engagement and influencing experienceat all levels, with the ability toestablishcredibilityand gain buy in to make change happen.
• Excellent communication skills,with the abilityto communicatecomplex information simply to a variety of audiences at all levels
• Confident in navigatingorganisational complexity, specificallywithin dataandtechnologydeliveryand how this links to and depends on broader business transformation programmes.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, and a high awareness of the project and programme context and discipline. Fully competent at planning, risk management, and dependency-management.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.

Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.