Senior Change Manager

Hiscox; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Hiscox is seeking a Senior Change Manager in Colchester to drive strategic change initiatives across projects. The role requires strong collaboration skills to manage change governance and delivery, ensuring successful implementation and alignment with business goals. Candidates should have a robust background in change management, ideally within the insurance sector, and effective relationship-building capabilities to foster stakeholder buy-in.

Benefits

Bonus

Contributory pension

25 days annual leave plus 2 Hiscox days

4 week paid sabbatical every 5 years

Private medical for all the family

Qualifications

• Experience in designing actionable change plans.
• Strong interpersonal skills with relationship-building focus.
• Ability to pivot according to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple change projects ensuring alignment with objectives.
• Conduct change assessments and coach project teams.
• Develop communication strategies and engage stakeholders.

Skills

Change Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Problem-Solving

Relationship Building

Agile Methodologies

Education

Background in Insurance or Regulations

Job description

Hiscox Colchester, England, United Kingdom

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Build a brilliant future with Hiscox

The Hiscox UK Change Team is the bridge between the business and the technology teams, ensuring that technology change is prioritised, defined, broken down and delivered in a way that enables the business to achieve its strategic goals, whilst also enabling the technology strategy. This means understanding the end-to-end context of the change and having a laser-focus on value so that we can ensure both that we’re doing the right things and doing the things right. As such, we are looking for exemplary collaborators; people who thrive on building relationships, who aren’t afraid to challenge how things are done, and are capable of driving consensus and guiding people through every stage of the change journey, from idea to reality.

Job Type

Permanent

Build a brilliant future with Hiscox

The Hiscox UK Change Team is the bridge between the business and the technology teams, ensuring that technology change is prioritised, defined, broken down and delivered in a way that enables the business to achieve its strategic goals, whilst also enabling the technology strategy. This means understanding the end-to-end context of the change and having a laser-focus on value so that we can ensure both that we’re doing the right things and doing the things right. As such, we are looking for exemplary collaborators; people who thrive on building relationships, who aren’t afraid to challenge how things are done, and are capable of driving consensus and guiding people through every stage of the change journey, from idea to reality.

The Role

The Senior Change Manager is a pivotal role in driving strategic change initiatives across Hiscox change portfolio (within projects and value streams). Reporting to the Lead Change Manager, you will oversee multiple change projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, stakeholder engagement, and successful implementation. You will apply change management principles, foster adoption, and mitigate risks to maximise business value.

Key Responsibilities

Change governance:

• Help manage the change portfolio for projects and value streams to identify areas of adoption risk and opportunities to merge change initiatives
• Conduct change assessment to determine level of change management required for projects and initiatives in the pipeline
• Coach and upskill change managers, project managers and product owners on change management principles and activities
• Represent business readiness and change activities in governance forums
• Lead communities of practice with Change Management and Communication professionals in the wider team to share knowledge, best practices, and innovative approaches.
  
  
  

Change Delivery

• Foster strong relationships with business partners and exec sponsors to gain buy-in and drive accountability for change adoption
• Fulfil change management activities for medium and large change initiatives across projects and initiatives, including; Driving alignment in the change vision & canvas, mapping the stakeholder landscape, developing change journeys, designing and implementing interventions to increase awareness, understanding and knowledge across impacted stakeholders and monitoring adoption
• Work with SMEs, product owners and delivery teams to develop relevant engagement and training content to drive adoption.
• Facilitate feedback loops to capture lessons learned and improve future change initiatives.
• Support and advise project and delivery teams to identify the elements and activities required for effective change & provide guidance on small initiative change execution
• Communications Strategy – Develop and work with the comms and engagement manager to execute comprehensive communication plans to ensure stakeholders are well-informed, engaged, and aligned with organisational changes.
  
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience designing actionable change plans and aligning them with team dynamics and organisational priorities.
• Experience managing change management and engagement activities across multiple initiatives to ensure successful implementation of change initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on relationship-building and tailoring engagement strategies to meet their needs and expectations.
• Ability to pivot and adjust in response to changing priorities.
• Apply effective problem-solving techniques to simplify complex information, creating actionable insights and strategies for change management.
• Ability to use data and insights to refine change strategies and measure success.
• Ability to balance business value, customer needs, and technical considerations in decision-making.
• A baseline understanding of Agile product development methodologies.
• Background in Insurance or another highly regulated or complex industry (e.g., finance, gov & health etc.).
  
  
  

Diversity & Benefits

At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we’re committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.



Working life doesn’t always have to be in the office, so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance. This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance.



We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.



Our benefits package includes a bonus, contributory pension, 25 days annual leave plus 2 Hiscox days and a 4 week paid sabbatical with every 5 years’ worth of service, private medical for all the family and much more.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Insurance

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