Senior Defence Change Manager

Northrop Grumman; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options, includinghyb

Compressed fortnight working pattern

Private medical insurance, dental plan

Pension scheme

Flexible benefits package

Holiday buy and sell

Annual performance incentive programme

Career development and learning

Mentoring, coaching

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead Business Change Manager in Cheltenham to guide transformation across defence and security programmes. The role focuses on preparing people, supporting adoption and delivering measurable benefits within a mission-critical environment.

Working onsite, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, drive engagement, and develop training and change strategies to ensure successful outcomes for customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering business change within Defence and Security environments.
• End-to-end change management across programmes, projects or transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams including software, systems, engineering, safety and security specialists.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging messages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent organisation and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead business change activities across complex defence and security programmes and transformation initiatives.
• Identify, analyse and engage stakeholders, developing tailored engagement and communications plans that drive adoption.
• Conduct business readiness assessments and create action plans to ensure organisations are prepared for change.
• Support change sponsors and delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle, addressing risks, concerns and resistance to change.
• Develop and deliver training needs analyses, training materials and user enablement activities.
• Contribute to benefits realisation activities, helping define metrics, track outcomes and ensure business value is achieved.

Skills

Defence & Security

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Training needs analysis

Risk management

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Lead Business Change Manager in Cheltenham to guide transformation across defence and security programmes. The role focuses on preparing people, supporting adoption and delivering measurable benefits within a mission-critical environment.

Working onsite, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, drive engagement, and develop training and change strategies to ensure successful outcomes for customers and stakeholders.