Strategic Change Lead — Projects & Operations (Hybrid)

Oodle Car Finance; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday (rising to 28)

Private Medical - Vitality (family)

Health cash plan

Pension 5% employer contribution

Life assurance 4x salary

Free breakfast & fruit

Employee discounts

Volunteer day

Mental health support - EAP

Enhanced sick leave

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Oodle Car Finance is seeking a Project & Operational Change Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of strategic changes across Operations. You will govern initiatives, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks and dependencies, and realise benefits while leading a team of analysts and junior PMs.

You will oversee the Operational Change Roadmap, prioritise requests, and align changes to business needs, delivering measurable improvements for customers and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management and/or operational change.
• Experience in Financial Services or highly regulated industries.
• End-to-end project delivery with focus on outcomes, benefits and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, resources and competing priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management across all levels of the business.
• People management experience to lead, develop and motivate teams.
• Experience managing a change pipeline, prioritisation and resource allocation.
• Good communication and organisational skills for fast-paced environments.
• PRINCE2 certification or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of projects from initiation to benefits realisation.
• Define scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines and resources; keep projects on track.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and multiple business areas.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, governance; provide reporting and escalation.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to understand requirements and drive decisions.
• Ensure delivery of agreed business outcomes and embed changes.
• Lead a team of Operational Change Analysts and Project Managers.
• Manage the Operational Change Roadmap and resource allocation.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in delivery processes.

Skills

3+ years project mgmt

Financial services

End-to-end delivery

Risk & dependency management

Stakeholder mgmt

People management

Change pipeline mgmt

Communication & organisation

PRINCE2 or equivalent

Job description

Oodle Car Finance is seeking a Project & Operational Change Manager to drive end-to-end delivery of strategic changes across Operations. You will govern initiatives, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks and dependencies, and realise benefits while leading a team of analysts and junior PMs.

You will oversee the Operational Change Roadmap, prioritise requests, and align changes to business needs, delivering measurable improvements for customers and colleagues.