Strategic Change Manager | Adoption & Stakeholder Alignment

Canopius; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Canopius is seeking a Change Manager to design and deliver structured change management approaches across programmes and projects. The role focuses on embedding a consistent change framework, maximising employee adoption, enabling new ways of working, and ensuring change is delivered in a controlled, sustainable, and people‑centred way.

Responsibilities include leading change across multiple programmes, developing end‑to‑end change plans with stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering change management across complex programmes.
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies (e.g. Prosci, ADKAR or equivalent).
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to operate across Change, Technology, Data and Operations environments.
• Experienced developing communication, engagement, and training strategies.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and continuously improve the change management framework across the portfolio.
• Lead change activity across multiple programmes and workstreams.
• Develop and deliver end‑to‑end change plans, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and readiness, and adoption.
• Engage and influence senior stakeholders to drive alignment and buy‑in.
• Define and track change success metrics and monitor progress to ensure benefits realization.
• Identify opportunities to improve organisational change capability and maturity.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Training strategies

Influencing

Relationship building

Flexible/adaptive

Education

Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR)

Job description

Canopius is seeking a Change Manager to design and deliver structured change management approaches across programmes and projects. The role focuses on embedding a consistent change framework, maximising employee adoption, enabling new ways of working, and ensuring change is delivered in a controlled, sustainable, and people‑centred way.

Responsibilities include leading change across multiple programmes, developing end‑to‑end change plans with stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and