Strategic People Change Lead

Fnz Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Hybrid working arrangements

Global career opportunities

Private health and life insurance

Paid parental leave

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

FNZ is seeking a People Change Lead to join our People & Culture team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, based in Edinburgh or London with hybrid working. The role focuses on leading people change and workforce transformation across a global organisation, balancing commercial objectives with employee experience.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to design and deliver change strategies, ensuring governance, risk and regulatory compliance while driving adoption and sustainable

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading people change, organisational transformation or workforce change initiatives within a complex organisation.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale organisational change programmes.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and consultation requirements.
• Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders and business leaders.
• Demonstrable experience operating within professional services, financial services, consulting or private equity-backed organisations.
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Experience working in fast-paced, evolving organisations.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong programme and project delivery capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex people change and workforce transformation activities across multiple business areas.
• Design and implement people change strategies aligned to business objectives and organisational priorities.
• Support leaders through organisational design and transformation initiatives.
• Develop communication, engagement and change adoption plans to support successful implementation.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to plan and deliver organisational change programmes.
• Support restructuring, workforce optimisation and business transformation initiatives.
• Advise on people, culture and organisational risks associated with change activities.
• Establish governance, documentation and decision-making frameworks.
• Support leaders in managing complex people-related challenges arising through periods of change.
• Ensure sustainable organisational outcomes whilst balancing employee and commercial considerations.

Skills

People change leadership

Organisational transformation

Stakeholder management

Employment law

Consulting/financial services

Commercial awareness

Programme delivery

Multitasking

Communication skills

Change governance

Job description

FNZ is seeking a People Change Lead to join our People & Culture team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, based in Edinburgh or London with hybrid working. The role focuses on leading people change and workforce transformation across a global organisation, balancing commercial objectives with employee experience.

You will partner with senior stakeholders to design and deliver change strategies, ensuring governance, risk and regulatory compliance while driving adoption and sustainable