Strategic Transformation Delivery Lead (14m FTC)

CooperVision; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private medical

Health cash plan

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Wellness Platform

Discounted contact lens scheme

LinkedIn Learning

Job summary

CooperVision is seeking a Transformation Programme Delivery Lead in Southampton to coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, support governance, and maintain momentum for a major transformation. You will report to the Programme Director and work with Commercial, Operations and Regulatory teams to align objectives, timelines and outcomes.

This role requires extensive experience leading large-scale transformation programmes, strong stakeholder management and the ability to balance strategic

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading organisational transformation and strategic programmes.
• Experience engaging senior executives and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Proven ability to drive organisational adoption and behavioural change.
• Experience developing adoption readiness strategies and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to influence across complex multinational organisations.
• Strong facilitation, workshop leadership and cross-team coordination skills.
• Experience operating in global transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Act as deputy to the Programme Director and lead day-to-day execution.
• Monitor progress against objectives and milestones.
• Identify risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Escalate significant issues to the Programme Director.
• Support governance forum decisions and actions.
• Coordinate activities across all programme workstreams.
• Facilitate collaboration between workstream leads and functional teams.
• Support alignment of plans and delivery activities.
• Coordinate recovery planning when objectives are at risk.
• Maintain focus on customer experience and operational performance.
• Support governance processes and SteerCo reviews.
• Provide guidance to Business Readiness and Change Management.
• Ensure organisational readiness plans align with deployment.
• Lead internal communications for the programme.
• Review messaging prior to distribution.
• Ensure timely programme updates and decisions.
• Monitor communications effectiveness and improve as needed.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Adoption strategies

Communication planning

Readiness frameworks

Problem solving

Job description

CooperVision is seeking a Transformation Programme Delivery Lead in Southampton to coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, support governance, and maintain momentum for a major transformation. You will report to the Programme Director and work with Commercial, Operations and Regulatory teams to align objectives, timelines and outcomes.

This role requires extensive experience leading large-scale transformation programmes, strong stakeholder management and the ability to balance strategic