Strategic Transformation Manager: Operating Model

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 26 days increasing to 30

Private Medical Health Care

Generous Pension Scheme

Job summary

Thames Water is seeking a Senior Transformation Manager to join the End-to-End Operating Model team within AO&CD. You’ll shape and deliver strategic operating model transformations, leading cross-functional workstreams and collaborating with senior stakeholders to improve performance.

Based at Reading with hybrid working, you will design future-state operating models, governance frameworks and delivery plans, translating strategy into practical changes and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting or leading operating model and organisation design initiatives within a transformation environment.
• Experience developing new capabilities and improving ways of working.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and influencing decisions across complex organisations.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• The ability to navigate ambiguity and bring structure to complex challenges.
• Experience developing transformation plans or strategic recommendations.
• Strong PowerPoint, data analysis and storytelling skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams that support the development and implementation of AO&CD's operating model transformation.
• Evaluate current organisational, governance and operational capabilities to identify improvement opportunities.
• Design future-state operating models, governance frameworks, decision-making processes and ways of working.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions with leaders and subject matter experts.
• Translate strategic objectives into practical and deliverable transformation plans.
• Work across multiple business functions to ensure integrated end-to-end solutions.
• Build compelling recommendations and executive-level outputs that support decision-making.
• Identify risks, dependencies and barriers to delivery and support the embedding of sustainable improvements that deliver measurable business outcomes.

Skills

Operating model design

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Facilitation

Data analysis

PowerPoint

Job description

Thames Water is seeking a Senior Transformation Manager to join the End-to-End Operating Model team within AO&CD. You’ll shape and deliver strategic operating model transformations, leading cross-functional workstreams and collaborating with senior stakeholders to improve performance.

Based at Reading with hybrid working, you will design future-state operating models, governance frameworks and delivery plans, translating strategy into practical changes and measurable outcomes.