Transformation Associate

Rolls-Royce plc; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc in Derby is seeking a Transformation Associate to join the Strategy and Transformation team. Hybrid working pattern from Derby, supporting the Transformation Director and delivering the Winning Together programme.

The role focuses on driving change, managing workstreams, and embedding robust operating models, with cross-functional collaboration across divisions and functions.

Qualifications

• Experience in governance and management of projects or programmes.
• Ability to analyse data and provide insights to challenge and improve plans.
• Business acumen to navigate complex transformation programmes.
• Experience collaborating with diverse cultures and teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the Transformation Director and wider team; drive the Winning Together Transformation Programme.
• Deliver programmes from idea to deployment, manage risks and dependencies.
• Support performance management of workstreams and communicate with stakeholders.
• Contribute to change management and agile practices across the team.

Skills

Governance & programme management

Analytics & insights

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Cross-cultural collaboration

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Transformation Associate

Location: Derby / Hybrid Working Pattern: Full Time / Permanent

Position Summary: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Transformation Associate to join the team in Derby. Supports the Transformation Director and wider Transformation team; driving the Winning Together Transformation Programme, change agenda and capability build. Delivering programmes of activity from idea creation to deployment, performance managing progress, against workstreams plans and delivery of committed value, and managing risks and dependencies.

What you will be doing:

• This is an opportunity to work across Rolls-Royce, as part of the Strategy and Transformation team, covering our Divisions, Business Capabilities and Enabling Functions.


• In this role you will act as ambassador for our Winning Together transformation programme and role model performance excellence as a member of the transformation team.


• Role models Transformation Programme performance excellence as a member of the Enterprise Transformation team.


• Act as Technical Assistant to the Transformation Director, supporting the Group wider Transformation programme.


• Works as part of a wider team, to deliver specific transformation projects from idea creation to deployment, ensuring they are robustly embedded in the operating model and ways of working.


• Supports the performance management of workstreams to meet deadlines and regularly communicates and collaborates with stakeholders, to enable the delivery of an overview of our transformation performance, inclusive of risks and actions.


• Provides insights and supports the monitoring of workstream progress; tracks against workstream plan and pipeline value, status of existing and emerging risks, potential roadblocks, including RAG status of the individual workstreams for SteerCo(s)/Governance reviews, financial plans and wider performance forums.


• Support transformation communication and engagement, providing updates, sharing best practise and celebrating successes.


• Executes the developed change management methodology on behalf of the programme.


• Using Agile methodology helps the workstreams team to achieve their goals; supports the team to resolve conflicts and issues that occur; and provide guidance where needed.


• Deep dive analysis and support on identified workstreams and/or specific initiatives that require greater support and intervention to course correct.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in the governance and management of projects and / or programmes.


• Experience of completing analysis and providing insights to enable positive challenge of a project and develop appropriate solutions and actions plans for these.


• The business acumen and technical knowledge to ask the right questions and work through the solutions to the many challenges that occur in programmes of this size and complexity.


• Experience of working with different cultures (countries / companies).


• Demonstrates enterprise and ‘one Rolls-Royce’ thinking.


• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate with senior management.


• Has supported complex projects in more than one context, function or business.


• Experience in change management and agile skill set.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce is committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please be aware that priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

People Leader – Donna Smith Grade: Staff Grade Job Category Corporate Affairs

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