Transformation & Change Director

SiriusPoint; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking a Transformation & Change Director to spearhead the development of a robust transformation and change function. This strategic role involves overseeing key capabilities, including project management and process optimization, while managing a high-performance team. The ideal candidate will own the transformation portfolio, drive the strategic roadmap, and engage senior leadership to champion transformation efforts. Applications are open until January 11, 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading transformation initiatives and managing change at a strategic level.
• Proven ability to engage and align senior leadership groups effectively.
• Strong background in project management and process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Own the transformation portfolio and manage priorities across workstreams.
• Drive the strategic transformation roadmap to guide change delivery.
• Lead a high-performance team and embed change culture across the organization.

Skills

Strategic oversight

Change management

Leadership

Project management

Process improvement

Job description

Join Our Team

The Transformation & Change Director at SiriusPoint will lead the development of an enduring Transformation and Change Function to keep delivering our strategic priorities. This role will play a pivotal strategic part in driving the evolution of a best‑class transformation capability, leading a team that includes four key capabilities:

• Enterprise PMO: Establishes and maintains robust project management standards, governance, and reporting (to Group and Legal entity boards) across all change initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and effective resource allocation.
• Portfolio Delivery: Leads a team of experienced programme and project managers, delivering change across product and capability aligned pillars and flexing capacity to meet evolving portfolio needs.
• Business Readiness & Change: Oversees business readiness and change management, ensuring successful adoption and benefit realisation of transformation initiatives through compelling communication and tight monitoring.
• Process Optimisation Centre of Excellence (COE): Champions continuous process improvement, helping functions across the business make tactical enhancements to their current processes via a permanent team of process optimisation specialists and through close collaboration with business and technology stakeholders.

Reporting to the Transformation Steering Committee, ELT and Board, the Transformation & Change Director will lead a permanent high‑performing team, building enduring capabilities that support SiriusPoint’s long‑term strategic ambition.

Responsibilities

The candidate will focus on the following:

• Owning the transformation portfolio, centred on prioritising and sequencing change workstreams, ensuring alignment with organisational capacity for change and managing interdependencies across projects.
• Constructing and driving the strategic transformation roadmap, translating our strategy into an annual plan of outcomes that guide and coordinate change delivery across the organisation.
• Developing and maintaining a compelling strategic narrative for change, engaging and aligning senior leadership groups (e.g., Board, ELT, SLT) to actively support and champion transformation efforts.
• Providing strategic oversight across the Transformation & Change Function, overseeing the development and integration of four key capabilities: Enterprise PMO, Portfolio Delivery, Business Readiness & Change, and Process Optimisation (COE).
• Leading a high‑performance team of dedicated Transformation & Change professionals and ensuring an effective Transformation & Change culture is fostered and embedded across the organisation.
• Overseeing the creation of accurate and robust business cases for potential Transformation & Change initiatives. Ensuring benefit realisation is closely tracked and delivery against planned OKRs is achieved.

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THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 11 JANUARY 2026