Transformation Director

SCC; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SCC is seeking a Transformation Director to lead large-scale business and technology transformation programmes across a major enterprise. You will shape strategy, engage senior stakeholders and drive outcomes across people, processes and technology.

Responsibilities include defining roadmaps, governance, and cross-functional delivery while ensuring measurable business value and sustained change across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Transformation Director or senior transformation leader in large enterprises.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide business and technology transformation programmes.
• Strong governance, portfolio management and benefits realisation experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide transformation programmes aligned to strategic objectives.
• Define roadmaps, governance frameworks and delivery methodologies.
• Engage executive stakeholders and manage multiple workstreams across functions.
• Oversee budgets, resources and financial controls for successful delivery.
• Drive organisational change management and adoption of new processes and systems.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Programme governance

Change management

Financial management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Strategic thinking

Tools

MSP

PRINCE2

Agile

Change Management

Job description

Transformation Director - London / Bracknell / Birmingham / Leeds / Manchester / Livingston - Hybrid - SCC Flex Contract

We are seeking an experienced Transformation Director to lead complex business and technology transformation programmes across a large-scale enterprise environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and results-driven Transformation Director to join a high-profile client engagement, driving transformational change, delivering business outcomes, and ensuring programmes are aligned to organisational objectives.

The successful Transformation Director will be responsible for leading large-scale transformation initiatives, engaging senior stakeholders, and ensuring the successful delivery of change across people, processes and technology.

Your responsibilities as the Transformation Director:

• Lead the delivery of enterprise-wide transformation programmes, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
• Define and drive transformation roadmaps, governance frameworks and delivery methodologies.
• Engage and influence executive-level stakeholders, providing strategic leadership and direction throughout programme lifecycles.
• Oversee multiple workstreams across business change, technology, operations and organisational transformation.
• Ensure programme outcomes deliver measurable business value, operational efficiencies and enhanced customer experiences.
• Establish robust programme governance, risk management and reporting structures.
• Lead cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, accountability and high performance.
• Drive organisational change management activities to support successful adoption of new processes, systems and ways of working.
• Manage programme budgets, resource plans and financial controls to ensure successful delivery within agreed constraints.
• Identify, mitigate and manage programme risks, issues and dependencies across complex environments.
• Work closely with business leaders, technology teams, external partners and suppliers to achieve transformation objectives.
• Provide strategic insight and recommendations to support long-term organisational growth, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to executive reporting, board-level presentations and strategic decision-making activities.

As a successful Transformation Director, you will have:

• Proven experience operating as a Transformation Director, Programme Director or senior transformation leader within large enterprise environments.
• Extensive experience leading complex business and technology transformation programmes.
• Demonstrable success delivering large-scale change initiatives across multiple business functions.
• Strong understanding of programme governance, portfolio management and transformation methodologies.
• Experience managing executive and C-suite stakeholder relationships within complex organisational structures.
• Strong financial management experience, including programme budgeting, forecasting and benefits realisation.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across business, technology and operational functions.
• Excellent organisational change management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Strong understanding of digital transformation, operational transformation and business process optimisation.
• Outstanding communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Exceptional leadership, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Experience working within complex, fast-paced and highly regulated environments is highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as MSP, PRINCE2, Agile, Change Management or equivalent are advantageous.

If you are a Transformation Director seeking a challenging and rewarding contract opportunity where you can make an immediate impact on critical transformation initiatives, we would love to hear from you.

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