Transformation Lead

Nominet; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading domain name registry in the UK is seeking a transformation leader to drive its strategic initiatives. You will manage complex cross-functional projects, ensuring timely delivery while fostering stakeholder engagement and high performance across the organization. The ideal candidate has proven experience in transformation leadership within technology environments and strong change management skills.

Benefits

Early Finish Friday

30 days of annual leave

Bupa private healthcare

Electric vehicle scheme

Rewards platform for discounts

Medicash discounts

Performance-based annual bonus

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading large-scale transformation and change programmes within complex technology organisations.
• Track record includes C-Suite & Board level stakeholder management for business-critical programmes.
• Experience in business process re-engineering and change management frameworks such as Prosci or ADKAR.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional initiatives and ensure timely delivery.
• Establish governance activities and maintain transparency in initiative delivery.
• Engage stakeholders to support new processes and technologies.

Skills

Leadership and team management

Project, programme and change management

Stakeholder management

Analytical and problem-solving abilities

Interpersonal skills

Commercial acumen

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed-Term

Location: Hybrid, a minimum of 20% in the office per month

About Us

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we're best known for running .UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.

As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve people’s lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

The Role

Nominet is undergoing significant investment to modernise its technology and offerings to align with evolving requirements for increased domain services flexibility and security.

Our three-year strategy calls for the delivery of six strategic initiatives that call for efficient cross functional collaboration and coordination to manage priorities, development workload and change plans.

We are seeking a transformation leader with a track record of enterprise level transformation leadership, to drive the delivery of our current strategy over the next 18 to 24 months and support strategic planning for the years that follow.

What You'll Be Doing

Transformation Leadership:

• Programme leadership for two complex cross-functional initiatives
• Scope, phasing and delivery for these critical transformations
• Support cross-functional teams to deliver transformation initiatives on time and within budget.
• Provide a focal point and ownership for cross-functional issue resolution

Governance:

• Establish and maintain consistent governance activities, tools and reporting
• Run Exec level reviews to bring transparency of initiative delivery progress and impacts
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, data protection, and internal policies.

Change Management, Communication and Engagement:

• Play a leading role in the wider business change agenda whilst implementing best practices in change management methodologies to support the adoption of new processes, technologies, and cultural shifts.
• Engage and collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to ensure buy-in, set expectations and promote active and effective participation.
• Foster and drive a culture of high performance, accountability, agility, empowerment and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Future Planning:

• Drive Executive strategic planning beyond the initial transformation project.

About You

• Proven experience in leading large-scale transformation and change programmes within complex technology organisations.
• Track record includes C-Suite & Board level stakeholder management for business-critical programmes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in business process re-engineering and change management frameworks such as Prosci or ADKAR.

Required Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Strong project, programme and change management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities – issue owner, closer and decision-maker.
• Excellent interpersonal skills – consensus-building and managing difficult conversations
• Strategic thinker, able to translate vision into executable programmes.
• Commercial acumen and financial management skills.

What We Offer

• Early Finish Friday – Working week of 34 hours with full-time pay. (Finish at midday on Friday)
• 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days
• Bupa private healthcare + Employee Assistance Programme
• Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points
• Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc.
• Medicash discounts on routine healthcare including optical, dental and much more
• Company and individual performance-based annual bonus

We're passionate about creating a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. Somewhere we can benefit from all forms of diversity and discover the true value in our differences. If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know. Nominet is unable to offer Visa Support in any capacity at this time.

Nominet is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of the internet and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment by participating in the relevant security and screening processes. All roles working for Nominet will be subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.