Transformation Programme Delivery Lead – 14m FTC

CooperVision; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private medical

Health cash plan

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Wellness Platform

Discounted contact lens scheme

LinkedIn Learning

Job summary

CooperVision is seeking a Transformation Programme Delivery Lead in Southampton to coordinate delivery across multiple workstreams, support governance, and maintain momentum for a major transformation. You will report to the Programme Director and work with Commercial, Operations and Regulatory teams to align objectives, timelines and outcomes.

This role requires extensive experience leading large-scale transformation programmes, strong stakeholder management and the ability to balance strategic

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading organisational transformation and strategic programmes.
• Experience engaging senior executives and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Proven ability to drive organisational adoption and behavioural change.
• Experience developing adoption readiness strategies and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to influence across complex multinational organisations.
• Strong facilitation, workshop leadership and cross-team coordination skills.
• Experience operating in global transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Act as deputy to the Programme Director and lead day-to-day execution.
• Monitor progress against objectives and milestones.
• Identify risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Escalate significant issues to the Programme Director.
• Support governance forum decisions and actions.
• Coordinate activities across all programme workstreams.
• Facilitate collaboration between workstream leads and functional teams.
• Support alignment of plans and delivery activities.
• Coordinate recovery planning when objectives are at risk.
• Maintain focus on customer experience and operational performance.
• Support governance processes and SteerCo reviews.
• Provide guidance to Business Readiness and Change Management.
• Ensure organisational readiness plans align with deployment.
• Lead internal communications for the programme.
• Review messaging prior to distribution.
• Ensure timely programme updates and decisions.
• Monitor communications effectiveness and improve as needed.

Skills

Transformation leadership

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Adoption strategies

Communication planning

Readiness frameworks

Problem solving

Job description

Job Description

Job title: Transformation Programme Delivery Lead – 14m FTC

Department: Global Commercial Operations

Location: Southampton, The Vision Centre (3 days in the office)

GLS: P05

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday (3 days in the office, 2 working from home)

A brighter future awaits you

Job Summary As Programme Lead, you’ll be responsible for coordinating delivery across various workstreams, supporting governance processes, resolving cross-functional challenges and maintaining programme momentum. This role is extremely collaborative and will work closely with a wide variety of departments including but not limited to; Commercial teams, Operations/Supply Chain and Regulatory. As well as this, you’d report to the Programme Director to implement agreed strategic priorities, support programme governance and ensure effective execution of programme plans whilst maintaining alignment to agreed objectives, timelines and outcomes.

Essential Functions & Accountabilities:

Programme Execution Leadership

• Act as deputy to the Programme Director.
• Lead day-to-day programme execution activities.
• Monitor progress against agreed programme objectives and milestones.
• Maintain visibility of risks, dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Escalate significant issues and decisions to the Programme Director as appropriate.
• Support implementation of decisions made through programme governance forums.

Cross-Workstream Coordination

• Coordinate activities across all programme workstreams.
• Facilitate collaboration between workstream leads and functional teams.
• Support alignment of plans, priorities and delivery activities.
• Identify conflicts, bottlenecks and delivery risks requiring intervention.

Delivery Support & Intervention

• Identify emerging delivery risks and challenges and facilitate resolution of issues.
• Coordinate recovery planning when programme objectives are at risk.
• Maintain focus on protecting customer experience, operational performance and programme outcomes.
• Escalate matters requiring Programme Director or SteerCo intervention.

Governance & Stakeholder Support

• Support Programme Director-led governance processes.
• Ensure programme actions, decisions and commitments are tracked and delivered.
• Support preparation for leadership forums and SteerCo reviews.

Business Readiness & Organisational Adoption

• Provide guidance and direction to Business Readiness, Change Management and Internal Communications activities across the programme.
• Ensure organisational readiness plans remain aligned to programme priorities and deployment plans approved through programme governance.
• Ensure lessons learned and continuous improvement opportunities are captured throughout programme delivery.

Internal Communications

• Lead the internal communications approach for the Courtyard Programme through the Change Manager & Internal Communications Manager.
• Review and align key programme messaging prior to distribution.
• Ensure timely and consistent communication of programme updates and agreed decisions.
• Monitor effectiveness of communications activities and recommend improvements where required.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities, Experience

• Extensive experience leading organisational transformation, business change or strategic programmes.
• Experience engaging senior executives and cross-functional leadership teams.
• Proven experience driving organisational adoption and behavioural change.
• Experience developing communication, stakeholder engagement and readiness strategies.
• Experience supporting transition into new operating models and ways of working.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across complex multinational organisations.
• Experience operating in highly visible, business-critical transformation programmes.
• Strong transformation leadership capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.Experience leading large-scale organisational change initiatives.
• Strong communication and engagement capability.
• Ability to influence senior leaders across complex matrix organisations.
• Strong facilitation and workshop leadership skills.
• Experience developing adoption strategies and readiness frameworks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution.
• Experience operating within global transformation programmes.

What we offer:

You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including, bonus, private medical, health cash plan, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more! We are committed to our employees’ personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals, we’ll give you everything you need to help you achieve yours. We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop your career and grow with CooperVision.

What you can expect:

As a CooperVision employee, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride, African Descent, Woman’s Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups, we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.

All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal consideration and opportunities from CooperVision.