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Apply remote type Remote Job: Hybrid locations GBR-London-5 Canada Square time type Full time posted on Posted 20 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: May 19, 2025 (3 hours left to apply) job requisition id JREQ190537

Reuters is seeking an experienced Senior Project & Change Manager to lead a comprehensive initiative aimed at revolutionizing ways of working within our editorial teams globally. This strategic role combines project management expertise with change management capabilities to drive modernisation across the newsroom.

About the Role

As our Senior Project & Change Manager, you will:

• Lead the project

  • Lead and coordinate multiple interconnected workstreams within our editorial transformation programme (looking at organisational structures, skills and locations, new and existing workflows, AI driven tool adoption, and approaches to 24/7 coverage)

  • Develop comprehensive plans with clear milestones, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements

  • Establish effective governance structures and reporting mechanisms to track progress

  • Manage dependencies between workstreams and ensure alignment with overall transformation objectives

  • Monitor project budgets, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies

  • Facilitate decision-making processes and problem-solving across workstreams

• Lead the change

  • Design and implement a holistic change management strategy across all transformation workstreams

  • Assess organizational readiness and develop training and support programs to enable smooth transitions including approaches to address resistance where necessary

  • Create compelling change narratives that resonate with different stakeholder groups

  • Develop and execute comprehensive communication plans to keep all stakeholders informed

  • Measure adoption rates and effectiveness of new ways of working

  • Coach leaders to become effective change champions

About you:

To be our Senior Project & Change Manager you will be

• A strategic thinker with strong analytical capabilities

• Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills

• Resilient and adaptable in fast paced, changing environments

• Collaborative leadership style with ability to build trust and consensus

• Results-oriented with meticulous attention to detail

• Cultural sensitive with a global mindset

• Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity

You are likely to also have:

• 10+ years of experience in project and change management, with at least 5 years leading complex transformation initiatives

• Proven track record in managing multiple workstreams simultaneously

• Strong change management expertise with demonstrated success in driving adoption

• Experience in organizational design and workforce planning

• Understanding of editorial operations, preferably in a news organization

• Experience working in global, matrix organizations

• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to influence at all levels

• International experience with understanding of regional operational differences

• Experience in skills assessment and training program development

• Background in workflow optimization and process improvement

• Understanding of location strategy and global workforce planning

• Knowledge of AI implementation in content production environments

• Project management certification ( e.g. PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) and change management certification (e.g. CCMP)

The application deadline for this opportunity is Sunday, 18th May 2025. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, as early submissions are welcome and will be reviewed promptly.

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What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

• Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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