Senior Transformation Manager (m/w/d)

Everience; Noord-Holland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Everience in the Netherlands is seeking a highly credible transformation leader to independently drive enterprise-wide programmes within a complex environment. The role focuses on strategy, people, processes, and technology, ensuring measurable business outcomes and sustained change across the organisation.

The candidate will shape operating models, cultivate change capability, and partner with senior leadership to deliver lasting value through cross-functional transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in Transformation Management, Change Leadership, Strategy Execution, Organisational Development, or related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Transformation Leadership: translate business strategy into actionable roadmaps and lead large-scale cross-functional programmes.
• Change Management & Adoption: design and execute comprehensive change strategies and stakeholder engagement plans to drive adoption.
• Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement: facilitate executive discussions and align priorities across functions.
• Programme Delivery & Governance: monitor progress, risks, benefits realisation, and ensure sustainable delivery.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Change Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Job description

Everience is an international consulting group delivering AI-augmented digital services and placing people at the heart of the AI revolution.

With a presence in Europe, Africa, Asia and America, Everience offers its 4,000-strong workforce the most demanding and stimulating environment in which to transform and develop their skills, learning about new AI-based roles and building their future employability.

Through its Symbiotic Academy the group offers a unique hub for training, practical application and exchange where everyone can experiment, learn, and progress in the fields of artificial intelligence and data.

In accordance with its core purpose of orchestrating the symbiotic relationship between humans and AI in the workplace, Everience is making the augmented employee the driving force of a "symbiotic age", where AI enhances talents and opens up new career opportunities.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Senior Transformation Manager to lead and accelerate enterprise-wide transformation initiatives within a complex and dynamic organisation.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, people, processes, and technology, ensuring that transformation ambitions are successfully translated into measurable business outcomes. Beyond defining strategic direction, you will be responsible for driving execution, fostering adoption, and embedding sustainable change across the organisation.

As a trusted partner to senior leadership, you will help shape the future operating model, cultivate change capability, and ensure transformation programmes deliver lasting value.

Strategic Transformation Leadership

• Translate business strategy into a clear and actionable transformation roadmap.
• Lead large-scale, cross-functional transformation programmes from conception through implementation.
• Drive organisational change initiatives that improve performance, agility, and business effectiveness.
• Align transformation priorities with strategic objectives and long-term business goals.

Change Management & Adoption

• Design and execute comprehensive change strategies, communication plans, and stakeholder engagement approaches.
• Support executives and management teams in becoming effective sponsors and champions of change.
• Ensure successful adoption of new ways of working, behaviours, processes, and technologies.
• Build organisational resilience and change readiness across teams.

Stakeholder & Leadership Engagement

• Facilitate workshops, executive discussions, alignment sessions, and strategic decision-making forums.
• Influence and engage senior stakeholders across all organisational levels.
• Foster collaboration across business functions to create momentum and commitment around transformation initiatives.
• Navigate complex organisational dynamics and competing priorities.

Programme Delivery & Governance

• Monitor programme progress, risks, dependencies, benefits realisation, and adoption metrics.
• Identify and remove operational, organisational, and stakeholder barriers to successful transformation.
• Establish effective governance structures and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensure initiatives are embedded into daily operations and deliver sustainable business impact.

We are looking for a highly credible transformation leader with a proven track record of independently leading enterprise-wide transformation programmes in complex environments.

Experience

• Ideally 8–10+ years of experience in Transformation Management, Change Leadership, Strategy Execution, Organisational Development, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale transformation initiatives that generated measurable business outcomes.
• Experience operating within matrixed, multi-stakeholder environments.

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate vision into execution.
• Strong transformation and change leadership capabilities.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong political and organisational awareness.
• Ability to thrive in complex, ambiguous, and fast-evolving environments.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, facilitation, and engagement skills.
• Hands-on execution mindset combined with strategic perspective.
• Proven ability to influence executive leadership and senior decision-makers.

Language

• Fluent English required.
• Additional languages are considered an asset.

Core Expertise

• Enterprise Transformation Strategy
• Change Leadership & Change Management
• Organisational Development
• Operating Model Design
• Programme & Portfolio Management
• Stakeholder & Executive Management
• Culture & Behavioural Change
• Communication, Facilitation & Storytelling
• Business Transformation & Ways of Working

Additional Expertise

• AI & Digital Transformation
• Innovation Management
• Transformation Governance
• Leadership Development & Coaching
• Systems Thinking
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Process Optimisation & Continuous Improvement

Preferred Industry Exposure

Experience in one or more of the following sectors is advantageous:

• Energy & Utilities
• Telecommunications
• Banking & Financial Services
• Technology & Digital Businesses
• Subscription-Based Organisations
• International and Highly Regulated Environments

While industry experience is valued, we are primarily interested in candidates who can demonstrate a strong history of delivering complex organisational transformation and sustainable change.

Position: Senior Transformation Manager
Seniority Level: Senior / Lead
Experience: 8–10+ years preferred
Work Model: Hybrid ( 1 day onsite)
Language: English (required)
Scope: Enterprise-wide, cross-functional transformation programmes

All our positions are open to both women and men and are, of course, open to people with disabilities.