Job Description

Change Manager (FTC 12 months) London Hybrid working

Salary: 50 - 73k

The Role:

We are seeking a Change Manager reporting to the Change Delivery Director.

Candidates will join a team of business change professionals, responsible for driving the new strategic vision set by the Global leadership team. This presents an exciting opportunity to be part of the team to lead the way in delivering transformative change initiatives to the business and agencies.

The successful candidate will be accountable for managing the engagement and change of transformation projects. The company requires someone with excellent change management skills, strong analytical abilities, and effective communication to succeed in this role.

Background:

The company began a large-scale transformation, aiming to make advertising work better for people.

As a significant contributor to parent company\'s revenue, the company is enhancing its market offerings to create a \'gold standard\' level of integrated services for its clients. Meanwhile, their agencies continue to deliver individual strategic solutions tailored to their client\'s unique needs and digital marketing maturity.

To achieve their vision of exponential \'connected growth\' and enable organisational change, they\'ve assembled a new team of transformation professionals.

Approach:

The company\'s approach to business transformation emphasises putting people first and adopting an agile methodology. The team collaborates across functions to:

• Introduce new skills and diverse experiences to the business, fostering continuous learning, inclusion, and fairness.
• Document and improve core business operations to free up time for their people to focus on strategic needs.
• Thoughtfully integrate tools and technology to ensure easy and willing adoption by business users.
• Unify operational data to provide \'continuous intelligence\' for agile decision-making and commercial success.

Expected Transformational Behaviours:

As part of the team, candidates will:

• Leverage and complement resources, skills, shared services, and partners across the group.
• Partner for success and hold teams accountable for timely delivery of commitments.
• Build upon existing work, seeking solutions and fostering collaboration among professionals.
• Bring cross-functional specialists together to create scalable solutions aligned with client needs.
• Nurture innovation through networks, incubating and realising new ideas.

What they\'ll do:

As the Change Manager, the successful candidate will:

• Lead change management for Transformation-related projects, collaborating closely with teams across the business, including Technology, internal, and third parties.
• Proactively identify and address anticipated resistance, issues, and risks.
• Communicate and engage with stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes, preparing training documentation & communications.
• Integrate change management into project and program plans.
• Consult, train, and coach project teams and team leads on the change process.
• Ensure user readiness and facilitate sessions to support adoption.
• Define and measure success metrics at each stage of the change progress.
• Apply a structured methodology and lead change management activities.
• Create actionable deliverables for communication, sponsorship, coaching, training, and resistance management.

What they\'ll bring:

To succeed in this role, candidates should have:

• Extensive change management experience in a fast-paced environment, including large-scale organisational change efforts.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills with individuals at all levels.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, conveying messages clearly and simply.
• Experience conducting change impact assessments and developing communications and training material.
• Ability to identify and manage anticipated resistance, with resilience and adaptability.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical, problem-solving, and root cause identification skills.
• Proven ability to accelerate change and manage business expectations.
• A solid understanding of the change process and the ability to establish strong relationships and influence others.

This is your chance to be at the forefront of driving transformative change for a leading company. As a Change Manager, you\'ll play a pivotal role in future-proofing the business and delivering cutting-edge solutions for our client\'s evolving needs.

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that values continuous learning and innovation. You\'ll have ample opportunities for professional growth and advancement, contributing to groundbreaking projects that challenge the status quo.

If you\'re passionate about driving change, enjoy tackling complex challenges, and thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment, apply now for the Change Manager position. Make a real difference in the industry and be part of a team that\'s revolutionising advertising for a brighter future.

Take the leap and make your mark as a Change Manager. Apply today!

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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