We are seeking a highly experienced and proactive Business Change Project Manager to support key transformation programmes within Honda Motor Europe. In particular, this role will lead the continued rollout and optimisation of a major European direct-to-consumer sales pilot in UK, while also supporting the deployment of new CRM technologies designed to enhance performance.
Operating in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment, you will manage a complex landscape of stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and external partners — working with autonomy and confidence to ensure delivery. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of people, process, and technology, requiring exceptional change leadership, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to turn strategic intent into real-world results.
You’ll need to be highly people-savvy — capable of building trust, gaining alignment, and winning hearts and minds across all levels of the programme to drive momentum and achieve meaningful outcomes.
Main Responsibilities
* Lead end-to-end delivery of business change projects, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives
* Develops and maintains detailed project plans, timelines, and deliverables for business change initiatives.
* Leads and motivates the project team to achieve project goals while fostering a collaborative environment.
* Engages and influences stakeholders at all levels, ensuring buy-in and support for change initiatives.
* Drives effective communication and change adoption strategies across impacted teams.
* Works closely with technical project manager to ensure business change activity aligns with technical timelines and requirements.
* Identifies, assesses, and mitigates project risks and issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations
* Produces and maintains Project Charter, including defining scope and objectives.
Required
* Proven track record in managing complex business change projects on fast-moving, multi-faceted transformation programmes.
* A self-starter, able to identify their own priorities and the key activities to keep a programme successfully moving at pace.
* Exceptional communication skills. Able to influence, persuade, and communicate with a diverse stakeholder pool. Able to communicate appropriate, concise, and accurate information in written and verbal formats.
* Able to take full responsibility and ownership for completion of tasks.
* Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
The successful candidate will have extensive experience of working in an international matrixed organisation. D2C background essential and ideally within automotive. The role is initially for 6 months with the potential to extend.
The role is inside IR35 and the day rate is £500 per day ( £130k annual salary equivalent). Excellent environment with 3 days a week in Bracknell and 2 days WFH, 1pm finish on a Friday!
Must live within 1 hr commute of Bracknell, Berkshire.