* Do you have experience leading strategic change for major change programmes?
* Do you have experience managing senior stakeholders?
About Our Client
My client is a leading pensions firm that overeses and regulates workplace pension arrangements.
Job Description
* Build strong, trusted partnerships with senior leaders to support successful delivery of change initiatives.
* Ensure all change activity aligns with strategic organisational priorities and goals.
* Promote transparent, evidence based decision making and prioritisation.
* Lead the organisation's value management, business change, delivery, and business architecture functions.
* Drive best practice in benefits realisation, performance measurement, and strategic planning.
* Ensure major initiatives have clear objectives, measurable benefits, and robust delivery plans.
* Oversee prioritisation of initiatives based on strategic value, organisational capacity, and urgency.
* Develop capability across change related functions by ensuring the right skills are available at the right time.
* Build talent pipelines and address capability gaps through targeted development.
* Embed change expertise across the organisation to increase consistency and resilience.
* Provide assurance to senior leaders and committees on delivery progress, risks, and value realisation.
* Support the development of frameworks for performance tracking, resource allocation, and decision‑making.
* Facilitate planning across directorates to ensure alignment, identify dependencies, and address delivery challenges.
* Manage, coach, and develop a high‑performing team that evolves with organisational needs.
* Oversee career development and performance across delivery, design, architecture, and analysis teams.
The Successful Applicant
A successful Head of Change and Transformation should have:
* Deep understanding of how people, culture, and behaviour influence change.
* Strong knowledge of value management, benefits realisation, and performance measurement.
* Ability to link financial planning and investment decisions to outcomes and impact.
* Awareness of regulatory or government environments
* Knowledge of established change management methods such as MSP, PRINCE2, and Agile.
* Extensive experience leading complex, organisation wide change.
* Strong analytical ability to interpret and simplify complex information.
* Experience setting up enterprise level change or value management functions.
* Skilled at building credibility, influencing senior leaders, and working with external partners.
* Strong portfolio and programme management capability.
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
* Proven ability to shape organisational culture, build capability, and lead professional communities.
What's on Offer
* Competitive salary
* Leading Pensions scheme
* Excellent holiday entitlement
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