Workplace Change Manager

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We are looking to hire a Workspace Transformation Change Manager to join our Switzerland team in Basel who will lead the people and organizational change strategy for a major workplace transformation. Drive leadership, operational, and user readiness, enabling a smooth transition to the future workplace by aligning people, processes, and technology while partnering closely with project leadership, Real Estate, HR, IT, and Communications to ensure successful adoption.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the overall change management strategy to support a successful workplace transformation.
• Establish and oversee a readiness framework covering leadership, operational, and employee adoption.
• Define success measures, track progress, identify risks, and ensure readiness activities are integrated into the overall project plan.

Lead the workplace transformation strategy

• Partner with senior leaders to build sponsorship and alignment around the future workplace vision.
• Equip leaders and managers with the tools, guidance, and confidence to lead their teams through change.
• Facilitate leadership workshops, engagement sessions, and strategic discussions to drive commitment and adoption.

Drive leadership readiness

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Real Estate, HR, IT, Facilities, Communications, and other business functions, to ensure operational preparedness.
• Coordinate readiness activities across people, processes, governance, and service delivery to support a seamless transition.
• Support cutover planning, go-live readiness, and post-occupancy stabilization to ensure business continuity.

Champion user readiness and adoption

• Design and implement change initiatives that prepare employees to embrace new workplace environments, technologies, and ways of working.
• Drive stakeholder engagement through workshops, focus groups, and change ambassador networks.
• Partner with Communications to deliver impactful engagement and awareness campaigns.
• Develop training and learning initiatives, monitor adoption, and implement actions to improve user experience and outcomes.

Build stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration

• Foster strong relationships across project teams and business stakeholders to create alignment and shared ownership.
• Coordinate change activities across work streams, proactively managing dependencies and resolving readiness challenges.
• Promote the benefits of the workplace transformation and help build a positive change culture across the organization.

Key Deliverables

• Comprehensive change management and readiness plans.
• Stakeholder and change impact assessments.
• Frameworks supporting new ways of working and workplace adoption.
• Training strategies, learning materials, and adoption resources.
• Communication and engagement campaigns delivered in partnership with Communications.
• Readiness dashboards, progress reporting, and adoption metrics.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification in Change Management (e.g., Prosci, APMG) and/or Project Management (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, PMI) is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience leading large-scale organizational change, business transformation, or workplace transformation initiatives.
• Proven track record delivering complex workplace, corporate real estate, infrastructure, or enterprise transformation programmes.
• Experience partnering with senior executives and influencing stakeholders across all levels of an organization.
• Strong background working in complex, matrixed, and international environments.
• Experience supporting operational readiness, business transition, and post-implementation adoption.

Key Competencies

• Strategic change leadership with the ability to translate vision into successful adoption.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive influencing skills.
• Ability to navigate complexity and align diverse functions around common objectives.
• Systems thinking with a collaborative, cross-functional mindset.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and workshop leadership skills.
• Structured, analytical approach to planning, execution, and risk management.
• Resilient, adaptable, and results-oriented, with a focus on delivering sustainable business outcomes.