Project and Operational Change Manager

Project & Operational Change Manager

London, Manchester or Oxford (Hybrid)

Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Monday – Friday 9am – 5.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

• 25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years’ service) plus bank holidays, to take time to recharge and do something you love.
• Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
• Health cash plan - via Simply Health for employee's and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc
• Pension – Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future
• Life Assurance - 4 x annual salary - benefit funded by Oodle
• Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office – you can help yourself to cereals, fizzy drinks and lots of fruit.
• Employee discounts – discounts you can access anywhere, anytime for all major shops.
• 1 day volunteer day per year– an opportunity to give back to the community each year.
• Mental health care – 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).
• Paid sick leave – enhanced company sick pay.
• Enhanced family leave – we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

Our mission is to empower our customers by delivering simple experiences, straightforward lending products, and compassionate support, from application to final payment – and beyond.

Upgrading. Growing a family. Fresh starts. Big moves. Bumps in the road.

- we finance cars, but more importantly, we finance people. Since 2016, we’ve supported tens of thousands of customers on their car buying journey

As an employer, your career is important to us. We’re committed to creating an environment where you can thrive as yourself. We celebrate diversity and inclusion, actively working to make sure every team member feels supported on their journey with us. Our Talent Development team is here to support your growth, providing opportunities for learning, development, and career progression.

You will be joining Oodle’s Operational Change team. This is a dynamic, agile team that delivers meaningful change across the organisation. We focus on turning business priorities into practical, sustainable improvements — bringing people, processes and technology together to make the way we operate more efficient, effective and better for our customers and colleagues.

As a Project & Operational Change Manager, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of projects and operational change initiatives across the organisation, with a particular focus on Operations. You will ensure projects are effectively planned, governed and delivered, working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve strategic objectives, manage risks and dependencies, and realise expected benefits.

Alongside this, you will lead a team of Operational Change Analysts and a Junior Project Managers responsible for delivering change initiatives and projects across Operations. You will manage the team's workload, capacity and priorities and own the Operational Change Roadmap, ensuring change is appropriately assessed, prioritised and aligned to business needs. You will provide oversight of operational change delivery, balancing competing demands and resources to ensure initiatives are delivered and embedded effectively.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of projects, from initiation and planning through to implementation and benefits realisation.
• Define and manage project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines and resources, ensuring projects remain on track and aligned to business priorities.
• Lead cross-functional project teams and coordinate delivery across multiple business areas.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies and governance,…