Lead Business Professional

Position: Lead Business Change Professional
Job Title:

Lead  Business Change Professional

Location:

Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary:  Circa £52,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing :

Develop and deliver business change collateral such as business change plans, change impact assessment, communications plan, stakeholder assessment and training plans for the project as part of a significant IT transformation programme of work

Be responsible for business change delivery within a medium to large sized project, work package, or be supporting in delivering part of a  complex  change programme or business transformation plans, reporting the business benefit realisation

Working with key stakeholders to agree the core project benefits and benefits  management  plan, including agreed  KPIs  to measure benefits have been met

Setting up and facilitating a cohesive change network and change  champion  programme as part of a wider change adoption plan

From the adoption of new technologies through to supporting the implementation of new systems or ways of working, this  individual  will ensure that business change  management  is consistently embedded, delivered and assured through appropriate and justified standard approaches across the project

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Business Change experience and knowledge of Change  Management  theory and methodologies, processes, policies and procedures

The ability to effectively  carry  out Business Change  Management  tasks of medium to high complexity and provide guidance in those areas

Experience of  managing  change within enterprise-wide projects

Proven  experience influencing and stakeholder  management  experience

APMG or other suitable Business Change Qualification such as PROSCI

Desirable:

Previous experience and exposure of carrying out and implementing change within an IT environment

Benefits:

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Business Change team:

You will be joining an experienced change  management  office of Business Change and Business Analyst professionals, delivering end to end change  management  support and capability across enterprise technology projects. This is an opportunity to work within an IT enterprise-wide projects and programmes within Business Change.  The role  will work with multiple stakeholders across the IT enterprise-wide space, and you will help drive and implement new ways of working across Business Change within large  complex  business projects.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder  etc .)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please  speak  to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export  control  restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict  the roles  you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All  applicants   must  as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where  applicants   must  typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for  the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:  8th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for  the role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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