Head of Governance

Head of Change Governance (Hybrid or Remote with regular travel to Preston) Salary circa £70k £75k  Annual Bonus Please note, shortlisting will begin in early January 2026, with interviews thereafter. A glance at the role:
As demands upon our organisation have grown, we are strengthening our Change team with an exciting opportunity for a new Head of Change Governance to join us. Reporting to the Change Director, the Head of Change Governance will manage and govern Business Change across LPPA, with a clear focus on ensuring change management is adhered to across the organisation. The role will liaise with senior business leaders and colleagues to manage new business change through all correct process controls, supporting the allocation of resources, ensuring change is successfully communicated and embedded into the business teams with ROI captured.

Our ideal candidate is a motivated and ambitious individual, who has a successful track record of change management, risk management and is proficient in change governance and its controls. They must be able to manage and drive successful change across LPPA. This role will be key to managing change to support the LPPA business plan, addressing challenges, and pro-actively managing risk.

This individual must have strong and effective leadership and management of people to achieve LPPAs strategic goals and establish a culture that supports LPPAs aspiration to be the provider of choice for public sector pensions administration and a great place to work. This is a fantastic opportunity to join our fast paced, collaborative and customer-focused business. You will join a friendly, welcoming and sociable work culture where there are many opportunities for continuous personal and professional development, and you will be supported to reach your full potential.

A bit about us:
Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) is a multi-award-winning organisation and one of the UKs leading pension administration companies. We strive to deliver the best experience for over 2,100 employers and more than 700,000 members of Local Government, Police and Firefighter pension schemes, keeping them fully informed about their pensions whilst working closely with employers to continuously educate and support them.

What we can offer you:

- Competitive salary circa £70k £75k DOE and inclusion in our annual bonus scheme - 30 days holiday, plus bank holidays and 2 additional concessionary days and day for your Birthday, with the ability to buy and sell leave - Access to an excellent pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contributions - Access to Health or Dental Plan - Access to our Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme for when you or your family might need some support - Access to our bespoke Reward Discount Scheme Your Perk Site - Opportunities to attend Wellbeing webinars and social events - Daily free fruit and snacks available to you in our office - Free Car Parking in Preston City Centre What youll be doing:

- Gatekeeper for all new change, ensuring all Change Requests meet the agreed criteria, clear mechanism for all new change - Assessment of new change benefits with relating feedback loops back into the organisation - Chairs the Change review forum, which produces clear and concise MI that supports the production of change dashboards that can be shared with stakeholders across LPPA - Excellent Change visibility heatmap, resources (both people and environments) across LPPA - Creates and communicates the LPPA Change portfolio across the organisation, attends cross functional meetings to ensure change awareness of all project activity - Works closely with systems to cement Product and Process owners and obtain visibility of blueprints at process, client and employer level to enable us to distinguish who has what - Chairs Benefits meeting and ensures projects remain on track to deliver and ensures benefit realisation is being followed through post Go Live - Business Analysis capacity and capability management, ensuring there is cross skilling and knowledge transfer within the team - Chairs Design Authority, working closely with…