Change Manager, Business

Change Manager – Central London (Hybrid)

Contract Role | Day Rate: £500-550 per day (Inside IR35 DOE)

We’re partnering with a well-established organisation based in Central London that is seeking an experienced Change Manager to support a major transformation programme on an initial contract basis.

This is a high-profile role focused on delivering and embedding organisational change across multiple business areas. You’ll play a key role in shaping change strategies, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver change management activities across a range of transformation initiatives.
• Develop and implement structured change plans with stakeholder engagement at the centre.
• Design and execute communication and engagement strategies to support successful change adoption.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, and end users to ensure organisational needs are fully understood and addressed.
• Identify risks, impacts, and interdependencies across programmes and proactively mitigate issues.
• Assess change readiness and monitor the impact of change across teams and service users.
• Facilitate workshops, engagement sessions, and consultation activities to support delivery.
• Produce high-quality change documentation, toolkits, and lessons learned reports.
• Partner with internal communications and programme teams to ensure consistent messaging.
• Support the development of change capability across the organisation through coaching and best-practice guidance.
• Where required, take ownership of discrete change projects within wider transformation programmes.

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering change management within large-scale or complex organisations.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience managing organisational change linked to systems, processes, or operating model transformation.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, risks, and programme interdependencies.
• Strong workshop facilitation and engagement planning experience.
• Relevant change management certification such as APMG, Prosci, or BCS is highly desirable.

Additional Information

• Hybrid working model with offices based in Central London.
• Initial contract expected to run for 3 months, with potential extension.
• Competitive day rate depending on experience.
• Immediate or short-notice availability preferred.