Change Management Lead (12 Month Contract)

Role Purpose

Project Compass is one of the Banks most strategically important transformation programmes and this role will lead how change is understood embraced and embedded across the organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Transformation the Change Management Lead will define and deliver the programmes change strategy shaping its narrative building stakeholder support and ensuring the business is ready to adopt new ways of working.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring someone who can operate comfortably at both strategic and delivery levels. One day they may be advising senior leaders on stakeholder strategy or programme positioning; the next they may be creating communications facilitating workshops analysing stakeholder feedback or building change artefacts themselves. We are looking for someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves brings energy and momentum to those around them and is comfortable building approaches from first principles in a fast-moving environment.

The successful candidate will be a strong advocate for modern AI-enabled ways of working using technology to improve insight accelerate delivery and enhance the quality and reach of communications and change activity. As a key member of the Transformation Office they will play a central role in helping Compass land successfully across the Bank.

1. Programme Narrative

• Develop and own the overarching Compass narrative ensuring a clear consistent and compelling story
• Define and establish the programme brand (tone identity messaging framework)
• Create core communication artefacts (e.g. slide decks updates FAQs leadership briefings)
• Use AI tools to accelerate content creation iterate messaging and tailor communications to different audiences
• Act as a quality gate for programme communications to maintain consistency and clarity

2. Stakeholder Management & Engagement

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive stakeholder map across all impacted areas
• Build and manage a structured stakeholder engagement plan aligned to programme phases
• Leverage AI and analytics to enhance stakeholder insight (e.g. sentiment tracking segmentation engagement patterns)
• Identify key influencers sponsors and potential points of resistance
• Support senior stakeholders with messaging briefing materials and engagement strategies
• Continuously assess stakeholder sentiment and adapt approach in real time

3. Change Strategy & Planning

• Define and implement a pragmatic scalable change management approach for Project Compass
• Embed AI-enabled approaches into change delivery (e.g. automated comms planning impact assessment support knowledge management)
• Establish core change deliverables (impact assessments change plans comms plans)
• Integrate change activity into overall programme plans and governance
• Ensure change considerations are proactively embedded into workstream delivery

4. Business Readiness & Adoption (as programme matures)

• Assess business readiness for change across impacted teams and functions
• Define and track readiness criteria and adoption metrics
• Use data and AI-enabled insights to identify adoption risks and target interventions
• Develop and deliver plans to support adoption of new processes tools and behaviours
• Coordinate with SMEs and workstreams to ensure changes are understood and embedded

5. Capability Building & Upskilling

• Identify change capability gaps across the programme and wider business
• Promote adoption of AI tools to enhance productivity and effectiveness in change and communication activities
• Support upskilling of leaders and managers to lead change effectively in an AI-enabled environment
• Provide practical guidance tools and coaching to teams delivering change
• Champion modern digitally-enabled approaches to change management across Compass

6. Governance Tracking & Continuous Improvement

• Establish simple effective tracking of change activity and outcomes
• Use AI to streamline reporting generate insights and highlight emerging risks or themes
• Provide regular reporting on engagement adoption and change risks
• Capture feedback and lessons learned to continuously improve the approach
• Ensure alignment with broader Transformation Office / PMO standards and evolving AI practices

Qualifications :

Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience

Change management certification (e.g. Prosci APMG) desirable but not essential

Evidence of continued professional development particularly in AI / digital tools is advantageous

Core Change & Transformation Expertise

• Proven experience delivering change management within large-scale transformation programmes
• Strong grounding in core change disciplines (communications stakeholder engagement impact assessment business readiness)
• Experience shaping and implementing change strategies from early-stage programme definition through to delivery
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous fast-moving environments and building structure from first principles

Communications & Narrative Development

• Demonstrated ability to develop compelling programme narratives and translate strategy into clear engaging messaging
• Strong written and visual communication skills with experience creating executive-level materials (ExCo updates town halls briefing packs)
• Ability to distil complex concepts into simple audience-appropriate messages with clear so what outcomes
• Experience establishing and maintaining a consistent brand for programmes or initiatives

Stakeholder Management & Influencing

• Proven ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders including Executive-level audiences
• Experience developing structured stakeholder maps and engagement plans across complex organisations
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and navigate resistance constructively
• Comfortable acting as a trusted partner to senior leaders shaping messaging and engagement approaches

AI & Digital Ways of Working

• Demonstrated interest in and practical use of AI tools to enhance productivity and quality of outputs
• Experience using AI to support content creation analysis or insight generation (e.g. communications stakeholder insight reporting)
• Ability to identify opportunities to embed AI-enabled approaches into change and transformation activities
• Mindset of continuous improvement leveraging technology to simplify and accelerate delivery

Business Readiness & Adoption

• Experience supporting organisations through implementation and embedding of change
• Ability to define and track readiness and adoption measures and respond to emerging risks
• Experience designing and delivering interventions to support behaviour change and adoption
• Strong appreciation of how change lands operationally across functions

Ways of Working & Personal Attributes

• Highly organised and delivery-focused with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Pragmatic and outcome-oriented balancing structure with pace
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on clarity and quality of outputs
• Proactive self-starting and comfortable operating as a standalone change lead
• Collaborative and low-ego able to work effectively across teams and disciplines

Additional Information :

• Hybrid working
• Contributory personal pension plan: - Minimum: Employee 2% and Employer 7%. Employer matches contributions in 1% increments to a maximum of: Employee 5% and Employer 10%
• Life Assurance 4 times annual salary
• Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance this may include cover for partner and or children at company cost. Cover includes Optical Dental and Audiology
• Discretionary Bonus
• Competitive Annual Leave
• 2 Volunteering Days
• Benefit Hub

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time