BAE Systems
Lead Business Change Professional
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Job Title: Lead Business Change Professional
Location: Preston or Frimley, Hybrid
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: Circa £54,000 dependent on experience
Who we are:
Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.
From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.
Job Description:
We are looking for a Lead Business Change Professional to drive the successful delivery of business change within a major enterprise-wide IT transformation programme.
In this role, you will lead the planning, delivery and assurance of the full lifecycle of business change activity across medium to large-scale projects and highly complex transformation initiatives. You will work closely with stakeholders to support the adoption of new technologies, systems and ways of working, ensuring the expected benefits are achieved.
Core duties:
- Assess the size and scope of a change and plan for the delivery and execution of business change strategies and activities
- Lead the development and delivery of business change artefacts, including change impact assessments, communication plans, stakeholder assessments, training plans and overarching change strategies
- Take responsibility for business change delivery within medium to large-sized projects or work packages, or lead complex transformation programmes and business-wide change initiatives
- Own and report on business benefit realisation, ensuring outcomes align with agreed objectives, benefits frameworks and KPIs
- Work with key stakeholders to define, shape and agree project benefits and establish robust benefits management plans
- Establish and lead change networks and change champion programmes to drive engagement, adoption, manage change resistance and sustain behavioural change
- Ensure business change management is consistently embedded, delivered and assured across all project activity using appropriate and standardised approaches
- Drive the implementation and adoption of new systems, technologies and ways of working across the organization
- Support the Portfolio Business Change Manager, including deputising at key meetings and acting as a point of contact for the team in their absence
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Essential Skills:
- Relevant Business Change qualification (e.g. APMG, PROSCI or CMI)
- Demonstrable experience in Business Change, including knowledge of change management methodologies and frameworks
- Experience delivering change within enterprise-wide IT transformation programmes
- Ability to lead and deliver business change activities across high to very high complexity projects
- Effective stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including working with senior stakeholders
- Ability to assess, create and provide clear guidance and direction on business change activities
The Business Change Team:
You will join an established team of Business Change professionals, delivering end-to-end change management support across enterprise technology programmes.
This is an opportunity to contribute to key transformation initiatives within a large, complex organisation. You’ll work with stakeholders across a global environment, helping to implement and embed new ways of working at scale.
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Why BAE Systems?
Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.
A place where everyone can thrive:
We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.
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:
14th September 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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