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Group Head of Change
At a Glance
- Full Time, Permanent
- Belfast
About the Company
A well-established group operating across financial and professional services, currently undergoing a significant period of strategic change to support its ambitions for growth, innovation and financial capacity. The organisation places real emphasis on culture, aiming to create an environment where people are supported, challenged and empowered to do their best work.
The Role
This is a senior leadership role with full ownership of the Group's strategic change agenda. You will chair the Group's central change governance forum, hold accountability for a portfolio of high-profile strategic projects, and provide direction and oversight to the wider change team. The role requires someone who can balance long-term strategic priorities with the immediate, practical needs of the individual businesses within the Group, while building a culture where change is embraced rather than resisted.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own the definition, management and delivery of the strategic change programme
- Work closely with senior leadership to define change objectives, build stakeholder buy-in, and ensure consistent delivery across the Group's businesses
- Build and embed a culture of change readiness and adaptability across the organisation
- Develop and mature the PMO framework and function, driving consistent, high-quality project delivery
- Monitor the effectiveness of change initiatives, adjusting approach as needed and staying current with emerging change management practice
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of change management professionals
- Identify risks to successful change delivery and build effective mitigation plans
- Own and manage allocated budgets tightly and effectively
What You'll Need
Essential:
- Significant experience as a senior change leader
- Proven ability to lead delivery of a complex, multi-stream change portfolio
- Strong grounding in recognised project methodologies (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile or similar)
- Strong financial acumen, with experience managing significant budgets and commercials
- Track record of building, evolving and running a PMO framework, including governance models and budgetary control
- Excellent leadership, influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
- Exceptional written and verbal communication, comfortable engaging C-suite audiences on complex topics
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, complex and compliance-driven environment
- MUST BE BASED IN NORTHERN IRELAND
- Must have experience in Financial Services / Professional Services
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Why Apply
- Genuine Group-level influence, shaping the strategic change agenda from the top
- Opportunity to build and mature a PMO function at scale
For more information on this role, or any other Accountancy and Finance position, please contact Gemma Murphy.
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