Senior Business Consultant Change Management

Are you looking to build your career in business change and work on transformation programmes that make a real impact? We are looking for a Business Change Management Consultant to join us in Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business. You will support transformation activities across ERP, MES and PLM environments, helping clients embed new processes, drive adoption and deliver operational outcomes. You will get the opportunity to lead key change management activities without direct line management responsibilities, working closely with senior consultants, stakeholders and cross‑functional teams. If you are passionate about enabling people through change and want to work in a fast‑paced, industrial environment, this could be the right next step for you. We can offer great career progression opportunities, benefits you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development to help you grow. What you'll be doing: Supporting end‑to‑end change management activities – from strategy execution to rollout and adoption tracking. Facilitating workshops, training sessions and communications to engage stakeholders and clarify requirements. dentifying risks, adoption barriers and opportunities for process improvement. Contributing to SOPs, playbooks and change collateral to ensure operational alignment. Helping to track KPIs and benefits realisation to ensure changes deliver measurable outcomes. What you’ll bring: Practical experience supporting change initiatives in ERP, MES or PLM systems. Understanding of manufacturing processes and shop‑floor operations. Confident communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels. Ability to track adoption, support training activities and contribute to benefits realisation. An analytical mindset, able to structure ambiguous problems and drive actionable outcomes. It would be great if you had: Exposure to Value Stream Mapping or process improvement activities. Understanding of digital thread concepts. Familiarity with PLM platforms such as Teamcenter, Windchill or 3DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA. If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply – we’d love to hear from you! Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent. Location: Bristol, Manchester or Chester (3 days a week on site). Security Clearance Level: Must be eligible for SC and DV. Internal Recruiter: Soraya. Salary: £50,000 – £70,000. Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension. Although this role is advertised as full‑time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us? Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues – sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety‑ and security‑critical markets.