Business Change Manager
- Brentford, Greater London (GBR)
- £460 - £472.72 Per Day
- 5 Months
- Start date: ASAP
- Ref: GSK0JP00092353
- change management
- business improvement
- stakeholder management
- project manager
- implementation
- communication
- training
Title: Business Change Manager
Location: Brentford
LOA: 5 Months
Pay Rate: £472.72Per Day Via Umbrella (PAYE option is available )
Job Purpose:
Play a key Change Leadership role to support implementation of a significant transformational programme for R&D. The primary focus will be creating and implementing change management plans that maximize employee engagement and manage natural organisational resistance.
Responsibility:
- Be a key contributor to business improvement projects, aligned with R&D strategy, to deliver measurable and sustained improvements
- Provide change leadership across the lifecycle of projects
- Accountable for developing and implementing actionable and targeted change mgmt plans for the R&D strategic enabler – including but not limited to change impact analyses, engagement & communication plans, change networks, change coaching plans, and resistance mgmt plans. Accountable for delivering engagement sessions and training sessions to support leaders and people through change.
- Apply, propagate and embed appropriate methodologies and best practice for all change management and engagement activities undertaken
- Apply a structured change management approach and methodology applying the Framework and supporting toolkit.
- Work with Programme teams, Change Networks Managers, Tech and other internal and external groups as required to formulate specific change plans and activities to support project implementation.
- Partner with other the project manager / team to integrate change management activities into overall project plans.
- Ensure best practices are shared, lessons are learned, success stories are shared, etc.
- Identify potential risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop specific plans to mitigate or address concerns.
- Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results, and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner.
- Provide direct support and coaching to front-line managers and leaders as they help their direct reports through transitions.
- Apply and manage methods to measure the success of the change (adoption, utilization, proficiency, etc.)
- Liaise with R&D Communications to ensure that project ‘change’ messages are reflected in the overall R&D Communications Plan Create and enable reinforcement mechanisms and celebrations of success.
- Enable the efficient and effective execution of R&D strategy, through driving delivery-to-plan of high-impact Pharma R&D projects
- Contribute to the realisation and long-term sustainability of the benefits / improvements delivered, through effective engagement and alignment of impacted functions, communities and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle
Interpersonal Skills
Operate in cross-functional teams and needs to effectively interact with a broad range of people – from VP to the bench and with external partners.
Key capabilities include
- Leadership & Team work
- Lead, manage and coordinate team towards effective and successful delivery
- Easily find value-adding, complementary role when jointly working on deliverables
- Strengthen team by learning from others and facilitate learning by others
- Be mindful and adaptable to team members needs and styles
- Stakeholder management
- Actively listen, interpret and playback objectives, deliverables and points of view
- Proactively brief, syndicate and address concerns towards broad buy-in
- Executive communication
- Prepare and deliver succinct “top-down” messages
- Craft story lines for work streams and contribute to compelling overall project stories
- Communicate clearly through diverse media and techniques
- Ownership
- Have a “can do” attitude, helping organisation to deliver stretch goals
- Ability to self-direct, flex between approaches and deal with ambiguity
Basic
Experience
- Prior work in teams that facilitate and drive strategic decisions and/or business change with a track record of high achievement in this role
- Experience in navigating decisions and/or execution through multiple parties in major, matrixed organisations
- Experience / knowledge of business change mgt principles and methodologies
Practical experience working with change management approaches on a range of projects / programmes within the industry or other related services.
Preferred Experience
- Consulting/advisory experience at senior management level (e.g., through strategy role or change initiatives in industry, or in a professional services organisation)
- Industry R&D operational experience (i.e., a member of drug project or platform teams)
Change Management certification e.g. PROSCI certification
Basic Education:
Bachelors degree in science, business or finance
Preferred Education
Science PhD, and/or MBA
Strategy development and change management courses/trainings
