Business Change Technical Specialist - Financial Services

Job description: Business Change Technical Specialist

Location: Leeds or London, UK (3 days in office)

Relevant Experience: 15+ Years

Role Purpose

The Business Change Technical Specialist supports the adoption of business and IT change within a division, ensuring operational readiness and enabling timely, cost-effective delivery of business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess change impacts with stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver change strategies and interventions (e.g., training needs analysis, communication plans).
• Produce and support go-live and readiness plans, including change champion networks.
• Lead on people-related risks and issues.
• Define, track, and manage readiness and exit criteria.

Minimum Requirements

• Significant experience delivering business change within financial services or regulated environments.
• Experience with PROSCI, Prince2, Agile, Waterfall, and DevOps methodologies.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong stakeholder management and ability to overcome resistance.
• Excellent analytical skills to assess operational risk.
• Strategic thinker able to challenge established approaches.
• Experience managing risks, mitigations, and interdependencies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable

• Coaching skills.
• Business change qualifications such as PROSCI.

Up to £75K

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