Business Change Manager/Lead at Realtime Recruitment Ltd, Milton Keynes, 12 Months, £Contract Rate

Business Change Manager/Lead

Location: Milton Keynes
Contract: Day-rate contract
IR35 Status: Outside IR35

We are seeking an experienced Business Change Manager/Lead to support a major, multi-workstream transformation programme within a growing, purpose-driven organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on change professional to lead business readiness, stakeholder engagement and adoption activity across a complex programme involving technology, business processes, data, operations and the transition into live service.

The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment, bringing structure and momentum while ensuring changes are successfully Embedded across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated business change plan aligned with programme milestones, releases and go-live dates.
• Conduct change impact assessments across people, processes, technology, data and ways of working.
• Lead business readiness reviews, manage risks and ensure appropriate preparation ahead of go-live.
• Coordinate business handover, transition and post-implementation stabilisation activities.
• Develop and deliver training-needs analyses, training plans and supporting materials.
• Create stakeholder engagement and communications plans to drive awareness, understanding and adoption.
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams and operational teams to embed new processes and capabilities.
• Apply practical change management methodologies, including PROSCI principles, across Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery environments.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience leading business change across complex programmes or portfolios.
• Strong background in change planning, impact assessments, business readiness and operational transition.
• Experience developing training, communications and stakeholder engagement plans.
• A hands-on delivery approach, with the ability to personally produce key change deliverables and drive actions through to completion.
• Experience working in fast-paced or evolving environments where processes and team structures are still developing.
• Practical knowledge of PROSCI and experience working across Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills.

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for a delivery-focused Business Change Manager to play a key role in a significant transformation programme, helping ensure new capabilities are successfully adopted and Embedded into business operations.

Contract: Day-rate, Outside IR35
Location: Milton Keynes

If you have the relevant business change experience and enjoy turning complex transformation activity into practical, sustainable change, we would love to hear from you.