Transformation Manager

Reports to: Head of Business Transformation

What you’ll do

Global Transformation Integration

* Work alongside the accountable Program Manager to identify the wider regional transformation requirements and build them into the source plan

* Surface gaps or inconsistencies early and help resolve them across the Business Office, Product & Technology, functions and regions

Regional Transformation Agenda & Senior Leadership Team Partnership

* Act as the Transformation Office partner to the Regional SLT, connecting enterprise transformation priorities with regional priorities and business realities

* Provide clear visibility of what is changing, what matters next, where capacity or sequencing is constrained and where decisions or escalation are needed

* Support the Regional SLT to make informed trade-offs while preserving agreed enterprise outcomes and standards

Regional Portfolio, Governance & Reporting

* Own and actively manage the regional transformation board and portfolio view, including milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, capacity and readiness

* Apply enterprise portfolio and PM standards proportionately and connect regional information into enterprise reporting and governance

Activation, Readiness & Adoption

* Translate enterprise models, processes, products/services, releases and ways of working into practical regional activation plans

* Alongside the Transformation Office Change and Communications Managers, assess readiness and absorbability across the combined change agenda, including capacity, capability, communications, training and leadership readiness

* Identify legitimate local variation and work with Change, Communications and functional teams to support adoption

Cross-Region Coordination & Learning

* Coordinate with other Transformation Managers on shared transformations, dependencies, risks and common needs

* Connect Regional SLTs or delivery teams where priorities, capacity or sequencing cross regional boundaries

* Reuse effective practices and feed regional insight, lessons and issues back into enterprise decisions

Value Realization & BAU Transition

* Ensure regional outcomes, adoption measures and value requirements are connected to enterprise transformation objectives

* Support clear transition into BAU, including local ownership, reinforcement and continuous-improvement mechanisms

* Escalate material barriers that could prevent intended business value from being realised

Experience and attributes

* Strong experience in enterprise transformation, programme/portfolio management and/or transformation integration in a complex, matrixed organisation

* Demonstrated experience coordinating transformation across multiple functions, programmes and/or countries

* Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and influence across organisational boundaries without formal authority

* Experience creating integrated portfolio visibility across milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, capacity and readiness

* Experience in regional activation, change readiness, adoption and transition into BAU, not only project delivery

* Strong facilitation, communication, governance and executive-reporting skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues and present clear trade-offs

* Comfort operating in ambiguity and using modern collaboration, portfolio and AI-enabled tools to improve execution

Core competencies

* Strategic and enterprise transformation thinking

* Stakeholder engagement, influence and executive communication

* Portfolio, project, governance, risk and dependency management

* Change leadership, readiness and adoption

* Cross-regional and cross-cultural collaboration

* Pragmatic problem solving and strong follow-through