Ubique Systems

TRCI-26-06828

Business Change Lead

This is a senior interim Business Change Lead role reporting to the Director of Transformation and working closely with Service Design, People and Culture, DDaT, and business leaders. The role will create and test a practical business change framework, assess portfolio demand and existing capability, and recommend a costed model for a change function. It also requires hands-on support for priority changes, executive-level credibility, and the ability to build change capability in a lower-maturity organisation. The brief seeks experience leading change in a complex public sector organisation or arm's-length body, ideally alongside digital and service transformation; the structured experience band is 6–8 years. The contract is based in Manchester, but the work mode is not specified, and no particular software platform or technical stack is named.

Position summary

Location
United Kingdom
Workplace
Hybrid
Employment
Contract
Experience
Minimum 6 years and Maximum 8 years
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Role overview

Why This Role Matters.

This is a senior interim Business Change Lead role reporting to the Director of Transformation and working closely with Service Design, People and Culture, DDaT, and business leaders. The role will create and test a practical business change framework, assess portfolio demand and existing capability, and recommend a costed model for a change function. It also requires hands-on support for priority changes, executive-level credibility, and the ability to build change capability in a lower-maturity organisation. The brief seeks experience leading change in a complex public sector organisation or arm's-length body, ideally alongside digital and service transformation; the structured experience band is 6–8 years. The contract is based in Manchester, but the work mode is not specified, and no particular software platform or technical stack is named.

Your Impact

Deliver Enterprise Value

Help organisations solve complex business problems through modern technology, consulting expertise and measurable outcomes.

Collaboration

Work Across Teams

Collaborate with consultants, architects, engineers and client stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Growth

Learn Continuously

Gain exposure to enterprise technologies, certifications, mentoring and real-world project experience.

Career Path

Grow With Ubique

Build a long-term consulting career with opportunities to take on greater responsibility and leadership over time.

Responsibilities

What You'll Be Doing.

Every role at Ubique contributes directly to solving meaningful business challenges for our clients.

01

Identify the team we need. An assessment of the change demand coming from the transformation portfolio, the capability we already have, and costed options for a business change function: roles, skills, size, where it sits, and what is permanent, interim or embedded in directorates.

02

Work with the business on change. Hands-on support to directors and their teams on the first priority changes, testing the framework on live work, building confidence in leading change, and setting up a change network across the organisation.

03

A track record leading business change in a complex public sector or arm's-length body, ideally alongside digital and service transformation

04

Experience building a change approach and function in a low maturity organisation, and bringing leaders with them as maturity grows

05

Credibility with executive and senior leaders, and a preference for doing the work with the business over producing documents about it

06

Comfort working in agile, multidisciplinary teams alongside external delivery partners

Technology stack

Tools & Technologies.

The platforms and technologies you'll use to build modern, enterprise-grade solutions.

01

business change

02

change management

03

change framework

04

change impact assessment

05

readiness assessment

06

stakeholder engagement

07

stakeholder mapping

08

change communications

09

training strategy

10

adoption measures

11

change network

12

change capability

13

change function design

14

operating model

15

transformation portfolio

16

PMO reporting

17

programme assurance

18

service design

19

digital transformation

20

agile delivery

Requirements

Skills & Experience.

We value curiosity, collaboration and continuous learning. If you don't meet every requirement but believe you can make an impact, we'd still love to hear from you.

Essential

Required Qualifications

Lead business change in a complex organisation

Build a practical business change framework

Assess change impacts and organisational readiness

Plan stakeholder engagement and change communications

Develop training and adoption measures

Assess change demand, capability, and change-function options

Engage and influence executive and senior leaders

Provide hands-on change support in agile, multidisciplinary teams

Preferred

Nice to Have

Experience in a public sector organisation or arm's-length body

Experience alongside digital and service transformation

Experience working with external delivery partners

Experience establishing a change network

Experience working with PMO reporting and programme assurance

What you'll gain

More Than Just A Job.

We're committed to helping every team member grow professionally, personally and technically while working on meaningful projects.

Global Exposure

Collaborate with international clients and multicultural teams on enterprise programmes.

Continuous Learning

Expand your expertise through mentoring, certifications and hands-on project experience.

Career Growth

Take ownership, develop leadership skills and grow your consulting career over time.

Flexible Working

Hybrid and remote collaboration designed around trust and delivering exceptional outcomes.

People First

Join a supportive culture where collaboration, respect and long-term relationships come first.

Enterprise Projects

Work on meaningful technology initiatives for leading organisations across industries.

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