Head of Business Design and Partnering
- Location: Remote, with occasional travel to our Bradford and London offices
- Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
- Salary: £80,000 per annum
Lead the future of business design at Anchor
We're looking for an experienced and influential leader to join Anchor as our Head of Business Design & Partnering. This is a pivotal role responsible for shaping how change is designed across the organisation, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into effective operating models, services and business outcomes. You'll work closely with senior leaders to influence decision-making, set design standards and lead a high-performing Business Design function.
What you'll be doing
- Leading Anchor's Business Design function, providing enterprise-wide leadership for business design, service design and business architecture.
- Partnering with Directors and Executive Sponsors to shape change initiatives, define future operating models and ensure successful organisational outcomes.
- Establishing and maintaining design governance, standards and assurance across major transformation programmes.
- Driving alignment across business change activity, ensuring solutions are coherent, compliant and operationally viable.
- Leading, coaching and developing a team of Business Design Partners and Business Design Analysts to build capability and deliver organisational priorities.
What we're looking for
- Significant senior leadership experience within Business Design, Service Design, Business Architecture or a related strategic change discipline.
- Proven experience working with Executive teams and senior stakeholders, influencing strategic decisions and providing constructive challenge.
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to translate strategy into practical operating and service models.
- Experience of design governance, assurance and leading enterprise-wide change initiatives.
- Experience within housing, health, care or another complex regulated environment would be advantageous.
Right to Work in the UK
Proof of the right to work in the UK will be required from the successful candidate in accordance with UK Home Office requirements before any offer of employment can be confirmed.
Where permission to work in the UK is required, applicants will need to hold and maintain the appropriate immigration status or visa for the duration of their employment.
Closing Date
The closing date for applications is 11th October. First stage interviews are expected to take place week commencing 19th October.
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Head of Business Design & Partnering in Bradford employer: Anchor Hanover Group
Anchor Hanover Group is an exceptional employer that prioritises the voices of its residents, fostering a collaborative and inclusive work culture. With a focus on employee growth and development, you will have the opportunity to lead impactful research initiatives in a hybrid role, all while contributing to meaningful improvements in service delivery. Located in a supportive environment, we offer competitive salaries and a commitment to enhancing the lives of our residents.
