Transformation Implementation Manager in Southampton

Benifex is a fast-moving technology company and a provider of online reward and benefits solutions. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. We are seeking brilliant people to join our team.

Why you should apply

• Impact: Make a real, visible impact by delivering complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives that materially change how Benifex operates day to day.
• Ownership: Take true ownership of delivery end to end.
• Collaboration: Work at the heart of the business, collaborating closely with Product, Technology, Services and Change on high-priority initiatives.
• Autonomy: Operate with autonomy and trust, balancing pace with governance while driving outcomes, clarity and momentum.

Great benefits

• Salary: 60,000-70,000 (dependent on experience)
• Flexible work: choose a working setup that works for you, with a requirement to be in the office once a month; you must be based in the UK or Ireland.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including discounts from hundreds of high street brands, salary sacrifice schemes across Finance, Health, Tech, and more
• 25 days holiday plus local bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Two half-day wellbeing days
• Healthcare cash plan to cover day-to-day healthcare
• Employee Assistance Plan 24/7/365 support
• Income protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)
• Referral bonuses
• Enhanced parental leave package – 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Work from Anywhere policy for 90 days
• Buy and Sell scheme for holidays
• £50 monthly allowance with a Benifex card topped up at the start of each month

Role overview

As a Transformation Implementation Manager, you will lead the execution of complex transformation initiatives from mobilisation through to controlled transition into BAU. You will apply strong project and delivery management expertise in a pragmatic, outcome-focused way, ensuring changes to workflows, processes, tooling and ways of working are delivered at pace and with sustainability. Operating within agreed governance, risk and assurance frameworks, you will retain the autonomy to drive progress, resolve issues and manage delivery trade-offs. You will work closely with Business Analysts and Change & Business Readiness Leads to ensure delivery, adoption and long-term value are fully aligned.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end execution of high-impact transformation initiatives across Product, Technology, Services and Change.
• Define delivery scope, objectives, milestones and timelines aligned to agreed transformation priorities.
• Develop and maintain integrated delivery plans, schedules and roadmaps to guide sequencing and execution.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, issues and dependencies, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Manage interdependencies across workstreams and initiatives, understanding and mitigating programme-level impacts.
• Own change control for scope, timelines and dependencies, ensuring impacts are assessed, documented and communicated.
• Ensure delivery aligns with governance, assurance and escalation frameworks.
• Provide clear, concise progress reporting and maintain delivery documentation throughout the lifecycle.
• Use delivery insights and performance metrics to drive continuous improvement in transformation delivery.
• Ensure initiatives are ready for go-live and support a controlled transition into BAU with clear ownership and handover.

What we are looking for

• Demonstrated experience delivering complex, cross-functional transformation or change initiatives.
• Strong project management capability, including planning, sequencing, dependency management and risk control.
• Experience operating in enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Confidence influencing, aligning and driving progress without formal authority.
• A pragmatic, structured and outcome-focused mindset, with the ability to balance pace with governance and risk.

Our application process is designed to be simple and fair. We don’t ask for a cover letter for this role; instead, the application form includes a few short questions to help us understand your experience and skills more directly.

Our interview process

• Initial interview with the Talent team
• Online tests in numeracy and logical reasoning
• Interview and case presentation with the hiring manager
• Final interview with a senior team member or director

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during the recruitment process, please let us know with your application.