IT Change and Release Lead

We are looking for an experienced IT Change & Release Lead to ensure our IT services evolve safely, efficiently, and effectively.

As our IT Change & Release Lead, you'll own and shape the Change & Release Management capability across the IT estate. You'll be the driving force behind ensuring changes are planned, governed, communicated, and delivered successfully, minimising risk while maximising business value. This is an opportunity to make a real impact in a healthcare organisation where technology directly supports patient outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and govern all IT change and release activities across internal teams and third-party suppliers.
• Develop, enhance, and manage Change & Release Management processes aligned to ITIL, Agile, ISO, and Microsoft best practices.
• Chair change activities, monitor compliance, and ensure approvals and validations are completed correctly.
• Produce insightful reporting, forecasting, and metrics to support informed decision-making.
• Drive continual improvement across cloud and Azure environments, identifying opportunities to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
• Partner with stakeholders across IT, business teams, and vendors to ensure seamless delivery of technology change.

What We're Looking For

You'll be an organised, proactive, and influential change professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. Key experience includes:

• Proven experience managing Change & Release processes.
• Experience working with internal IT teams and third-party suppliers.
• Exposure to modern ITSM platforms.
• Excellent planning, scheduling, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.

Who are we?

Sciensus is a proven life sciences solutions partner with more than 30 years' experience navigating and unlocking the complex European healthcare ecosystem. We maximise patient access to medicines, accelerate product launches and drive long-term commercial success for our partners. Through a skilled team of over 500 licensed clinical staff and 1,650 colleagues globally, we work at the intersection of clinical excellence, patient experience and healthcare innovation. We support patients living with cancer, chronic conditions and rare diseases ‒ helping them access the life-changing treatments they need, wherever they are.

What do we offer our people?

We work hard to make sure colleagues feel motivated, developed, and recognised for the great work they do. Additional to a competitive salary, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Yearly pay reviews
• Contribution based pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Employee benefits platform (retailer discounts and much more)
• Private medical (after qualifying period)
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Annual company event
• In the Burton Upon Trent office we have an onsite gym, canteen, prayer room, and quiet room

Our Values

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we have also successfully gained the National Equality Standard (NES is the UK’s leading Equity, Diversity and Inclusion standard which was developed by the UK Government and the CBI). We are committed to the fair treatment of all candidates, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability. We welcome applications from all and we select candidates based on skills, qualifications, and experience. Please talk to us during the application process to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require. We are committed to achieving Net Zero and reducing our ecological footprint. We are constantly working on new initiatives, some of our more recent ones include working towards Level 2 in the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit and replacing many of our vans with lower CO2 emission models. For information on other projects and our wider approach to sustainability please visit our corporate website.