Head of Transformation

Head of Transformation & Integration

Location: North East (Hybrid)

Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 + Bonus

The Opportunity

An established and growing professional services organisation is looking to appoint a Head of Transformation to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the business.

Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a highly visible leadership position responsible for driving strategic change, overseeing the transformation portfolio and leading the successful integration of acquisitions. You'll work across the organisation to ensure key business initiatives are delivered with pace, structure and measurable outcomes.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys operating at both strategic and hands-on levels, influencing senior stakeholders and turning ambitious plans into tangible results.

The Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the organisation's transformation programme, ensuring strategic initiatives are delivered successfully.
• Managing and prioritising a portfolio of change programmes and projects.
• Working closely with the executive leadership team to identify priorities, manage risks and remove delivery blockers.
• Leading the integration of acquired businesses, covering people, processes, systems and culture.
• Developing integration plans from due diligence through to full operational embedding.
• Building strong relationships across all business functions to ensure alignment and collaboration.
• Producing clear reporting and insights for executive leadership to support decision making.
• Identifying opportunities for operational improvement and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leading and developing a small transformation and change team while embedding best practice across the organisation.

About You

We're looking for an experienced transformation leader who combines strategic thinking with a strong delivery focus.

You'll ideally have:

• Significant experience leading large-scale business transformation programmes.
• Experience managing portfolios of strategic change initiatives.
• Proven success leading acquisition or post-merger integrations from planning through to operational delivery.
• Strong programme or portfolio management expertise with recognised qualifications (MSP, PRINCE2, Agile, PMP or similar).
• Experience influencing senior leadership, executive teams and board-level stakeholders.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach with the ability to work comfortably in ambiguous environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on measurable business outcomes.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing transformation or change teams.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at a pivotal stage of its growth journey, where you'll have genuine influence over strategy, transformation and future acquisitions.

The successful individual will work closely with the CEO and executive leadership team, helping shape how the organisation evolves while delivering meaningful business change.

Package

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Enhanced pension
• Generous annual leave plus additional festive closure
• Life assurance
• Flexible hybrid working
• Health and wellbeing support
• Employee discounts and additional lifestyle benefits
• Genuine opportunity to influence strategic direction at executive level

If you're an experienced transformation leader who thrives on delivering complex business change, acquisition integration and executive-level stakeholder management, we'd welcome a confidential conversation.