Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive,collaborativeand innovative company?
Do you enjoyworking as part of an enthusiastic, passionate,and collaborative team?
Why Softcat?
At the heart of our operations are our core values: Passion, Intelligence, Fun, Responsible and Community. These values are the pillars that Softcat and guide our every action.
As one of the UK's leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company, we have built a reputation for excellence. Our strategy is simple – we believe that highly engaged employees are the key to building customer trust and loyalty over the years.
Join our Business Change team
The Business Change Manager plays a critical role in ensuring that Softcat's technology, process, and organisational initiatives deliver real, measurable benefits. Working as part of the Change & Adoption team, and reporting to the Senior Business Change Manager, this role leads business readiness activity, champions user adoption, and ensures that change lands effectively across the organisation. The role acts as a connector between delivery teams, operational teams, and leadership to ensure changes are embedded sustainably.
The Business Change Manager will partner with project teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to design and deliver effective change strategies across Softcat's programmes and transformation initiatives
You will function as a trusted advisor in all aspects of people-centred change, from impact assessment through to implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement.
As Business Change Manager, you'll be responsible for:
- Change Strategy & Planning - Develop and own holisticchange strategies and plans that ensure initiatives are understood, adopted, and embedded successfully.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communication - Build strong, credible relationships across all levels of the business to ensure change lands effectively
- Adoption, Training & Business Readiness - Drive readiness and ensure teams feel confident, capable, and supported throughout change
- Benefits Realisation & Continuous Improvement - Ensure change is sustained and continues to drive value beyond go-live
Please see job description below for more information into the responsibilities
We'd love you to have
- Proven experience in a Business Change, Change Management, or similar people-focused transformation role
- Strong understanding of change frameworks and methodologies (e.g. Prosci ADKAR, APMG, Kotter), with the ability to apply them pragmatically
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders
- Ability to translate complex concepts into clear, simple messages tailored to different audiences
- Experience delivering change within technology-enabled transformation programmes
We also acknowledgethattheconfidencegap and imposter syndrome are a real thing andcanget in thewayof us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!
Work in a way that works for you
We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day
- Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs
Working with us
Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives,and embraces every background.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefits include:
- Pension
- Share incentive plan
- Life Assurance
- Holiday
- Trips
- Vouchers
- Partner/family Benefits
- Maternity, Paternity and Adoption support
If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Anyinformation you share on your application will be treated in confidence. You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/
Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authenticallyyouas possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.
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Business Change Manager in Manchester employer: Softcat plc
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