At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead transformative projects and shape a new function in a global sports organisation.
- Company: Join one of the world's most iconic sports and entertainment brands.
- Benefits: High-profile role, hybrid working, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture with exposure to senior leadership and diverse initiatives.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by defining how transformation is delivered across the business.
- Qualifications: Experience in leading complex transformation programmes and strong strategic thinking.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
Our client is one of the world's most iconic global sports and entertainment organisations, delivering a championship watched by hundreds of millions of fans across more than 20 countries every year. As the business continues to evolve and scale, they are building out a new central Transformation function and are looking for a Senior Transformation Manager to play a key role in shaping how change is delivered across the organisation.
This is a unique opportunity to join a newly established team at an exciting stage of growth. Rather than stepping into an existing transformation office with established processes, you will help define how the function operates — creating frameworks, governance and ways of working while leading some of the organisation’s most important cross-functional transformation programmes.
Working closely with senior leaders across commercial, operations, technology and corporate functions, you’ll take complex, ambiguous challenges and turn them into structured transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.
This is a hands‑on role for someone who combines strategic thinking with delivery capability — someone who can understand the bigger business challenge, shape the approach and lead successful execution.
The Senior Transformation Manager will…
- Establish and help shape the new Transformation function, including developing processes, governance frameworks, reporting structures and ways of working.
- Lead complex, cross‑functional transformation programmes from initial definition through to successful delivery.
- Translate strategic priorities into practical transformation roadmaps and executable plans.
- Identify opportunities for business improvement, operational optimisation and value creation across the organisation.
- Work with senior stakeholders to define transformation objectives, build alignment and drive meaningful change.
- Bring structure to ambiguous problems, creating clarity where there is no established roadmap.
- Develop business cases, assess options and support senior leaders in making informed decisions.
- Partner with teams across commercial, operations, technology and other functions to deliver organisation‑wide initiatives.
- Manage competing priorities and navigate a complex stakeholder environment with confidence and influence.
- Ensure transformation activity delivers measurable outcomes, not just completed projects.
Y
ou'll bring…
- Experience leading business transformation, enterprise change or strategic transformation programmes.
- A track record of taking complex initiatives from concept through to delivery.
- Experience operating in ambiguous environments where you have had to create structure, define approaches and influence direction.
- Strong strategic thinking, with the ability to connect transformation activity back to wider business objectives.
- Experience working with senior stakeholders, including executive‑level audiences.
- The ability to influence through collaboration, credibility and relationships rather than hierarchy.
- A background in consulting and/or in‑house transformation, strategy or change leadership.
- Experience leading cross‑functional programmes involving multiple teams and competing priorities.
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand wider business implications.
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage everyone from operational teams through to senior leadership.
- A proactive, self‑starting mindset with the ability to take ownership and drive outcomes independently.
Why You'll Love It
- Opportunity to help build a Transformation function from the ground up.
- High‑profile role with visibility across one of the world's most recognised organisations.
- Ability to shape how transformation is delivered across the business.
- Exposure to senior leadership and business‑critical initiatives.
- Diverse transformation portfolio spanning operational improvement, technology, data, commercial initiatives and organisational change.
- Entrepreneurial culture with significant autonomy and ownership.
- Opportunity to build relationships across the organisation and explore future career paths across commercial, operations, technology and other areas of the business.
- Hybrid working model with offices in London and Biggin Hill.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants. All hiring decisions are made on merit, creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.
Due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to respond to successful candidates.
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