Group Transformation Director - Insurance
Circa £135,000 - £140,000 basic + Package | 18-month FTC | Hybrid
We're looking for an experienced Group Transformation Director to help shape and deliver a major strategic change agenda across a complex organisation.
Working closely with Executive Leadership, you'll own and coordinate a multi-year transformation roadmap spanning Operations, Finance, Technology, AI, Sourcing and organisational integration.
This is not a role focused on delivering a single programme.
You'll operate across the organisation, helping determine where the business should invest, which strategic initiatives should be prioritised and how multiple transformation programmes come together to deliver the future Group operating model.
The role
You'll be responsible for:
- Shaping and governing the Group's strategic transformation portfolio and multi-year roadmap.
- Working with Executive Leadership to identify and prioritise the organisation's major strategic change initiatives.
- Developing and challenging business cases, investment proposals and benefits cases.
- Establishing governance around strategic investment, ensuring programmes deliver the intended outcomes.
- Providing continued oversight of the global Finance Transformation programme.
- Coordinating major transformation initiatives across Operations, Finance, Technology, AI & Data, Sourcing and Procurement.
- Helping define the future Group operating model as the organisation continues to integrate and evolve.
- Overseeing transformation associated with BPO/ITO, outsourcing and strategic sourcing.
- Ensuring AI and automation initiatives are incorporated into the wider organisational transformation roadmap.
- Coordinating infrastructure consolidation, technology shared services and application rationalisation alongside Technology leadership.
- Managing dependencies between major programmes and ensuring delivery is appropriately sequenced.
- Establishing clear ownership, governance, benefits tracking and executive reporting.
- Engaging business and regional leadership to create a joined-up Group approach to transformation.
About you
We're looking for an established transformation leader who has operated across multiple functions and major strategic programmes, rather than someone whose experience is limited to one transformation specialism.
You'll ideally bring:
- Significant experience as a Transformation Director, Head of Transformation, Group Change Director or equivalent.
- Ownership of enterprise-wide transformation portfolios and strategic roadmaps.
- Experience translating corporate strategy into an executable portfolio of change.
- Strong investment prioritisation, business case and benefits-realisation experience.
- Experience establishing or leading Transformation Offices / enterprise PMOs.
- Executive Committee and Board-level stakeholder management.
- Experience across operating model, organisational and operational transformation.
- Strong exposure to Finance Transformation.
- Experience coordinating transformation across Technology, Data, Architecture or Digital.
- Exposure to outsourcing, BPO/ITO, shared services or strategic sourcing.
- Experience of M&A, integration or complex organisational change would be highly advantageous.
- Experience within insurance or wider financial services would be particularly attractive.
You don't need to be the technical expert across every transformation discipline. You'll be responsible for bringing together specialist leaders, establishing the strategic roadmap and ensuring the overall portfolio delivers against the Group's objectives.
Group Transformation Director - Insurance in Cheltenham employer: Ventula Consulting
As an SAP Finance Data Lead, you will join a dynamic and innovative team at one of the UK's most successful companies, known for its commitment to employee growth and development. With a flexible work culture that allows for 2 days of remote work, you will benefit from a collaborative environment that values diverse perspectives and encourages professional advancement. This role not only offers competitive compensation but also the chance to make a meaningful impact in the life sciences and healthcare sectors, ensuring that your contributions are recognised and valued.
