Digital Transformation Specialist

Our client is a leading Defence engineering and manufacturing company who are going through a large scale application implementation.

They are looking for an experienced Digital Transformation Specialist to join a high-impact programme, driving change management across finance and manufacturing teams. You'll be the bridge between the business, project team, and third-party integrator — making sure people are ready, trained, and bought in.

This is a 10-12 month fixed term contract, with the potential of a permanent role for the right candidate.

Working Patterns and location – Hybrid – 2-3 days on site per week and some UK wide travel to other sites expected on occasion

• Assess and validate business processes, establish and measure key success metrics, and support organisational readiness for change.

•        Support the design and delivery of training content, validate measurable ROI, and utilise recognised change measurement frameworks (e.g. Kirkpatrick Model) to assess effectiveness.

•        Develop and evolve communication strategies to ensure stakeholder engagement and business readiness throughout the transformation journey.

•        Partner with key stakeholders to drive adoption, manage resistance to change, and ensure successful implementation of transformation initiatives.

•        Manage end-to-end training logistics including scheduling, bookings, attendance tracking, and room coordination.

•       Coordinate Super User and Train-the-Trainer nominations to support deployment and hyper care phases.

•          Own adoption tracking post go-live and work with teams to identify and close adoption gaps.

•           Support business readiness assessments and change impact analysis across stakeholder groups

•        Design and deliver targeted communication plans tailored to different stakeholder audiences.

•        Facilitate discussions with business leaders to manage resistance and drive buy-in for new processes.

·       Proven experience delivering change management on large-scale digital transformation programmes, ideally within application implementation.

·       Strong stakeholder engagement skills across multiple levels of an organisation.

·       Experience designing and executing communications and engagement strategies for transformation projects.

·       Ability to manage complex training logistics across multiple sites and user groups.

·       Knowledge of recognised change measurement frameworks such as the Kirkpatrick Model.

·       Experience conducting business readiness assessments and managing change impact analysis.

·       Confident facilitator with the ability to manage resistance and drive adoption at all levels.

·       Ability to work effectively as the interface between internal business teams and third-party integrators.

·       25 days holiday (increasing to 27 days) + statutory public holidays.

·       Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).

·       6 times salary 'Life Assurance'.

·       Flexible Benefits scheme.

·       Discretionary Bonus scheme.

·       Enhanced family friendly policies.

·       37hr standard working week, with an early finish on Fridays whilst operating a 'Hybrid Working Model'

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

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