Digital Change Manager

Job Description

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions.

We know that different people have different priorities, which is why we're here to support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. So, talk to us about what's ideal for you – from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. And if you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.

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AtkinsRéalis, Balfour Beatty and Egis Road Operations UK are part of a consortium, creating Connect Plus Services, a unique partnership with a collective strength in highways asset care from finance, through to design, build, maintenance as well as day to day operation.

As part of our 30-year remit to manage and improve the capital's orbital motorway network, we deliver major improvement projects, such as widening 38 miles of the M25, refurbishing tunnels and bridges, and installing hundreds of variable messaging signs and gantries, helping to maximise the use of the network and deliver more reliable journeys. We also manage the Dartford River crossing and operate and maintain 440 kilometres of motorway providing our customer and road user with a world-class highway service.

We value diversity and celebrate individual differences, believing that our inclusive culture helps the business continue to grow as a strong, dynamic, and innovative organisation.

Role/Purpose:

Digital/Business Change Manager to play a key role in the delivery of items in the Digital Transformation of the M25 DBFO – being instrumental in the delivery of business change, communications, engagement, and training for a complex portfolio of digital changes. Day to day leadership of key Project Managers, who are managing each of the individual initiatives – ensuring that they are delivering, and most importantly embedding, change projects.

Ensure development and adoption of a consistent structured methodology for business change on the M25, reporting progress, developing, and managing a business change cross-project plan and delivering key business change artefacts to support adoption and embedment. Working with the Project Managers and business leads so that the portfolio of projects progress to plan and any concerns are escalated as required to the Digital Delivery Lead.

Work with wider team, sharing progress on business analysis, software development (for specific in-house managed software), project management, and testing. In addition, build strong relationship with communications, HR, and Performance and Quality, AMO and Service Delivery and other PMO teams to enable delivery of Business Change components of the portfolio across the business.

Work with stakeholders across the M25 community to share lessons on project launch and embedding with the wider community and support business change efforts for community wider programmes. Support the running of the change board, calling out people and business change impacts for the business. Capture change impact for projects / programmes and set out clear plans to mitigate.

In conjunction with the Head of Digital and Data and Digital Delivery Lead, feed into the development of a digital strategy, vision, and roadmap to build engagement and communicate delivery of the wider portfolio.

Develop the Business Benefits realisation plans to ensure that the Digital and Data Services are offering value for money and ROI savings from all projects.

To prepare and lead the business transformation of change, establishing and preparing the business functional areas under the "Change blue print" model, driving these large business change programmes forward to a successful deployment completion.

Accountabilities:

Delivery of business change for Digital / Technology portfolio

Development of a business change methodology, including development of key artefacts. Capture business change impacts, providing measurement and identifying plans to mitigate these impacts. Regular updates on progress made and status reporting to the Digital Delivery Lead, and Head of Digital and Data. Supporting the capture, measurement and tracking of key portfolio benefits in conjunction with the Finance team and ensuring that these are driven through to realisation. Supporting key governance forums, such as the CPS Change Board and providing regular contributions to the Digital Delivery meeting. Supplying portfolio finances and benefits identification and delivery. Identification, reporting and tracking of business change risks, issues, and dependencies. Escalating as required.

Experience/Criteria Required:

Successfully managing large change projects. Supporting delivery of project/programme benefits through to realisation. Presenting updates at complex governance forums. Engaging senior level stakeholders and obtaining buy-in. Developing a business change methodology across the organisation and ensuring key documentation is in place. Shaping of business change initiatives and activities. Understanding of digital technology and its application. Interdependency identification and tracking. Technology strategy development and articulation. Management of multiple stakeholder organisations.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Meeting your needs:

To help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we offer employees "Total Reward." It's a package that can be tailored to your changing lifestyle, career and personal needs. You'll enjoy benefits such as partner discounts, leadership training, professional, accreditations, and career planning for any stage of your career. Making sure you're supported is important to us. So, if you identify as having a disability, tell us ahead of your interview. And let's talk through any adjustments you might need.

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More about us:

AtkinsRéalis, is a leading global consultancy with over 100 years of design and engineering expertise. With us, you'll be surrounded by the skills, knowledge, and support to help you succeed. Together, we can deliver projects which have a positive, sustainable impact on the world.

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Training:

AtkinsRéalis is committed to developing its people both personally and professionally. Our colleagues have the advantage of access to a high ranging training portfolio and development activities designed to help make the best of individual's abilities and talents. We also actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.

Additional Information:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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