Transformation Lead

**Transformation Lead**:

- Date: 25 Jun 2025
- Location: Oxford/ Hybrid, GB, OX4 4DQ
- Company: Nominet

**Contract Type**: Fixed-Term

**Location**: Hybrid, a minimum of 20% in the office per month

**About Us**

We’re Nominet - a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of the UK internet. While we're best known for running.UK domains, our DNS expertise also underpins critical internet infrastructure that government services, including the NHS, rely on.

As a public benefit company, our work has a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve people’s lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

We’re also already a Carbon Neutral company and we’re committed to helping the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.

**The Role**

Nominet is undergoing significant investment to modernise its technology and offerings to align with evolving requirements for increased domain services flexibility and security.

Our three-year strategy calls for the delivery of six strategic initiatives that call for efficient cross functional collaboration and coordination to manage priorities, development workload and change plans.

We are seeking a transformation leader with a track record of enterprise level transformation leadership, to drive the delivery of our current strategy over the next 18 to 24 months and support strategic planning for the years that follow.

**What You'll Be Doing**

Transformation Leadership:

- Programme leadership for two complex cross-functional initiatives
- Scope, phasing and delivery for these critical transformations
- Support cross-functional teams to deliver transformation initiatives on time and within budget.
- Provide a focal point and ownership for cross-functional issue resolution

Governance:

- Establish and maintain consistent governance activities, tools and reporting
- Run Exec level reviews to bring transparency of initiative delivery progress and impacts
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, data protection, and internal policies.

Change Management, Communication and Engagement:

- Play a leading role in the wider business change agenda whilst implementing best practices in change management methodologies to support the adoption of new processes, technologies, and cultural shifts.
- Engage and collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to ensure buy-in, set expectations and promote active and effective participation.
- Foster and drive a culture of high performance, accountability, agility, empowerment and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Future Planning:

- Drive Executive strategic planning beyond the initial transformation project.

**About You**

Proven experience in leading large-scale transformation and change programmes within complex technology organisations.

Track record includes C-Suite & Board level stakeholder management for business-critical programmes.

Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Experience in business process re-engineering and change management frameworks such as Prosci or ADKAR.

**Required Skills**:

- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Strong project, programme and change management skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities - issue owner, closer and decision-maker.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - consensus-building and managing difficult conversations
- Strategic thinker, able to translate vision into executable programmes.
- Commercial acumen and financial management skills.

**What We Offer**
- Early Finish Friday - Working week of 34 hours with full-time pay. (Finish at midday on Friday)
- 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days
- Bupa private healthcare + Employee Assistance Programme
- Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points
- Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc.
- Medicash discounts on routine healthcare including optical, dental and much more
- Company and individual performance-based annual bonus
- We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone. _If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know._