Job Description

The Function Transformation Lead is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic initiatives that support the design, alignment, governance, and implementation of functional operating models and functional architectures within the Group.

Working in partnership with Organisational Effectiveness and Organisational Design, Functional Executives, and Human Capital stakeholders, the role drives the successful delivery of functional transformation initiatives by establishing effective governance structures, aligning stakeholders, coordinating delivery across multiple workstreams, and ensuring organisational change is effectively embedded.

The role serves as a central integration point between strategy, organisational effectiveness, organisational design, and business leadership, ensuring that functional operating model and job architecture changes are translated into actionable plans and delivered in a consistent, governed, and sustainable manner.

• Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of function transformation initiatives across the Group.
• Support the development and implementation of revised functional operating models aligned to strategic business priorities.
• Coordinate the review and redesign of functional architectures.
• Translate strategic direction into executable workplans, milestones, deliverables, and implementation activities.
• Monitor programme progress and ensure delivery against agreed timelines and outcomes.
• Partner with Organisational Effectiveness Leads and Organisational Design Leads to shape future-state functional operating models.
• Support the development of revised functional architecture, including career pathways, and functional design standards.
• Facilitate alignment between operating model design decisions, workforce implications, governance requirements, and implementation plans.
• Coordinate activities necessary to transition functions from current-state to future-state models.
• Establish and coordinate governance forums, working groups and stakeholder engagement mechanisms.
• Drive alignment across Business Leaders, Human Capital teams, Organisational Effectiveness and Organisational Design leaders.
• Facilitate decision-making processes and ensure appropriate governance approvals are obtained.
• Identify and manage key risks, dependencies, and issues impacting delivery.
• Develop and execute stakeholder engagement and change management approaches to support organisational transformation initiatives.
• Coordinate strategic messaging and communication plans associated with function transformation changes.
• Prepare executive presentations, discussion papers, steering committee materials, and decision-support documents.
• Ensure leaders and impacted stakeholders understand the rationale, benefits, and implications of proposed changes.
• Support organisational readiness and adoption activities across impacted business areas.
• Coordinate delivery capacity across multiple functional transformation initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated programme plans that consolidate activities across functions and stakeholders.
• Track implementation progress, milestones, and benefits realisation.
• Manage interdependencies across Business, Human Capital, Technology, and Organisational Design workstreams.
• Escalate delivery risks and recommend corrective actions where required.
• Develop executive-level reporting for governance forums and leadership stakeholders.
• Provide insights on programme progress, stakeholder readiness, adoption risks, and implementation effectiveness.
• Prepare recommendations and decision papers to support strategic discussions and governance decisions.
• Monitor delivery performance against defined objectives, timelines, and success measures.

 

Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

08/09/26