Senior Business Change Professional (IT)

Job Title: Senior Business Change Professional (IT)

Location: Preston; Lancashire or Frimley; Surrey. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £48,000 dependent on experience

Who we are: 

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Business Change Professional to support the successful delivery of business change within a major enterprise-wide IT transformation programme.

This role focuses on ensuring that change is effectively planned, delivered and embedded across the organisation. You will work closely with stakeholders to support the adoption of new technologies, systems and ways of working, helping to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Core duties:

• Support the development and delivery of business change artefacts, including change impact assessments, communication plans, stakeholder assessments, training plans and overall change strategies
• Deliver business change activity within small to medium-sized projects, work packages, or contribute to wider transformation programmes
• Monitor and report on business benefit realisation, ensuring outcomes align with agreed objectives and KPIs
• Work with stakeholders to define project benefits and establish effective benefits management plans
• Set up and facilitate change networks and change champion programmes to support engagement and adoption
• Ensure business change is delivered using consistent, appropriate approaches across all project activities
• Support the implementation and adoption of new systems, technologies and ways of working

Essential Skills:

• Proven experience supporting change initiatives within enterprise-wide IT programmes
• Experience working within Business Change, including knowledge of change management methodologies, processes and frameworks
• Ability to deliver business change activities across projects of small to medium complexity
• Effective stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
• Ability to provide guidance on business change activities within a project or workstream

The Business Change Team:

You will join an established team of Business Change professionals, delivering end-to-end change management support across enterprise technology programmes.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a key transformation initiative within a large, complex organisation. You’ll work with stakeholders across a global environment, helping to implement and embed new ways of working at scale.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 2nd July 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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