Job Description

Senior Transformation and Change Specialist

Location: Work from home with UK Travel

Employment type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: Depends on experience and will include a company car or car allowance.

What’s in it for you…

We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job — you’re starting a career with real support behind it.​

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
• 24/7 access to a virtual GP​ and Mental health support & counselling services​
• Cycle to Work scheme​
• Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more​!
• Life assurance cover​
• Long service recognition​
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Paid volunteering opportunities in your community​

About the role…

Ipsum is looking for a Senior Transformation & Change Specialist to support the growth of our Water & Infrastructure Division. This role will report into the Transformation and Change Manager.

• Support the delivery of transformation and change activity across the division, ensuring initiatives are effectively planned, governed, and executed.
• Support operational leadership across integration and change programmes, translating strategic direction into structured delivery.
• Ensure robust governance, tracking, and reporting of transformation and integration activity.
• Enable effective coordination across stakeholders, ensuring alignment of priorities, plans, and deliverables.
• Support the successful integration of acquired businesses through structured oversight, tracking, and risk management.

As Senior Transformation and Change Lead you will…

• Support the Transformation & Change Manager in the planning and delivery of transformation and integration activity.
• Establish and maintain effective governance structures to support programme delivery, including documentation, reporting, and tracking.
• Manage and maintain key programme documentation, including acceptance criteria, plans, and status reporting.
• Coordinate and facilitate checkpoint, progress, and governance meetings, ensuring actions and outcomes are clearly recorded and tracked.
• Track delivery against agreed milestones, ensuring progress is transparent and aligned to plan.
• Identify, record, and manage risks and issues, ensuring appropriate escalation and mitigation actions are in place.
• Work closely with functional leads to ensure alignment of deliverables, priorities, and timelines across the business.
• Support the management of dependencies across programmes and workstreams.
• Provide regular reporting and updates to stakeholders on progress, risks, and performance.
• Ensure consistency and rigour in the application of governance and change processes.
• Support the coordination of integration activities, ensuring a structured and controlled approach to delivery.
• Collaborate with PMO, Transformation & Change, and wider business stakeholders to ensure effective planning and delivery of activity.

About you…

• Experience in Water, Infrastructure or Utilities is desirable
• Experience supporting the delivery of transformation, change, or improvement initiatives.
• Experience working within structured project or programme management environments.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, reporting, and delivery tracking.
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams or stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of risk and issue management within programme delivery.
• Experience of supporting integration or organisational change activity is beneficial.
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 tools (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) for tracking and reporting.
• Understanding of handling commercially sensitive and confidential information.
• Degree or qualification in business management, Project Management or a related field (desirable)

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Next steps...

If you’re interested in this opportunity, please apply or reach out to the Talent Team for more info!