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We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

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JOB PURPOSE

At easyJet we are leading an exciting transformation agenda, the Senior Business Change Manager is responsible for supporting the development and implementation of a transformation strategy by leading, overseeing and facilitating the embedding activities. The Senior Business Change Manager has responsibility of the end to end change management strategy and plan of transformation initiatives to ensure our people change their ways of working, habits, behaviours and the processes they follow to achieve the desired business outcomes.

The Senior Business Change Manager is part of the Business Change management team and will recruit, lead and manage a team of Business Change Managers and Business Change Specialists and is responsible for fostering a high-performance culture. The role is responsible for managing the change management pipeline of demand, ensuring change initiatives are appropriately resourced and Business Change Managers/Specialists have stretching assignments. The role also actively leads the enablement and embedding of easyJet’s Business Change Practice and wider change activation networks.

ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

Lead change management efforts on key transformation initiatives:

• Act as a trusted partner to leadership teams, leading the development of comprehensive business change approaches/strategies within transformation programmes or an organisational area/domain
• Lead on change management activities to drive a deep understanding of change impacts in complex environments through change impact assessments and stakeholder analysis
• Employ appropriate change management methodologies to create conditions for a smooth transition that enables transformational change to embed
• Work in collaboration with other change activation teams (e.g Organisation Design, HR Business Partners, L&D, Internal Communications and Industrial Relations) to ensure the embedding of transformational change
• Lead the planning, delivery and measurement of change management activities, artefacts and interventions to ensure successful embedding of change initiatives
• Create and promote a clear and compelling change story for the organisational area/domain, ensuring alignment to easyJet’s wider change story and strategy
• Build and maintain a deep understanding of the organisational area, understanding the ways of working, team ambitions and dynamics, processes, technology and operating models
• Understand and socialise the organisational change impact landscape, showcasing the level of change landing and impact across teams, driving meaningful conversations on embedding risks, prioritisation and sequencing
• Lead the measurement and analysis of change adoption and manage change embedding risks, promptly addressing doubts and uncertainty surrounding the change to foster acceptance and adoption
• Facilitates culture shift strategies to introduce new and remove old behaviours in a sustainable way aligned to the desired business outcomes
• Foster an environment of transparency with leaders on embedding progress and lead strategies to either accelerate change or course correct

KEY SKILLS

·       Deep change management experience gained through leading several complex change transformation initiatives end-to-end

·       Certified in Change Management (e.g. APMG/Prosci) with experience of leading business change activities across a range of delivery methods, including agile, waterfall and hybrid

·       Strong commercial acumen, able to apply knowledge of internal and external business environments to consider the bottom-line impact of a range of solutions, maximising benefits whilst balancing risks

·       Strong people leadership experience with a proven record of leading and coaching high performing business change teams

·       Skilled ability to perform synthesis and analysis working at a strategic level, translating into action

·       Comfortable challenging leaders, managing conflict and remediating situations to drive alignment and a clear direction of travel

·       High level of flexibility with a proven record of leading others successfully through cultural, process, system and transformational change

·       Curious with a strong desire to understand more about business problems, change impacts, change initiatives and ways of working

·       Resilient and able to work under pressure, skilled at handling complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty

·       Skilled communicator with the ability to interpret and make sense of complexity through both written and verbally communication mechanisms

·       Excellent collaborator, with the ability to work and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels

·       Has a self-starter mentality with a strong desire and ability to make things happen

·       Skilled facilitator, confident facilitating both in-person and remotely with large groups of people with differing opinions and view points

How to Apply:
If you are a self-starter who can identify opportunities to drive greater success for the team and have a track record of building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our dynamic team!

What you’ll get in return:

At easyJet, we pride ourselves on a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture that supports and rewards innovation and excellence.

We offer:

·       Competitive base salary

·       20% bonus potential.

·       25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, and a flexible benefits package.

·       Discounted staff travel scheme for friends and family

·       Annual credit for discount on easyJet holidays

·       ‘Work Away’ scheme, allowing you to work abroad for 30 days a year

·       Electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme

 Location & Hours of Work

We operate a hybrid working policy of 60% of the month spent with colleagues.

We look forward to your application and the possibility of you flying high with our team!

 Application Process:
Interested candidates should apply through our careers portal.

Reasonable Adjustments:
At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at ma.recruitment@easyjet.com. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation