Business Change Manager - #2156470

About Arup;

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally.

At Arup you will have the opportunity to collaborate on ambitious projects - delivering remarkable outcomes for clients and communities, and to do socially useful work that has meaning.

Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set it apart for over 75 years, and now is your opportunity to join.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies. We partner with Arup to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On Behalf of Arup, we are looking for a Business Change Manager for a 12-month contract based in London, hybrid (2/3 days in the office per week).

Purpose of the role:

We are seeking an experienced Change Manager to support a portfolio of transformation initiatives, working across multiple concurrent projects and internal stakeholder groups. This role requires a highly adaptable change professional who can successfully balance competing priorities, drive enterprise-wide change adoption, and build strong relationships across diverse business areas.

The successful candidate will bring extensive experience leading change within complex, matrixed organisations, with the ability to switch seamlessly between multiple initiatives while maintaining a relentless focus on delivery, stakeholder engagement, and business outcomes.

What you'll do:

• Develop and deliver change strategies, plans, and interventions across a portfolio of transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Lead stakeholder engagement activities, building strong relationships with sponsors, senior leaders, SMEs, and delivery teams to drive adoption and successful outcomes.
• Conduct change impact, readiness, and risk assessments, identifying dependencies, adoption barriers, and mitigation actions.
• Create and execute communication, engagement, learning, and adoption plans, including leadership briefings, training support, and benefits tracking.
• Maintain a portfolio-wide view of change impacts, priorities, risks, and dependencies across multiple programmes.
• Support pilots, rollouts, and implementation activities, ensuring smooth transition into business-as-usual operations.
• Monitor progress, measure adoption, and provide reporting to support decision-making and sustainable change outcomes.

The skills you'll need:

• Certified Change Management Practitioner (Prosci, APMG, or equivalent) with experience delivering change within complex, enterprise-scale organisations.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent transformation programmes and competing stakeholder priorities.
• Strong background delivering change across process, technology, systems, data, capability, and operating model transformations.
• Expertise in stakeholder engagement, executive communications, change impact assessments, readiness planning, adoption, and benefits realisation.
• Excellent organisational, prioritisation, influencing, and communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous and fast-paced environments.
• Experience working with senior leadership, driving measurable business outcomes, and delivering sustainable change.
• Exposure to global or multi-region transformation programmes, ideally within professional services, consulting, engineering, or corporate environments.
• Experience supporting portfolio-level change initiatives, CRM transformations, and working across multiple internal client groups.

About the client

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. Guided by its values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Arup creates and contributes to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Arup's internal employee networks support their inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - creating a space for everyone to express themselves and make a positive difference.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our Sourcing Specialists.

AMS are committed to providing all our candidates with the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any additional support or reasonable adjustments during the screening process and we will work with you and Arup to identify the best solution to meet your requirements.

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