Lead Change Manager

Package Description

Job ref: 23576

Band: E

Salary: Up to £80,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Fixed term contract to 28th March 2026

Location: Office Base is flexible. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working. Travel to BBC offices across UK is expected.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact Reasonable Adjustments.  For any general queries, please contact: BBC HR.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Please note: This role will be mapped as a Lead Change Manager on the BBC Career Path Framework

**Interview process

The interviews are expected to be held between Thursday 5th June/Friday 6th June. They will be held on Teams and be a blend of BBC values and technical questions.**

Job Introduction

Freelancers are an integral part of the overall workforce at the BBC in on air, off air and business support capacities, enabling the creation of world class content.

The BBC has embarked on an ambitious programme of transformation reviewing the operating model for the engagement of freelancers to ensure we build a model that’s fit for the future.

We’re reforming how we work, looking holistically at everything from our structure and technology to people and processes. We’re focusing on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of how we do things, as well as the experience of working here, to make the BBC a high performing and great place to work.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Change Manager to join this programme. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about driving positive change, this role is for you.

Main Responsibilities

You will work with the programme team to ensure there is a compelling vision for the “future state” with clearly defined benefits. Through the application of business change techniques, you will engage with the programme and business stakeholders to identify the change impacts on the business, assess business readiness, and ensure sufficient engagement to adopt planned changes and realise sustainable business benefit. Working with the programme director, programme manager and the wider programme team, you’ll plan and co-ordinate all change activity and stages of the work in the wider context of the programme.

Key responsibilities include:

•    Develop and lead the Change Management Strategy, designing and planning interventions to successfully embed change

•    Conduct change impact assessments aligned to the target operating model (TOM) or blueprint

•    Identify and map stakeholders, and develop communication plans to support engagement throughout the programme lifecycle

•    Lead the implementation of change plans, monitoring progress against success criteria and business acceptance measures

•    Deliver learning and development activities, including needs analysis, training plans, and supporting materials

•    Drive engagement to embed new ways of working and ensure the realisation of sustainable business benefits

•    Establish and lead change agent networks within the business, where appropriate

•    Report progress, risks, and issues to relevant governance forums and escalate as needed

•    Support the development and delivery of the benefits realisation plan

Are you the right candidate?

The successful candidate will be an established Lead Change Manager with extensive experience of managing, implementing and monitoring change within complex projects and programmes. You will bring a wealth of experience managing stakeholders and building credibility across the organisation and functions, coupled with a proven ability to gain buy-in to enable change to happen through others.

Essential skills/experience include:

•    Relevant qualification, such as Change Management Institute ACMF, MSP Practitioner, APMG – Change Management, Prosci ADKAR Model, or equivalent

•    Demonstrable experience in initiating, managing, and delivering transformational change programmes

•    Strong knowledge of change management principles, with the ability to advise on best practice approaches

•    Proven ability to manage benefits effectively and align them with organisational goals

•    Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to remain effective under pressure, navigate ambiguity, and respond to shifting priorities

•    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of building strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups

•    Strong project and organisational skills, with proficiency in planning, risk, and dependency management within a programme context

Desirable skills/experience include:

•    Experience of working on extended workforce projects

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.