DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND WELL BEING

Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley’s culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone’s potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

THE ROLE

The Change Director will play a pivotal role in driving Gateley’s change initiatives. The role is responsible for leading and managing project managers and business analysts to ensure the successful delivery of programmes and major projects throughout Gateley. The Change Director will need to work collaboratively with colleagues, think strategically, prioritise workloads, and challenge the status quo to ensure the best outcomes for Gateley.
This role reports directly into the Chief Operating Officer. This is a Hybrid role, with an average of at least 3 days per week in the Birmingham office, with some travel to other Gateley offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning: Collaborate with the COO and other senior leaders to develop and implement strategic change roadmap that align with Gateley’s business objectives. The roadmap should outline key milestones, deliverables and resource needs.
• Leadership and Management: Lead and manage teams of project managers and business analysts, providing guidance, support, and development opportunities to ensure high performance and effective project delivery.
• Project Delivery: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of change projects, ensuring they are completed within quality, time, and budget constraints. Implement best practices in project management to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, including establishing and maintaining an effective project governance framework with risk management, issue resolution, change control processes and gates.
• Prioritisation and Resource Allocation: Lead the project prioritisation process and hence allocate resources effectively to ensure the most critical initiatives are given the necessary focus and support.
• Challenge the Status Quo: Identify opportunities for improvement within Gateley. Constructively challenge existing processes and practices to drive continuous improvement and enhance business performance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Operations Board members, Platform and Unit heads and equivalents across Gateley, and external partners, to ensure alignment and support for change initiatives.
• Change Management: Develop and implement change management strategies to ensure successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor and report on the progress of projects, providing regular updates to the COO, the Gateley Operations Board and other stakeholders.
• Acquisition Integration: Lead the integration of acquired businesses across all relevant functional areas in order to maximise value to Gateley.