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Business Readiness Manager

Highams RecruitmentNorthwich, Cheshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 21 Jul 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Temporary/Casual
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

A leading financial services organisation is seeking an Operations Readiness Manager to support a major Back Office transformation programme while helping drive operational excellence across the business.

This is a great opportunity for someone with experience in operational readiness, business change, service management or transformation who enjoys working across Operations, Change and Technology.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Coordinate business readiness activity for a large transformation programme
  • Ensure operational teams are prepared for new systems, processes and ways of working
  • Track key readiness deliverables including training, procedures, controls, operational impacts and go-live activities
  • Support testing, cutover planning and post-implementation stabilisation
  • Identify and manage readiness risks, dependencies and issues
  • Act as a key link between programme teams and business operations
  • Support continual improvement across operational services and processes

About You

  • Experience in Operational Readiness, Business Change, Service Management or Transformation
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and priorities
  • Experience working within a regulated environment, ideally financial services
  • Strong understanding of operational processes, controls and risk management
  • Confident translating change into practical business outcomes

Why Apply?

  • Work on a high-profile transformation programme
  • Broad exposure across Operations, Change and Technology
  • Opportunity to influence business readiness and adoption at scale
  • Hybrid working and strong career development opportunities

If you're passionate about helping businesses successfully embed change and deliver sustainable operational improvements, we'd love to hear from you.

Skills

Risk Management
Stakeholder Management

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