Change Manager

The Change Manager is accountable for planning, managing and delivering the overall change-management approach for assigned Digital Services projects. The role prepares affected countries, sites and users through stakeholder engagement, communications, training, readiness planning, local change-agent networks and site-specific go-live hypercare. The Change Manager works closely with the Project Manager and Business Owner to support successful adoption and sustainable business outcomes. - Own and maintain the change-management strategy and integrated change plan for each assigned project, aligned with project scope, milestones, dependencies and risks. - Assess organisational, operational and site-level impacts; identify affected stakeholder groups, adoption risks, readiness gaps and required interventions. - Define measurable change, readiness and adoption outcomes; track progress and report status, risks and corrective actions through project governance. - Develop and manage stakeholder engagement plans across countries, sites, functions and leadership groups. - Create and deliver clear, timely and audience-specific project communications so country and site teams understand what is changing, why, when and what action is required. - Ensure role-based training content, user guides, quick-reference materials and supporting documentation are developed, reviewed, approved and maintained. - Plan training delivery by country and site, coordinating audiences, trainers, environments, schedules, attendance, completion tracking and follow-up support. - Establish, equip and sustain a network of local change agents or champions to support communication, training, readiness, feedback and adoption. - Lead site-readiness planning and maintain site-specific readiness criteria, checklists, dependencies, decisions and escalation paths. - Plan and coordinate site-specific go-live hypercare, including support coverage, issue triage, feedback capture, daily reporting, escalation and transition into business-as-usual support. - Capture user feedback, resistance themes and adoption barriers, then recommend and coordinate practical mitigation actions. - Partner with the Project Manager on integrated planning, RAID management, governance, dependencies and milestone delivery. - Support the Business Owner in clarifying business outcomes, reinforcing sponsorship, making change decisions and sustaining ownership after go-live. - Ensure change-management deliverables are quality-checked, version-controlled and retained in the agreed project repository. - Contribute to post-implementation reviews, lessons learned, benefits realisation and continuous improvement of the Digital Services change framework. - Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in change management, business, communications, organisational development, project management, healthcare, digital transformation or a related field. - Recognised change-management qualification or practical experience using a structured change methodology is desirable. - Project-management, training, facilitation or process-improvement certification is advantageous. - Fluent professional English; additional Affidea market languages are an advantage. - Demonstrable experience leading change-management activities within digital, technology, operational or transformation projects. - Experience coordinating communications, training, stakeholder engagement, local readiness and go-live support across multiple sites or countries. - Experience working alongside Project Managers, Business Owners, operational leaders, technology teams and external suppliers. - Healthcare or another regulated, multi-site environment is strongly preferred. - Experience establishing change-agent or champion networks and supporting adoption after implementation is desirable