Business Change Manager (Legacy System Migration)

Purposeful planning. Cutting-edge strategies. A brighter future for all.  

Business Change Manager (Legacy System Migration) 

£40,000 - £44,000 per annum plus benefits

Reports to: Head of Business Transformation

Grade: P2

Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Stratford, London . Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Visa sponsorship: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship. 

Closing date: 7th December 2025, 23:55

This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment. If you require more time to apply as part of a reasonable adjustment, please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk as soon as possible.

Recruitment process: 1 stage interview

Interview date: From the week commencing 15th December 2025

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone determined, someone like you.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Business Change Manager. We need you to manage the development, delivery, evaluation and iteration of a strategic change management plan that drives the successful and sustained adoption of change by our people across CRUK to achieve planned benefits. This role will support the development and manage delivery of a change management plans to enable delivery of critical system migrations, to achieve planned outcomes and benefits. 

What will I be doing?

• Support the Senior Business Change Manager (Legacy System Migrations) to develop strategic change management plans that drive sustained adoption and usage of new systems to achieve a required set of outcomes and benefits. 
• Ensure Prosci® ADKAR methodology is adopted throughout the change lifecycle, to deliver a consistent and best practice approach to change management. 
• Effectively communicating and engaging with key stakeholders to help deliver the change, whether as people managers or as system users.
• Define creative and adaptive solutions to drive adoption and sustained usage, in line with changes required to achieve planned outcomes and benefits. 
• Drive the development and delivery of training plans and/or other activity to provide our people with the right knowledge to adopt the required changes in line with target outcomes and benefits. 

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience developing, delivering, evaluating and iterating change management plans that has led to successful adoption of changes within a large organisation
• Sound knowledge of, and experience applying, business change principles, framework, tools, and techniques to achieve required outcomes and benefits (e.g. change impact & organisation readiness assessments, behavioural change mechanisms, change resistance and interventions etc). 
• Demonstrable experience engaging and influencing stakeholders across diverse business areas to achieve a desired outcome. 
• Experience developing and delivering inspiring communication content that increases understanding, desire and knowledge for change within impacted stakeholder groups. 
• Strong communication skills with the proven ability to communicate complicated information in a simple and straightforward way, to a variety of audiences.  

What will I gain?

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly, and objectively.

Additional information

Owing to the nature of this position, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

For more information about working with us please visit our website or contact us at recruitment@cancer.org.uk.  

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Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.

We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.