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Business Readiness Manager

Highams Recruitment

Posted on Jul 21, 2026 by Highams Recruitment
Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom
IT
Immediate Start
£85k - £85k Annual
Contract/Project

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.


Reference: 3142398271

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Highams Recruitment

Business Readiness Manager

Highams Recruitment

Posted on Jul 21, 2026 by Highams Recruitment

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Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom
IT
Immediate Start
£85k - £85k Annual
Contract/Project

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.

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Reference: 3142398271

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