Business Readiness Manager
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
Business Readiness Manager
Posted on Jul 21, 2026 by Highams Recruitment
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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