Hubs Transition Manager

Hubs Transition Manager - London

Job description
We are recruiting for a Hubs Transition Manager to join our client, a multinational technology and consulting company. This a 12 month contract opportunity, offering an excellent day rate, employed via an Umbrella company.

About the role:
Own and coordinate transition readiness within the Hub from the receiving organisation perspective, ensuring the captive / CoE is prepared to absorb work successfully across all assigned waves.
This role exists to make the Hub transition-ready: aligning onboarding, pre-KT readiness, local training coordination, knowledge transfer oversight and operational handshakes with deployment teams, while ensuring Hub leadership has clear visibility of incoming wave demands.

Key responsibilities include;

• The Hubs Transition Manager is accountable for coordinating Hub-side readiness across all waves entering the assigned Hub, including
• Hub Readiness Coordination
• Coordinate Hub readiness for incoming transitions across all clusters and waves.
• Maintain visibility of wave intake schedules and staffing timing.
• Align Hub preparation with deployment milestones and transition gates.

• Coordinate onboarding readiness for new Hub joiners.
• Ensure pre-KT induction, orientation and local readiness activities occur on time.
• Support Hub managers in preparing staff before formal KT begins.
• Act as Hub focal point for KT mobilisation.
• Confirm receiving teams, supervisors and infrastructure are ready for KT start.
• Monitor Hub-side execution of shadowing readiness and escalate capacity risks.
• Work in close partnership with Hub Director and Hub management team to:
• Align staffing against wave demand
• Prepare supervisors for incoming transitions
• Coordinate readiness handshakes with deployment teams
• Ensure Hub leadership has forward visibility of transition pipeline.
• Escalate issues early to Global Deployment Lead and relevant deployment teams.

• Proven experience leading or coordinating large-scale business transition, migration, shared services, or operating model change programmes within a complex global organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across Hub leadership teams, operational managers, deployment teams and senior business stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience managing transition readiness activities, including onboarding, training coordination, knowledge transfer planning and resource mobilisation.
• Excellent organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple transition waves simultaneously, identify risks early and drive successful operational handovers.