Interim Transformation Director | Private Equity-backed | TOM re-design

OverviewHarmonic Executive are delighted to have been retained by one of the UK''s leading PE-backed technology and services providers. This is not a typical transformation role. We are supporting a major organisation as it embarks on one of the most ambitious and high-profile change programmes of 2025/26. With a workforce of more than 1,500 people, spread across multiple service lines, sites and jurisdictions, this is a unique opportunity to reshape the way a complex, blended services-and-technology business operates at its core. We are looking for an outstanding

Director of Transformation

to design and deliver a new Target Operating Model that will define the organisation’s future. The pay range is provided by Harmonic Executive | Certified B Corp. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Interim Director of Transformation (12 month FTC)

The Role

Lead one of the most strategically important transformation programmes currently underway in the UK market.

Design and embed a Target Operating Model that ensures the organisation is fit for the next decade of growth and impact.

Reimagine workforce planning on a world-class scale — ensuring the right structures, skills and capabilities are in place to power the organisation’s future.

Work directly with a high-profile Chairperson, acting as a key partner and trusted advisor.

Unite and inspire a highly diverse set of stakeholders, bringing pace, conviction and collaboration to complex change.

Deliver visible, measurable impact across operations, culture, and customer experience.

The Person

A proven leader of large-scale transformation programmes in organisations of 1,500+ employees.

Recognised expertise in workforce planning: able to translate organisational strategy into practical, future-fit workforce design.

Experienced in complex, multi-service, multi-site businesses: ideally those blending services and technology.

Exceptional EQ and communication skills, with the credibility and gravitas to operate at Board level.

Comfortable navigating complexity, managing competing priorities, and creating clarity where there is ambiguity.

Both a strategist and a doer: able to shape the vision and drive execution.

This is a career-defining opportunity to lead a transformation programme that will be watched closely across the market; and one that offers the chance to leave a lasting mark on a nationally significant organisation.

Seniority level

Executive

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Strategy/Planning, Consulting, and General Business

Industries

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