Senior Business Change Lead

Senior Business Change Lead

• Salary: £43,800 - £58,500 per annum
• Location: Cambridge with hybrid working
• Contract: Permanent/Full time

We are looking for a dynamic Senior Business Change Lead to define and deliver the business change strategy for IELTS across Cambridge English. This is a high-impact role that blends strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement, and people development to drive meaningful transformation across a global organisation.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role  

As Senior Business Change Lead, you will:

• Drive Strategic Change: Define and execute a comprehensive business change strategy aligned with Cambridge English's strategic goals.
• Lead Impactful Initiatives: Assess and implement new business processes and technologies, shaping the future operating model and organisational design.
• Ensure Smooth Transitions: Design and deliver change interventions that support the adoption and embedding of new tools and processes.
• Strengthen Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and execute a stakeholder management strategy across Cambridge English and the IELTS Partner network.
• Develop Change Capability: Mentor and manage business change managers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and upskilling.

About you

You are a strategic thinker with a strong ability to align long-term change strategies with organisational goals. Your leadership experience includes mentoring and managing teams, as well as influencing stakeholders at all levels.

You bring deep expertise in change management, including conducting impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, and delivering effective communications.

Your management skills are well-developed, ideally supported by change qualifications. You are passionate about innovation and collaboration, and you empower others to succeed. You thrive in dynamic environments, adapt well to changing priorities, and are committed to delivering high standards through effective problem-solving and teamwork. 

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.  

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 17th September 2025. Interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing 22nd September 2025.   

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. 

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

Senior Business Change Lead