Manager, Transformation and Innovation

Our client is a global organization looking to make their next Manager, Transformation & Innovation hire.


Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the continuous improvement and transformation pipeline, managing initiative prioritization, planning, and execution alongside senior leadership.
• Manage and develop a team of transformation professionals, providing guidance, coaching, and performance management.
• Translate business strategy into transformation initiatives focused on operational efficiency, innovation, and measurable business outcomes.
• Oversee complex transformation programs, ensuring effective delivery, risk management, and realization of expected benefits.
• Evaluate improvement opportunities, ensuring initiatives are properly scoped, commercially justified, and ready for implementation.
• Champion Lean methodologies, Kaizen workshops, root cause analysis, and process standardization to improve operational performance.
• Ensure successful implementation and stabilization of transformation initiatives across business operations.
• Collaborate with Operations, Technology, Finance, HR, and other functions to deliver integrated transformation programs.
• Monitor transformation performance, track benefits, and provide regular progress and risk updates to executive stakeholders.

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Industrial Engineering, Management Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 7 years of experience in business transformation and continuous improvement within a multinational, captive, or business services environment.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading teams or managing transformation programs.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex business transformation and transition management initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, Prosci Change Management, or Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification.
• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• Training or experience in program governance, portfolio management, business transformation, transition management, benefits realization, and executive communication.