Head of Transformation Delivery (Product Management) - #2088010

Head of Transformation Delivery (Product Management)

Edinburgh/Leeds/Manchester/Bristol (Hybrid + occasional travel to other UK hub locations)

Initial 6‑month contract | Potential extension through to end of 2027

A leading UK financial services organisation is seeking an experienced Head of Transformation Delivery to lead a central enterprise transformation capability supporting large‑scale business change across the group.

This is a high‑profile leadership role focused on building transformation maturity, improving delivery excellence, and embedding customer‑centric, product‑led ways of working across a complex regulated environment.

The Opportunity

You’ll lead a newly formed central transformation function, partnering closely with senior executives and enterprise delivery teams to shape how change is mobilised, governed, and delivered across the organisation.

The role requires a strategic yet hands‑on leader who can influence at all levels, drive delivery discipline, and help modernise operating models, tooling, governance, and change practices.

You will play a critical role in helping teams adopt new methodologies, improve organisational maturity, and embed sustainable transformation practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a central enterprise transformation and change delivery capability
• Drive large‑scale transformation programmes from strategy through execution
• Embed product operating models and customer‑centric ways of working
• Partner with senior stakeholders across business, technology, operations, risk, finance and people functions
• Provide governance, reporting and delivery insight across complex change portfolios
• Manage dependencies, priorities and execution across multiple initiatives
• Coach and develop senior transformation and delivery leaders
• Influence and challenge stakeholders constructively to drive adoption and accountability
• Support organisational maturity around agile, product management and project delivery best practice
• Help teams understand and embrace the “why” behind transformational change

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading enterprise transformation or central change functions within large organisations
• Strong background delivering major transformation programmes within complex, regulated environments
• Expertise in product operating models, agile delivery and organisational change
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, including executive‑level engagement
• Experience building and leading high‑performing transformation teams
• Ability to navigate resistance, negotiate effectively and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Strong coaching mindset with the ability to develop capability and improve ways of working
• Financial services experience is essential

Highly desirable backgrounds include:

• Product leadership or Head of Product experience
• Experience driving customer‑centric transformation initiatives
• Demonstrable examples of delivering measurable organisational growth or maturity uplift

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