Hybrid Interim Group Transformation Director – Maternity Cover

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About the role

  • Leading group transformation projects at M+C Saatchi UK while balancing strategic direction and hands-on delivery. Overseeing portfolio governance and building growth-focused capabilities in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

  • The role requires balance between portfolio oversight and hands on delivery, especially on group projects.
  • The change portfolio consists of global projects in four focus areas, centrally led growth enablement, capability development, M+A delivery, and integration and efficiencies.
  • Lead portfolio level governance, including delivering and chairing Steering Committee meetings, weekly PMO meetings and project level governance.
  • Partner with executive leadership to define success measures, track ROI, remove delivery roadblocks and escalate key risks when necessary.
  • Build and manage relationships across all stakeholder groups to ensure buy-in to both programme delivery as well as oversight and governance.
  • Support workstream owners in the delivering projects, whilst also holding them to account.
  • Manage governance of a portfolio of projects relating to enabling global growth-enablement priorities.
  • Step in and deliver key projects, for example a global strategic KPI dashboard and a globally consistent client feedback survey.
  • Oversee and govern the establishment and embedding of new specialist capabilities within identified areas (e.g., technology, analytics, sustainability, or product innovation).
  • Create networks within the business to help connect dots on workstream requirements.
  • Drive and govern discreet cost reduction and optimisation initiatives.
  • Work closely with finance to monitor savings delivery and implementation costs.
  • Oversee integration governance, performance tracking, and stakeholder communication of both M+A deal work and integration.
  • Manage the project manager responsible for M&A deal coordination and integration to ensure timely deal conversion, cultural alignment, and operational integration – aligned to a standard M&A playbook.

Requirements

  • Extensive prior experience in change/transformation delivery on a global scale, or in an environment that is project-led, fast-paced, and highly changeable.
  • Expertise in change management, strategic planning, and performance governance.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels including C-suite and board.
  • Strong commercial acumen and track record of delivering measurable outcomes e.g. cost optimisation, M&A synergies, and capability building KPIs.
  • Ability to work well under pressure and with attention to detail.
  • Experience in the marketing services sector (e.g. creative, media, communications, entertainment businesses) in a global network is a requirement.

Job title

Interim Group Transformation Director – Maternity Cover

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£150 per hour

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

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