Overview of the Role

We are looking for a Senior Change Manager, a master practitioner of change—someone who treats change management as a craft, blending deep expertise, behavioral insight, and structured methods to deliver people centered transformation across our strategic portfolio. In this role, you’ll enable individuals and teams to adopt new ways of working, aligned to high impact initiatives across Al Futtaim Automotive in the UAE and internationally.

What You Will Do

•  Create and embed a global change management framework, processes, and tools for Al Futtaim Automotive UAE and International

Establish a culture of change across the global network

•  Formulates and drives the organization level change management strategy to accelerate the realization of our overall strategic goals and objectives

•  Engage with key stakeholders to ensure buy-in and support for change initiatives

•  Oversee the execution of change initiatives, ensuring they are implemented effectively and efficiently

•  Tracks and evaluates the performance of change initiatives to ensure they deliver the expected benefits

•  Plan and execute change management plans for transformation projects and program

•  Ensure the effective adoption of change management practices across the organisation by developing a roadmap and action plan as well as driving the change management program

•  Support transformation projects / programs by creating and executing change management plans

•  Develop an effective and tailored communication and engagement strategy that meets the desired benefits and outcomes in alignment with the strategic direction as well as select the ideal communication tools to be adopted across the division

•  Define KPIs to assess benefit realization

•  Undertake change impact assessments including internal and external stakeholder impact analysis

•  Conduct learning needs analysis for impacted stakeholders including the approach and roadmap for the delivery of effective training sessions, materials and tools

Skills

Required Skills to Be Successful

•  Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or Science (preferred); PROSCI (or equivalent) preferred; Master’s/MBA is an asset

•  5+ years hands on change management experience (or in operational/team leadership or project management) with proven success leading transformational programmes in an Automotive operational environment

•  Demonstrated experience in successfully leading transformational projects/programs within an Automotive Operational environment

•  Exceptional communication and presentation skills

What Equips You for the Role

•  A master practitioner who sees change management as a craft; combining deep expertise, behavioural insight, and structured methodology to design and deliver high quality, people centred change 

•  Proven leadership, influencing and facilitation skills and business acumen 

•  Results-driven achiever who is able to grasp and communicate complex ideas clearly 

•  Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills 

•  Comfortable working with all levels of management across the organization 

•  Experience working within and leading cross-functional teams 

•  Broad strategic thinker, with clear vision and direction of change management 

•  Strong customer focus and commitment to service excellence 

•  Exude a winning attitude, commitment to team goals and to winning through collaboration 

•  Be passionate about leading change and driving results 

•  Actively contributing as part of a highly engaged team to own and implement initiatives that deliver sustained benefits realization to increase quality and value

•  Be a self-starter with an engaging leadership style, solid influencing and facilitation skills who will quickly develop relationships across the organization while contributing to a collaborative work environment