People Change Agent

Leonardo

People Change Agent driving the implementation of Change Management projects in employee transformation at Leonardo, focusing on adoption and resistance strategies with a coaching approach.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeLuton • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the implementation of people involved Change Management projects, including changes to business process, systems & technology, job roles and organisation structures.
Drive, with a coaching style, those responsible for application (Change Champions) of the Change Management Strategies.
Working with the People, ensure the Change Management Strategies include the requirement for an inclusive culture with a growth mindset, in order for the Change Management implementation to succeed.
Work with a diverse range of individuals / key stakeholders across the project (diverse in all aspects: functional organisations; partner companies working towards the same common project purpose; specialist consultancies; hierarchical levels; cognitive diversity; and more).
Deliver actionable outcomes against the 5 change management levers: communications plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, resistance management plan.
Measure and report via impact analyses, assess change readiness; responding to risks and outcomes of those assessments as necessary.
Identify, mitigate and manage anticipated resistance and manage unanticipated resistance as it arises.
Work with external bodies to ensure Leonardo is up to date in the latest Change Management thinking, not limited to the Defence Industry.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A sound understanding of how people experience change and the change process.
Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
The ability to build professional relationships into an influential network.
Ability to adopt different leadership styles in response to varying situations & environments, and strengths & cognitive diversity of individuals, during prolonged periods of cultural and systematic transition.
An understanding of the importance of Psychological Safety in leading an organisation through a period of significant change.
Being a strong communicator, leader and having interpersonal skills.
Engagement and listening skills, being open to hearing different points of view.
Ability to support the implementation of a strategy that has sufficient agility in scope to withstand / adapt to tactical challenges.
A curious, problem solving approach to practical, cultural and people involved challenges.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
Award winning pension scheme (up to 15% employer contribution)
Employee Assistance Programme with access to free mental health support, financial wellbeing support and network groups to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity)
Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning
You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

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Hard Skills & Tools

change management principleschange management methodologiesimpact analysischange readiness assessmentresistance management

Soft Skills

coachingrelationship buildingleadershipcommunicationengagementlisteningproblem solvingcognitive diversitypsychological safetyadaptability