Group Transformation Senior Manager at Reckitt

About The Role

• The Group Transformation Senior Manager plays a pivotal role in overseeing a portfolio of change and transformation initiatives that align with Reckitt’s strategic objectives. This role ensures effective governance, benefit realization, and alignment across business, technology, and organizational design. The role requires strategic leadership, strong stakeholder engagement, and the ability to drive transformation across Functions and Areas. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in process improvement, change management, and cross-functional delivery, with the credibility to influence senior executives.

Your responsibilities
Strategic Alignment: Develop and drive a coherent transformation strategy that supports the organization’s long-term goals and priorities.

• Portfolio Governance: Establish and maintain robust governance frameworks to ensure effective oversight, prioritization, and control of the transformation portfolio.
• Benefit Realization: Drive the delivery of measurable business value and benefits from transformation programs.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, representing the transformation function at governance boards and steering committees.
• Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues that may impact delivery.
• Change Management: Champion change readiness and adoption, embedding new ways of working across the organization.
• Reporting and Oversight: Provide timely, accurate reporting and maintain strong governance oversight across all transformation initiatives.
• Embed Portfolio Management Tool Drive ongoing embedding and adoption of the groups Portfolio Management platform (SNOW SPM).

The experience we're looking for

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to see the broader systems view and translate it into actionable plans.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and foster a collaborative culture.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities to resolve complex challenges.
• Influence and Credibility: Operates with gravitas and credibility at senior levels, both internally and externally.
• Financial Acumen: Strong numeracy and attention to detail, with the ability to manage budgets and assess financial impact.
• Proven experience in leading large-scale transformation or change portfolios in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong background in program/portfolio management, governance, and benefit realization.
• Experience working with senior executives and influencing strategic decisions.
• Relevant qualifications (e.g., PMP, Prince2 Practitioner, MSP, Agile, or equivalent) are advantageou