Head of Transformation & Implementation

About the role

The Head of Transformation & Implementation translates the Group's strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes. Working closely with senior leadership, the role leads the Group's transformation agenda so that strategic, operational and technology initiatives are prioritised, implemented and deliver their intended benefits. It is a hands-on leadership role combining strategy, execution, change management and organisational improvement, leading the central transformation capability while working through functional leaders.

Key responsibilities

• Translate Group strategy into a portfolio of transformation initiatives, priorities and implementation plans, and establish a Group-wide roadmap with objectives, milestones, ownership and KPIs.
• Prioritise resources toward initiatives with the greatest strategic and financial impact, and report concisely to the COO, senior leadership and governance forums.
• Facilitate implementation of major cross-functional initiatives, set up accountability using project management frameworks and guide delayed or unclear programmes.
• Simplify and improve end-to-end processes across Trading, Operations, Shipping, Risk, Finance and Corporate functions, driving standardisation, automation and elimination of manual work.
• Partner with Technology, Data and business leaders to align technology investment with strategy and support AI, analytics and automation.
• Embed organisational and cultural change, run the Corporate Transformation Team programme and define measurable benefits before approval, tracking delivery against business cases and financial targets.

Required profile

• Significant experience leading complex business transformation and implementation programmes.
• Strong understanding of commodity trading or comparable front-to-back processes.
• Comfortable working with leadership across Trading, Operations, Risk, Finance and Technology teams.
• Experience delivering technology-enabled business transformation.
• Experience in commodity trading, energy, financial markets or another transaction-intensive environment is highly advantageous.

Required skills

• Strong leadership, analytical and communication skills, with high impact and influence without direct line authority.
• Commercial and financial judgement, and ability to simplify complex problems and turn strategy into executable plans.
• Stakeholder management and influencing at senior leadership level.