Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.
The Commercial (GCP/GBP*) Change Manager will be responsible for designing and executing change strategies that minimise disruption, embed new capabilities, and help Commercial teams and leaders embrace new ways of working
The candidate requires proactive communication skills, is experienced in people-centric transformation, and comfortable navigating cross-functional complexity with senior commercial stakeholders
What You´ll Do:
Responsible for defining, documenting and enabling sign off of the overarching commercial change strategy for key strategic programs and initiatives.
Typical programs and initiatives involve technology enablement and process centralisation amongst other areas.
The change strategy should be underpinned by a comprehensive change roadmap. The Commercial (GCP/GBP) Change Lead will need to work with the individual Project Leads, Project Managers and Strategy Leads to create this roadmap
The change strategy will be underpinned by:
A training strategy and approach – working with our L&D team
A communications strategy and approach
An adoption and tracking strategy and approach
The Commercial (GCP/GBP) Change Lead will need to collaborate closely with other enterprise functions such as, HR (L&D, functional), Marketing and Commercial leaders (e.g. CGMs, VPs and Directors) to execute on the change strategy.
Commercial (GCP/GBP) Change Lead will need to support leadership communication around strategic rationale roadmaps and clear articulation of the benefits. This will include client facing communications.
Translate strategy into commercial-relevant messaging to equip Commercial leaders with clear narratives and talking points to communicate the value of change to their clients. Comms may be executed by the Communications team.
Train managers and initiative owners on change leadership practices, with focusing on driving adoption in Commercial teams
Anticipate and address resistance within Commercial teams by providing practical tools, coaching, and success stories that reinforce the benefits of new ways of working
Build trusted relationships with Commercial VPs and Directors, CGMs, and project sponsors
Support change champions and leaders in managing localised adoption and resistance
What We´re Looking For:
5+ years in change management roles, including experience in post-merger integration, offshoring, sales transformation or cost-reduction programmes
Strong understanding of people implications during restructures, centralisation, new go-to-market approaches and international delivery model shifts
Prior experience supporting transformation in SaaS, managed services, or corporate travel/booking environments preferred
Familiarity with organisational design, sales enablement, and cultural change
Exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including comfort working with executives and HR business partners.
Strong understanding of commercial and sales functions, including dynamics of client relationship management, sales cycles, revenue growth levers.
Location
London, United Kingdom
The #TeamGBT Experience
Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.
Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.
Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
And much more!
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