Reckitt Benckiser

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Research & Development

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

As the Organisational Change Management Lead, you will be the architect of the human side of this transformation. You’ll define and execute the change strategy, ensuring that our people are informed, engaged, trained, and empowered to adopt new ways of working. This is a high-impact role that blends strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, cultural transformation, and stakeholder engagement at all levels.

Hiring Manager - Huw Evans

Closing Date - 25th June 2025

Your responsibilities

• Change Strategy & Planning, developing and leading the end-to-end change management strategy, including impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and behavioural change.
• Impact Analysis, continuously assess and articulate the impact of the PLM transformation on roles, responsibilities, systems, data management, and organisational structures.
• Communications Leadership, designing and delivering a multi-level, two-way communication plan that keeps stakeholders informed, engaged, and aligned throughout the transformation journey.
• Cultural & Behavioural Change, to define the behavioural shifts required for success and embed them into a cultural change plan aligned with Reckitt’s values and the new operating model.
• Training & Capability Building, partnering with the Training Lead to develop and roll out a comprehensive training programme focused on new skills and ways of working, particularly around Specification Management.
• Change Action Planning, creating and maintaining detailed change action plans, ensuring timely delivery of tollgate milestones and organisational readiness.
• Adoption & Benefits Realisation, to collaborate with deployment teams to drive adoption at site level, track progress, and embed the benefits case across business functions.
• Programme Leadership, to be an integral part of the business programme leadership team, contributing to overall programme planning, risk management, and delivery excellence.

The experience we're looking for

• Proven experience leading at least one major transformation programme involving significant organisational, behavioural, and cultural change.
• Experience in Organisational Change Management, ideally within technical functions such as R&D, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of change management methodologies and tools, with practical experience applying them in complex, global environments.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences and senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to drive behavioural change and deliver outcomes aligned to business cases.
• Collaborative, resilient, and delivery-focused mindset with a passion for enabling people through change.
• Degree-level education in a relevant field (e.g., Business, Psychology, Organisational Development).
• Professional certification in Change Management (e.g., Prosci, APMG, ACMP) is highly desirable.

The skills for success

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What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.