Job Title: Change Manager
Location: Budapest
Contract terms: Fixed term (maternity cover until April 2026)
Grade: L5A
About us
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. With over 200 brands in 180 countries and a global network of entrepreneurial individuals, our teams blend a diverse range of experience, knowledge and skills. We connect customers and consumers to our iconic products and create innovative experiences that bring people together to celebrate life.
About the role
As a Change Manager within our GBO team, you will play a pivotal role in driving transformational change across our organization. You will support projects from inception to completion, ensuring flawless delivery while proactively leading partners at all levels. Your ability to plan meticulously and coordinate optimally will be key to your success.
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- Lead Change Initiatives: Drive visibility and understanding of GBO initiatives among employees, partners, suppliers, functions, and process owners.
- Proactive Stakeholder Management: Provide mentorship to leaders and managers as they navigate transitions. Offer support to managers in their roles as change sponsors.
- Change Planning & Execution: Develop change management strategies using Prosci methodology. Integrate these strategies into project plans to ensure successful adoption of changes.
- Impact Assessment: Assess the organizational impacts of changes from various perspectives including process, knowledge, people, and culture.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Identify key partners for initiatives and build comprehensive engagement plans tailored to their needs.
- Training & Stabilization: Define training approaches if required and implement actions to stabilize change impacts.
What you will bring
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, Human Resources, Communications or equivalent field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in organizational change management roles with at least 2 years independently leading programs.
- Certification in industry-leading change & project management methodologies is required (Prosci & PMP certification preferred)
- Functional consulting experience is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Unique Family Leave opportunity
- We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world
- You will deal with world class brand portfolio
- Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities
- Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop
- We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym
- Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar
Flexibility
This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don'tlet anything stop you from applying.
Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
Weknow that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.