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Workforce Change Manager

Hybrid in London·Full-time·Added 1 month ago

Hiscox

31 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Permanent contract

    Full-time.

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Be near London for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

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The role

As a Workforce Change Manager at Hiscox, you will be a key contributor within the People function. This role is central to enabling Hiscox to deliver business-critical people change through structured transformation, robust workforce planning, and effective oversight. You will own and lead moderately complex people change initiatives, contributing specialist insight, challenging existing norms, and driving continuous improvement within your area of expertise. Operating with a high degree of day-to-day autonomy, you will be responsible for managing people change strategies, workforce plans, supporting comprehensive stakeholder engagement, ensuring smooth transitions, and ultimately delivering successful transformations that align with Hiscox's strategic goals. You will make tactical decisions and provide specialist recommendations, solving moderately complex problems, often in situations where clear precedents may not exist.

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and execution of specific people change initiatives, leveraging project and programme management best practices to ensure successful delivery on time, within budget, and to agreed scope.

  • Lead and delivery on people related change activities and workforce planning globally ensuring business strategy is translated into actionable change plans

  • Make tactical decisions and provide expert recommendations on people change approaches, risk mitigation, and issue resolution for moderately complex problems, often in ambiguous situations.

  • Drive continuous improvement within people change processes and methodologies, applying judgement and ownership consistent with Hiscox standards, policy, and governance.

  • Lead and manage moderately complex people change workstreams or small projects independently, contributing specialist expertise and driving process ownership.

  • Manage workforce planning globally including tracking and forecast workforce movement

  • Host key design authority forums and ensure adherence to people organisational logic and standards

  • Act as a key contributor within the People function, influencing outcomes and providing insight that enhances the effectiveness of people transformation initiatives.

  • Contribute to the development and mentoring of less experienced colleagues, sharing specialist knowledge and best practices in workforce planning and people change management.

  • Responsible for delivering high-quality outputs and managing project components with a high degree of day-to-day autonomy.

  • Operate with an experienced specialist contribution, ensuring that people change initiatives are aligned with broader organisational objectives and deliver tangible value.

  • Address and resolve moderately complex problems within the people and workforce change specialty, often requiring innovative solutions where established precedents may not exist.

  • Exercise a high degree of day-to-day autonomy in identifying, analysing, and resolving issues that arise during people change initiatives, balancing risk, quality, and pace.

  • Apply deep specialist knowledge and strong problem-solving capabilities to navigate ambiguous situations and guide stakeholders through complex transitions.

  • Proactively identify potential roadblocks and develop mitigation strategies, escalating critical issues to leadership with clear recommendations based on impact and governance.

  • Utilise sound judgement to make informed decisions, ensuring that solutions are practical, sustainable, and aligned with Hiscox's strategic direction

Hiring process

3 steps3 interviewsa task to do
  1. First interview

    An interview to find out whether you have the personal and professional skills Hiscox is looking for.

  2. Psychometric testing

    Online test

    Successful candidates take part in psychometric testing to help indicate fit and fulfilment in the role.

  3. Senior management interviews

    With senior managers · 1–2 sessions

    One or more interviews with senior managers, sometimes Directors, focused on strategic business issues and your own career ambitions.

  • Hiscox aims not to ask candidates into the office more than three times during the recruitment process.
  • Two non-negotiable principles are stated: the best person for the job is appointed, and there is equality of opportunity.

About Hiscox

Hiscox is a diversified international insurance group with a powerful brand and strong balance sheet. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda, the group currently has over 3,000 staff across 13 countries and 31 offices, and its ambition is to be a highly respected specialist insurer in key geographies and product lines.

Its strategy is one of balance between its catastrophe-exposed, globally traded business and its less volatile local specialty business, and it has invested significantly in creating a powerful, differentiated brand that delivers value to customers and drives business growth.

Industry
Insurance
Employees
over 3,000
Headquarters
Bermuda

In their own words

About the company & team

  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders across various business units and at different levels, influencing decisions and fostering alignment on change objectives.

  • Build and maintain strong working relationships with HR Business partners and leadership to ensure global aligned people change strategy

  • Provide guidance and support to less experienced colleagues, acting as a subject matter expert and contributing to their professional development within people change and workforce planning.

  • Represent the People function in relevant workstream or sub-function meetings, articulating people impacts and requirements.

Additional information

Diversity and Hybrid working
At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we're committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.
We have also learned over the past few years that working life doesn't always have to be in the office, and now it is safe to do so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance.

This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance. We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.

Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture

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