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Director, Capability & Change

UK - Macclesfield💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Shape and deliver capability and change activities to support the GCD Strategy to 2030, ensuring change is planned, communicated, and embedded while strengthening organizational capabilities.

Role type

Director, Organizational Change & Capability

Builds

Integrated change approaches, new processes, digital tools, AI-enabled capabilities, and learning programs for scientific and R&D teams

Domain

Biopharmaceuticals, R&D, Scientific Workflows

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Strategic change management, capability development, stakeholder engagement, communication strategy, benefits realization, learning enablement, AI adoption in scientific workflows, readiness assessment, data-driven improvement

Preferred skills

Experience in large matrixed environments, scientific/technical/R&D background, influencing senior leaders

Technologies

AI, digital tools, data solutions

Responsibilities

Develop integrated change approaches aligned with business priorities; equip colleagues and leaders with skills for new processes and technologies; lead engagement for digital tools and AI-enabled capabilities; support AI implementation in laboratory and development activities; deliver audience-focused communications on change progress; build alignment with senior leaders and cross-functional teams; identify learning needs and coordinate capability-building support; assess readiness and address adoption barriers; define and track success measures to maximize benefits

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on execution

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