Hybrid Interim Group Transformation Director – Maternity Cover

at M&C Saatchi Group

• Job title: Interim Group Transformation Director – Maternity Cover
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: £150 per hour
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Leading group transformation projects at M+C Saatchi UK while balancing strategic direction and hands-on delivery. Overseeing portfolio governance and building growth-focused capabilities in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• The role requires balance between portfolio oversight and hands on delivery, especially on group projects.
• The change portfolio consists of global projects in four focus areas, centrally led growth enablement, capability development, M+A delivery, and integration and efficiencies.
• Lead portfolio level governance, including delivering and chairing Steering Committee meetings, weekly PMO meetings and project level governance.
• Partner with executive leadership to define success measures, track ROI, remove delivery roadblocks and escalate key risks when necessary.
• Build and manage relationships across all stakeholder groups to ensure buy-in to both programme delivery as well as oversight and governance.
• Support workstream owners in the delivering projects, whilst also holding them to account.
• Manage governance of a portfolio of projects relating to enabling global growth-enablement priorities.
• Step in and deliver key projects, for example a global strategic KPI dashboard and a globally consistent client feedback survey.
• Oversee and govern the establishment and embedding of new specialist capabilities within identified areas (e.g., technology, analytics, sustainability, or product innovation).
• Create networks within the business to help connect dots on workstream requirements.
• Drive and govern discreet cost reduction and optimisation initiatives.
• Work closely with finance to monitor savings delivery and implementation costs.
• Oversee integration governance, performance tracking, and stakeholder communication of both M+A deal work and integration.
• Manage the project manager responsible for M&A deal coordination and integration to ensure timely deal conversion, cultural alignment, and operational integration – aligned to a standard M&A playbook.

Requirements

• Extensive prior experience in change/transformation delivery on a global scale, or in an environment that is project-led, fast-paced, and highly changeable.
• Expertise in change management, strategic planning, and performance governance.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels including C-suite and board.
• Strong commercial acumen and track record of delivering measurable outcomes e.g. cost optimisation, M&A synergies, and capability building KPIs.
• Ability to work well under pressure and with attention to detail.
• Experience in the marketing services sector (e.g. creative, media, communications, entertainment businesses) in a global network is a requirement.