Head of Business Readiness - Pensions

Location: Any regional office in the UK, with a hybrid workstyle

Company

hirify.global is a professional services and advisory firm providing pensions, employee benefits, and wealth advisory services through 10 UK offices.

What you will do

• Develop business readiness plans and strategies for scheme onboardings, systems, processes, and regulatory changes.
• Assess business impacts and align people, processes, and technology for successful adoption.
• Engage stakeholders, manage communications, and support programme governance and dechirify.globaln-making forums.
• Lead change readiness, adoption, training, and capability development.
• Prepare operations for go-live and transition changes into business as usual.
• Manage risks, issues, benefits realisation, reporting, and continuous improvement while leading the Business Readiness team.

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience working with UK Defined Benefit Pension Schemes.
• Strong understanding of Pensions Administration operating models, including systems, processes, and associated complexities.
• Strategic leadership, team leadership, and capability-building experience.
• Understanding of change management and the change management lifecycle.
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills with a client, customer, and end-user focus.
• Awareness of risk, control, and governance principles.

Nice to have

• Understanding of new scheme or client onboarding.
• Operational readiness and delivery experience.
• Programme and transformation experience.
• Experience developing and deploying communication and training strategies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working designed to support work-life balance.
• Competitive salary and market-leading bonus scheme.
• Training and development investment with opportunities to explore different career paths.
• Career development through diverse client work and nationwide opportunities.
• Inclusive workplace focused on respect, fairness, equity, and belonging.