Strategic Change Programme Manager

What if your programme management skills could help some of the UK’s leading organisations become more dementia-inclusive?

As our Strategic Change Programme Manager, you’ll sit within our Corporate Partnerships team and play a key role in delivering high-value strategic partnerships that create income, influence and lasting impact for people affected by dementia.

You’ll lead strategic change programmes with our corporate partners and through our Sport United Against Dementia (SUAD) campaign, working across sectors including finance, energy, insurance, digital and tech, retail and sport. You’ll help them turn their commitment to dementia inclusion into meaningful, measurable action.

You’ll build trusted relationships and bring people, insight and ideas together to turn ambitious partnership ideas into delivery. Using evidence and lived experience, you’ll shape programmes that support Alzheimer’s Society’s Help and Hope strategy, and help organisations create changes that last for people affected by dementia.

You’ll be joining our Corporate Partnerships team at an important time, helping to grow the value and impact of strategic partnerships with organisations that can create meaningful change for people affected by dementia.

Location: This role is contracted as hybrid. You will spend time working from home, attending our London office, and regularly meeting partners and stakeholders in person. Frequent UK travel should be expected.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place the week commencing the 9th of November via MS Teams.

What you’ll do

You’ll take strategic ideas and turn them into practical programmes that make a difference. You’ll lead activity from design through to delivery and evaluation, keeping a clear focus on outcomes.

You’ll:

• Design and deliver tailored dementia-inclusive change programmes that help corporate partners turn their partnership commitments into measurable action.
• Manage multiple workstreams, budgets, risks, timelines and stakeholders to keep programmes on track.
• Build trusted relationships with partners and influence them to make and sustain meaningful change.
• Develop impact measures and analyse information to show what’s working and where we can improve.
• Spot opportunities and emerging trends across accessibility, inclusion,  customer vulnerability and priority sectors to strengthen our strategic partnership offer.
• Work with colleagues across Alzheimer’s Society to shape programmes and share learning.
• Represent the Society at partner meetings, working groups and sector events.
• Provide day-to-day direction to our Corporate Partnerships Development Officer.

Could you help a business, sporting organisation, or wider sector think differently about dementia? You’ll have the opportunity to help turn that thinking into action that lasts.

About you

We’re looking for someone who can see the bigger picture while also getting stuck into the detail. Someone who enjoys bringing people together, finding solutions and turning ambition into action.

You’ll bring:

• Experience of managing programmes and multiple workstreams, including risks, budgets and stakeholders, to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Ability to develop impact frameworks, analyse information and turn insight into clear recommendations.
• Experience influencing people at different levels and encouraging meaningful change, including when you don’t have direct authority.
• Ability to build trusted relationships and create long-term engagement around shared goals.
• Strategic thinking, with the ability to identify opportunities and risks and turn priorities into practical action.
• Good communication, organisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt when things change.
• A commitment to inclusion and improving outcomes for people affected by dementia.

Most importantly, do you want to use your skills to help create a world where dementia no longer devastates lives?

If you’re motivated by making a difference, believe in the power of partnerships and share our values of Compassion, Determination and being Better together, we’d love to hear from you.

Dementia is the UK's biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer's Society, we're the UK's leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.  

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society. 

Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee forum and Employee Lived Experience network groups help us promote inclusion and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people. 

Our hiring process

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply.  Please also contact Alzheimer's Society Talent Acquisition Team via [email protected] for application support or any adjustments you might need.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you're considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.

We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours' notice.

We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a Criminal Record Check at the relevant level. You can read more information via our Website.

Giving back to you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society. 

You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it's like to be an employee at the Society.

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