DGM - Change Management

Deputy General Manager – Change Management

Job Purpose: As Deputy General Manager for Change Management, you will lead the development, deployment, and governance of the company-wide change management framework, ensuring robust control of product and process changes across the lifecycle. You will build organisational capability, drive adoption, secure cross-functional alignment, and ensure changes are effectively assessed, implemented, and embedded to protect product quality, compliance, and operational performance.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead development and continual improvement of the global change management system, processes, tools, and governance framework.

• Drive standardisation and adoption of change management practices across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Programme functions.

• Establish robust governance to ensure all changes are consistently assessed, approved, implemented, and verified.

• Ensure effective integration of change management with problem management, APQP, FMEA, and wider quality systems.

• Striving for an intuitive, easy to use IT tool that is deeply integrated into the Agratas toolchain and incorporates all necessary guardrails and safeguards.

• Provide strategic oversight of the change landscape, enabling prioritisation based on risk, impact, and business objectives.

• Build organisational capability through training, coaching, and development of change management competencies.

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of change management specialists and engineers.

• Facilitate cross-functional alignment and decision-making for complex, high-impact, or ambiguous changes.

Leadership & Impact Expectations:

• Acts as the functional owner of change management across Agratas.

• Provides strategic direction and governance, not just execution.

• Influences senior stakeholders across global functions and customer interfaces.

• Ensures end-to-end lifecycle integration across NPI, industrialisation, and series production.

• Drives continuous improvement and maturity of systems, tools, and organisational behaviours.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 7+ years experience in change management within a complex manufacturing environment.

• Strong understanding of product lifecycle processes (APQP, FMEA, problem management, industrialisation).

• Proven leadership experience, including team development and cross-functional influence.

• Demonstrated ability to implement governance frameworks and drive company-wide adoption.

• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and decision-making capability.

• Educated to Degree level in an Engineering or Quality related subject.

• Experience In The Automotive Industry, preferably In a Tier 1 Supplier Environment

• Preferred: Experience with PLM, ERP and MES tools.

• Preferred: Certified 6 sigma Green Belt and Core Tools Certified (APQP, FMEA, SPC, MSA, PPAP / Control Plan)

• Preferred: Experience with SharePoint, PowerApps and Power BI.

• Nice to have: Experience in a start-up environment.