Central Sydney | Hybrid Working | 6-month contract

Your new company
Join a leading and highly regarded organisation undertaking a large-scale enterprise transformation program that will modernise critical people, processes and technology platforms. With a significant system deployment and go-live planned, the organisation is seeking an experienced Change & Communications Manager to support one of the most critical phases of the program.

Your new role
As the Change & Communications Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the deployment, cutover and go-live activities of a major ERP implementation. Working closely with the deployment team, project leadership, technology teams, business stakeholders and external vendors, you will be responsible for ensuring stakeholders are informed, prepared and ready for the transition to new systems and ways of working.This is a hands-on role focused on delivering change and communications activities throughout the critical deployment phase, including business readiness, stakeholder engagement, communications planning and cutover support.
Key responsibilities include:

- Delivering change and communications activities to support a major ERP transformation.
- Supporting deployment, cutover, dress rehearsals and go-live readiness activities.
- Developing and executing stakeholder engagement and communication plans.
- Creating targeted communications for business stakeholders, technology teams and external vendors.
- Partnering closely with deployment, project and business teams to coordinate change activities.
- Monitoring change readiness, engagement and adoption across the organisation.
- Ensuring stakeholders are equipped and supported throughout the transition period.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role,



you will be an experienced Change Manager with solid communications capabilities and a proven track record delivering business readiness and deployment activities within large-scale transformation programs.
Ideally, you will have:

- Experience supporting large-scale ERP implementations such as Workday, SAP, Oracle, SuccessFactors or similar.
- Strong deployment, release, cutover and go-live experience.
- Demonstrated experience working alongside deployment and project teams during critical implementation phases.
- Excellent communications experience, including developing and delivering targeted communications across complex stakeholder groups.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across business, technology and vendor teams.
- Experience driving business readiness, adoption and organisational change outcomes.
- Excellent written communication skills and attention to detail.
- Previous experience within large enterprise, education, government or complex transformation environments will be highly regarded.

What you'll get in return

- Opportunity to contribute to a high-profile enterprise-wide transformation program.

- Exposure to a major ERP deployment and go-live initiative.

- Team-oriented and supportive project environment.

- Flexible hybrid working arrangement.

- Competitive daily rate.

- Initial 6-month contract with strong potential for extension.

- The chance to work with a high-performing program team delivering lasting organisational change.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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📌 Change and Communications Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney