Programme Manager - Legal Entity Rationalisation

As an AIM listed company, we are committed to driving innovation, growth, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in leading the project to enhance organizational structure and efficiency and position us for continued success in the market.

Reporting to the Director of Transformation, we are seeking a highly skilled and qualified Programme Manager who can lead our organisation through a simplification of our legal entity structure. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing the overall program for RWS which will involve 3rd party support to work through the many financial, legal, regulatory and employee aspects.

About our Business Transformation Office

The Business Transformation Office (BTO) within RWS serves as a strategic hub responsible for driving and overseeing organizational and technology change initiatives aimed at enhancing corporate performance, efficiency and competitiveness. It plays a pivotal role in facilitating and orchestrating transformational efforts across various business functions and units, globally. 

At its core, RWS’s BTO functions as a catalyst for change, working closely with the Executive Leadership Team, departmental heads, and cross-functional teams to identify strategic priorities, define transformation objectives, and develop comprehensive roadmaps for execution. The Portfolio is business driven and often technology enabled. The BTO also acts as the reporting body from all the programmes and projects to the Executive Leadership and ensures there is an integrated plan across the portfolio. By aligning transformation initiatives with overarching business goals and objectives, the BTO division ensures that efforts are purposeful, coordinated and results-driven. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee detailed project plans for the implementation of corporate structure changes
• Programme manage the merger or removal of corporate entities and resulting intra-group asset transfers, addressing any financial, legal, or operational implications
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal & CoSec, Marketing, HR, and Procurement teams to ensure alignment with the overall strategic vision
• Coordinate with external advisors and stakeholders to facilitate smooth transitions.
• Monitor project progress, budget, and resource allocation, making adjustments as necessary to meet deadlines and objectives
• Prepare and present regular project updates to senior management and key stakeholders

Skills & Experience

Work Based:

• Previous experience programme managing corporate restructures or mergers and acquisitions would be very attractive
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Business Administration, or related field
• Proven experience in management consulting or international operations would be very attractive
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills- qbility to influence at all levels, including 3rd party advisors
• Excellent analytical & problem solving skills
• Advanced MS Power-point, Word & Excel skills essential

Behavioural:

• Is effective in unifying and creating teams of cross-functional people with different skills and approaches
• Is decisive, prioritises effectively, maintains a clear focus and sees actions through to delivery
• Builds trust and demonstrates integrity in all circumstances
• Pragmatic and flexible, with a willingness to take on different roles and responsibilities to help deliver the programme successfully
• Ability to work under pressure and keep a calm head when issues arise

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.   

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise. 

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS   

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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