Transformation Lead (Hiring Immediately)

Sword Group
London

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.

This is a pivotal leadership role at a time of significant evolution for Sword. As the organisation continues to strengthen and scale its Data, Analytics, AI and Automation capabilities, the Transformation Lead will play a critical role in shaping, directing, and delivering large‑scale transformation programmes for our customers.

The role is focused on delivery leadership and strategic consulting, with a strong pre-sales contribution but no direct sales ownership. The Transformation Lead will work with senior strategic client stakeholders to translate ambition into coherent, fundable, and executable transformation programmes, combining strategy, business architecture, change leadership, and deep technical understanding of data and AI‑enabled solutions.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy, programme design, and delivery execution. You will be accountable for defining transformation direction, governing complex multi‑million‑pound programmes, and ensuring customers realise sustained, measurable value from data‑led and AI‑enabled change.

Role Scope & Focus

The Transformation Lead operates across three core dimensions:

Transformation Leadership & Delivery (Primary Focus)

· Owning the design, direction, and assurance of complex transformation programmes from conception through to value realisation.

Senior Business & Strategy Consulting

· Advising C‑suite and executive stakeholders on investment decisions, operating model change, and organisational readiness for AI‑enabled transformation.

Presales & Opportunity Shaping (Supportive)

· Supporting account teams by shaping credible, outcomes‑driven transformation propositions and business cases—but without sales targets or quota ownership.

Key Accountabilities

1. Transformation Programme Design & Direction

  • Design end‑to‑end transformation programmes spanning strategy, data, AI, automation, operating model change, and adoption.
  • Define programme structures, governance models, funding approaches, roadmaps, and success measures.
  • Provide senior leadership across multi‑workstream, multi‑supplier, and multi‑year programmes.
  • Act as a trusted escalation point for complex delivery, organisational, and risk challenges.

2. Senior Client Advisory & Strategy Consulting

  • Advise C‑suite, ExCo, and board‑level stakeholders on:
  • Transformation strategy and investment prioritisation
  • Business cases and value realisation models
  • Target operating models and business architecture
  • Organisational readiness, capability, and change
  • Translate complex technical concepts (Data, AI, Automation) into clear business implications, risks, and decisions.
  • Challenge client thinking constructively, balancing ambition with pragmatism and delivery realism.

3. Delivery Oversight & Value Realisation

  • Provide assurance that transformation initiatives are aligned to strategic outcomes, not just technical delivery.
  • Ensure programmes deliver against agreed business cases, benefits frameworks, and KPIs.
  • Partner with technical and delivery leads to ensure solutions are designed for scalability, sustainability, and adoption.
  • Maintain clear oversight of risk, dependency, and change impact across programmes.

4. Capability & Practice Leadership

  • Contribute to the evolution of Sword’s Data, AI and Automation transformation approach, methods, and accelerators.
  • Set standards for programme design, governance, and value‑led delivery.
  • Mentor and coach consultants, architects, and delivery leaders across transformation disciplines.
  • Support the development of repeatable, high‑quality transformation propositions.

5. Presales & Proposition Shaping (Non‑Sales)

  • Support account and sales teams in shaping transformation opportunities during early engagement phases.
  • Lead or contribute to:
  • Discovery and diagnosti]]>
Posted 2026-05-06

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