Org Change & Culture Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: People
Closing date: 22 July 2026
Requisition ID: 400069809
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work–life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re the first to say we do HR differently here. For a start, we work as business partners and specialists — whether that’s making sure nearly 150,000 colleagues are paid on time, or shaping a strategy that helps us attract the right people, put them in the right place, and unlock their potential. This is a fast-moving business, and our policies and rewards evolve with it. That’s why we’re as flexible as we can be about where and when you work. We’re also flexible about your future. There’s always room to move up or across, if that’s what you want. We really value different perspectives, so there’s no one opinion, no single path, and yours matters.
Why join us
Joining the Organisational Change & Culture team at Sainsbury's offers a unique opportunity to drive impactful transformation and shape the future of our business. As an Org Change & Culture Manager, you will play a key role in delivering culture and transformation programmes critical to our business strategy, driving behavioural and leadership changes that enable sustainable growth and innovation. With a focus on change management, behaviour and culture change, you will collaborate with senior business leaders and cross-functional teams to create meaningful change that positively impacts our organisation and supports our commitment to driving positive human-centred organisational change.
What you'll do
As the Org Change & Culture Manager at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in driving behavioural, leadership, and cultural changes necessary to enable the successful delivery and sustainability of key culture or transformation programmes aligned with the business strategy. You will create change plans, provide coaching to programme leads, and develop change management interventions to support the transformation programmes. Collaborating with the Head of Organisational Change and Culture, you will enhance the business-wide change management approach and ensure a consistent culture and change management delivery across the organisation. Your role will involve tracking and measuring change metrics, producing high-quality change materials, coaching and upskilling stakeholders on driving human-centered change, ultimately contributing to the overall success of organisational change initiatives.
Who you are
As an Org Change & Culture Manager for Sainsbury's, you are a seasoned professional with significant experience in driving business-wide transformation and culture change initiatives. Your expertise lies in leading human-centred change, sustaining and embedding change within complex programmes, influencing and coaching senior leaders, and fostering a strategic and creative mindset to overcome challenges and drive impactful results. With a strong change management background, you take full ownership of issues, constantly seeking opportunities for improvement, and inspiring others through genuine care and respect in building strong working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience delivering organisation‑wide transformation or change programmes that include behavioural, cultural and leadership change.
- Proven ability to embed and sustain change after implementation within large‑scale transformation or culture programmes.
- Demonstrable project management capability to plan, coordinate and deliver change activities effectively.
- Proven ability to influence, coach and challenge senior leaders to drive human‑centred change.
- Demonstrable ability to design and deliver change management interventions such as stakeholder maps, change impact assessments, communications, engagement or training.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
