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Change Communications Lead – Business Integration

Posted 10 July 2026 I By VMA GROUP

  • Location: Southampton
  • Job Type: Fixed Term Contract
  • Contact: Mark Muscroft
  • Work Model: Hybrid
  • Sector: Communications
  • Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 Per Year

Job Overview:

Our global financial services client is looking for an experienced Change Communications Lead for an 18mth FTC to help them with post-acquisition business integration. In this role you will be responsible for devising and implementing the communications strategy & plan to bring together three businesses and brands, focusing on both technical and people integration and working within a programme environment.

Reporting to the Head of Internal Communication, as Communications Lead for the program you will create the comms framework, build relationships across the business and deliver the communications to the various audiences across suitable channels. You’ll work closely with the People team, covering topics such as TUPE transfer, and will shape your communications in support of a single company-wide culture

About you:

We’re looking for an experienced Change Communications Lead with a track record of working on large-scale transformation programmes, including M&A. You’ll be a highly skilled comms professional, a problem solver, a great stakeholder manager, strong commercial acumen and excellent organisation and attention to detail.

This is an exciting role at the heart of a major transformational journey for a leading brand. The role offered on a hybrid basis, largely remote but with regular time spent in Southampton, London and occasionally on other sites across the UK.

 

Due to a high volume of applicants, we are unable to respond to everyone. We will get in touch if you are successful in your application.

 

VMA GROUP is a leading international interim, contract, temporary and permanent recruitment and executive search specialist. We are specifically focused on providing support to the communications, marketing, digital and change communities.

 

Our specialist practice areas cover: communications, corporate communications, internal communications, change communications, PR, media relations, financial communications, CSR, public affairs, investor relations, marketing, brand, digital marketing and agency services.

 

We have a reputation for providing expert consultancy services and advice, supported by in-depth knowledge of the professions we recruit for. Our thought leadership and benchmarking studies have become go-to resources for the communications, marketing, digital and change industries, supporting planning and decision-making for organisations of all shapes and sizes.

 

In the UK, VMA GROUP has offices in London, Bristol and Manchester and in Europe, VMA GROUP has offices in Amsterdam and Brussels, but we work with organisations and individuals on a global basis.

 

VMA GROUP is committed to equal opportunities and is a Diversity Pledged Recruiter.

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