Change Enablement Manager

Change Enablement Manager - ITSM - Salford, Greater Manchester
Everyone is welcome at M&S.
No exceptions.
It\'s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you.
And when you\'re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
Summary
The Change Enablement Manager plays a critical role within the Service Management organisation, responsible for governing and facilitating the Change Enablement process in the D&T high-velocity DevOps environment.
This role ensures that changes to D&T products and services are efficiently planned, assessed, approved, scheduled, and implemented to minimise disruption to business operations whilst accelerating speed to value.
All the details
What\'s in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day.
We\'re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special...
After completing your probationary period, you\'ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days
Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you\'re passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.
What you\'ll do
Oversee and manage the end-to-end Change Enablement process, ensuring that all changes to D&T products and services are effectively planned, assessed, approved, scheduled, and implemented.
Implement appropriate controls and governance to maintain the stability and integrity of business operations while facilitating change in a high-velocity DevOps environment.
Define, document, and implement Standard Changes (pre-approved, low-risk changes), ensuring they are aligned with ITIL 4 practices and are continuously optimised for speed and efficiency.
Collaborate closely with DevOps teams to align change management processes with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, ensuring that the change process does not hinder automation or the speed of deployment.
Ensure the efficient and effective handling of Emergency Changes to resolve urgent incidents or risks, adhering to a defined escalation path and prioritising based on business impact.
Who you are
Strong knowledge of DevOps, high-velocity environments with an understanding of CI/CD processes and their impact on Change Enablement.
Deep expertise in ITIL service management practices, including incident, event, asset, configuration, problem, change and release Management.
Strong experience leading and governing change processes to ensure that changes are well-planned and executed with minimal disruption
Solid technical knowledge of IT infrastructure, products/applications, and network operations, with a clear understanding of how these components interact, and typical technical issues that may cause unplanned disruption.
Experience working with IT Service Management (ITSM) and DevOps tools and platforms, including ServiceNow / BMC Helix, Jira, Confluence and GitHub and with an excellent understanding and experience of Change Management module capabilities, collaboration enablers.
Everyone\'s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail.
We\'re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era.
We\'re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet.
Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers.
Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best.
We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you\'d benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don\'t hesitate to let us know when completing your application.
This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
#LI-LS1 #LI-Hybrid

Salary: GBP 36000 - 60000 per year
Back to blog

Other Jobs To Apply

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...