Six Sigma Black Belt

6 month Fixed Term Contract:- Business Process Design & Optimization Lead, Six Sigma Black Belt- London, hybrid – 4 days per week in office + 1 day WFH

Salary: £125,000-140,000 per annum (pro rata - 6 mths) + bonus

Start Date:- January 2027

Leading Investment Manager is seeking a Process Design & Optimization (PD&O) Delivery Lead, to contribute to the delivery of their business transformation programs. You will independently lead strategic, high complexity PD&O efforts through the full life cycle with guidance from senior management to increase scale and efficiency. Through your knowledge of transformation leadership and process optimization you will drive scale of our client’s key operational processes. You will manage and develop process optimization resources to build new capabilities and capacity for the PD&O practice.

You are a trusted leader and talented communicator to key customers and stakeholders. You drive decision-making through your ability to manage and align stakeholder expectations.

You maximize value by developing and facilitating a consultative engagement approach to your initiatives, including benefits realization, governance structures and change management.

Required Experience

• You have 5+ years of management consulting or transformation leadership experience and/or 10+ years of experience in business analysis, end-to-end process design/re-engineering/optimization for large, complex initiatives, or implementing workflow solutions and robotic process automation
• You are a strategic leader who can develop and deliver clear strategies for transformation, including scope definition, prioritizing / sequencing outcomes and objectives, setting effective success measures, and establishing work approach with problem-solving techniques
• You have at least 5 years of people management experience and demonstrated proficiency in leading senior practitioners, including development of associates’ skills and capabilities
• You leverage your problem-solving expertise and influence to unlock measurable business results AND shift key operational ways of working
• You have experience leveraging Change Management best practices to deliver solutions in partnership with project and business teams and worked in agile environments
• You are a strong, collaborative, critical thinker with demonstrated ability to analyze challenges and develop thoughtful recommendations and compelling visual and written content
• You are an expert communicator and facilitator who places a high value on being authentic, respectful and engaging varying audiences
• You have a deep curiosity with technology as demonstrated through project / transformation experience alongside technology teams
• You are skilled at establishing, nurturing and growing working relationships with clients, team members and shared services upon which you rely
• You are proficient with AI tools and have experience incorporating them into day-to-day work
• You have a solid understanding of the asset management / investment management industry with several years of experience
• You have strong organizational skills, you are a driver, self-directed, and focused on delivering tangible value to the business

Preferred:

• You have a deep understanding of key process transformation frameworks and can adapt appropriately to meet business needs:
• You have applied experience working with Human Centered Design and/or other Design Thinking frameworks to cultivate innovation and deepen your impact solving human-centric problems
• You have working knowledge of process improvement principles and best practices, as acquired through a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation
• You have experience applying business process management frameworks to promote end-to-end process management