Manage change, readiness, and adoption activities for IT projects, ensuring minimal disruption and full stakeholder engagement to achieve intended project benefits.
About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks. The company acquired Secureworks in February 2025, bringing together two pioneers that have redefined the cybersecurity industry with their innovative, native AI-optimized services, technologies and products. Sophos is now the largest pure-play Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider, supporting more than 28,000 organizations. In addition to MDR and other services, Sophos’ complete portfolio includes industry-leading endpoint, network, email, and cloud security that interoperate and adapt to defend through the Sophos Central platform. Secureworks provides the innovative, market-leading Taegis XDR/MDR, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), next-gen SIEM capabilities, managed risk, and a comprehensive set of advisory services. Sophos sells all these solutions through reseller partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) worldwide, defending more than 600,000 organizations worldwide from phishing, ransomware, data theft, other every day and state-sponsored cybercrimes. The solutions are powered by historical and real-time threat intelligence from Sophos X-Ops and the newly added Counter Threat Unit (CTU). Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
We are recruiting a Project Manager with specialist expertise in business change, readiness, adoption, and communications to join our IT organisation. The successful candidate will be responsible for applying change management best practices to ensure IT projects are delivered with minimal disruption to business operations and achieve full adoption to realise intended benefits.
The role requires strong stakeholder engagement skills to ensure change adoption and readiness is business-led, but delivered within the program/project framework.
What you will do:
- Lead the planning and execution of change, readiness, and adoption activities within IT projects.
- Apply change management frameworks (e.g., ADKAR, Prosci) to ensure smooth and effective transitions.
- Identify, engage, and manage stakeholders to build ownership and commitment across the business.
- Partner with leaders to ensure business functions take accountability for driving and sustaining change.
- Develop and deliver clear, targeted, and engaging communications for diverse audiences.
- Support training, knowledge transfer, and capability-building activities to enable adoption.
- Track readiness, adoption, and benefits realisation to demonstrate project value.
- Work closely with IT program and project managers to align change activities with technical delivery.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of IT change management practices and frameworks.
What you will bring:
- Proven experience as a Project Manager with a focus on business change and adoption.
- Strong track record of supporting IT-driven change in complex environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, from senior leaders to end users.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
- Knowledge of change management principles and methodologies (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter, Prosci).
- Project management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, Agile) and/or change management certification (e.g., Prosci) desirable.
- Skilled in problem-solving, navigating ambiguity, and driving clarity.
Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
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