Military & Elite Athlete 2026 Talent Placement – Transformation Delivery Leads

This is a 12-month fixed-term placement for two individuals to join British Gas as Transformation Delivery Leads within the Field and Ops Enablement Transformation team. The programme is designed to support individuals transitioning from military service or elite athletic careers.

What You'll Do

The Transformation Delivery Lead will be responsible for delivering strategic and operational change initiatives. Key responsibilities include:

Project & Programme Delivery

• Lead end-to-end transformation projects from initiation to benefits realisation.
• Ensure delivery aligns with strategic objectives and uses project/programme management frameworks.

Change Delivery

• Deliver business change activities, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.
• Support the embedding of new systems, processes, and ways of working.

Governance & Control

• Operate within established governance frameworks for planning, risk management, and decision-making.
• Provide timely reporting on progress, risks, and interdependencies.

Stakeholder Management & Engagement

• Develop strong working relationships with business sponsors, process owners, and operational teams.
• Facilitate alignment and communication between strategy, delivery, and business operations.

Benefits Realisation

• Ensure project outputs are defined, tracked, and realised.
• Work with finance and business owners to measure and evidence delivery against business cases.

Standardisation & Best Practice

• Apply standardised delivery tools, templates, and methodologies.
• Contribute to improving delivery maturity by sharing learnings.

Operational & Strategic Flexibility

• Support delivery of both strategic transformation and operational change programmes.
• Adapt delivery approaches for formal projects, ideation, or operational improvements.

Collaboration & Partnership

• Work closely with peers, subject matter experts, and the Transformation Delivery Manager.
• Contribute to a high-performance culture.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for potential, not perfection. Ideally, you will have:

• Project management experience and knowledge of methodologies (e.g., Agile, Prince2, MSP, Lean).
• In-depth problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Strong delivery orientation and outcome-driven approach.
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage your own agenda.
• Tenacious, resilient, proactive, and resourceful approach to issue and risk resolution.
• Experience in managing and delivering transformation or change projects.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities across complex stakeholder environments.
• Understanding of change delivery principles (business readiness, communication, benefits management).
• Skilled in risk management, governance, and progress reporting.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Ability to flex between structured programme delivery and agile approaches.
• Confident working autonomously while collaborating across functions.
• Collaborative, pragmatic, and adaptable.
• Confident operating at pace and balancing multiple priorities.
• Confident presentation and communication skills.

Core Behaviours:

• Take Ownership
• Work as One Team
• Develop a Growth Mindset
• Strive to Innovate
• Focus on Priorities

This placement is open to:

• Military Service Leavers: leaving the Forces or within the 2-year CTP window at application.
• Elite Athletes: international competition experience and/or professional UK sports experience within the last three years.

Benefits

• Real project & transformation experience in a FTSE100 organisation.
• £50,000 salary for the 12-month placement.
• Dedicated mentor.
• Flexible working and travel to office locations when collaboration is needed.
• Access to Employee Networks.
• Opportunities to network across the business.
• A Buddy from our Ex-Military or Athlete communities.
• For Service Leavers: the chance to begin placement during your final four resettlement weeks.

How to Apply

Please upload one document (Word or PDF) including:

1. Personal Statement (max 750 words): How your skills, experience, capabilities, and personal qualities align to the role.
2. CV (max 2 pages): Highlight transferable skills, key achievements, qualifications, and military or athletic experience.

Key Dates

• Application deadline: midnight Sunday 8th November
• Screening Interviews: Early to mid-November
• Business Area Interviews: Late November
• Placement Start Date: Late 2026/early 2027 (as soon as possible, subject to individual availability and onboarding requirements).

Future opportunities are also available in March 2027, June 2027, and September 2027.