HR Transformation Manager (8 month contract)

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. From global icons like Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray to Smirnoff and Don Julio, we create brands consumers love. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate and innovate. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

Join our Human Resources Team

Human Resources is about shaping the experience of working at Diageo and helping our people learn and grow every day.

From attracting talent to developing careers, this team plays a central role in building a culture where people feel supported, challenged and able to grow. They work closely with teams across the business, bringing insight, care and commercial understanding to everything they do.

You'll help create an environment where different perspectives are valued and where people can learn new skills and thrive, unlocking potential across a truly global organization.

About the Role
The HR transformation Manager will support the end-to-end delivery of the Route to Market transformation agenda, ensuring well-adapted execution across workstreams (Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, HR). The role focuses on driving timelines, governance, interdependency management, and change readiness to enable sustainable business impact

• Own day-to-day project management of RTM transformation initiatives, from design to implementation
• Create and maintain integrated project plans, landmarks, critical paths, and risk logs
• Supervise progress against scope, timelines, and agreed outcomes, proactively flag risks and propose mitigation actions
• Ensure structured governance cadence (SteerCo, working teams, decision forums)

• Act as the central coordination point across cross-functional workstreams (commercial, promotional, financial, logistics, IT, HR)
• Facilitate workshops, working sessions, and decision-making forums
• Drive clarity on ownership, dependencies, and hand-offs across teams and markets

• Partner with HR / Change leads to support change management planning and execution
• Track readiness indicators (capability, process, systems, communication)
• Support rollout planning, pilot tracking, and post-implementation stabilization

• Prepare concise, high-quality materials for senior leadership updates
• Provide data-driven insights on progress, risks, trade-offs, and execution bottlenecks, driving governance and documentation.

• A demonstrated ability in project / program management, ideally in go-to-market transformations with a consulting or internal office transformation background
• Proven track record in leading and handling cross-functional, multi-market initiatives
• Strong structured thinking with the ability to translate strategy into executable plans
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Prior experience working in FMCG will be highly prioritized alongside regulated industries with complex RTM models.
• Well versed and exposed to RTM topics such as distributor manager, coverage models, sales force effectiveness, pricing and trade terms.
• Expertise with transformation frameworks, PMO standards or Agile/Hybrid Delivery models
• Possess strong business acumen and operating in ambiguity, where the "what" is still being shaped while the "how" must move forward.