Description

The Maples Group is a standard bearer in financial and legal services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms and international corporations. 

Our distinction flows from our carefully curated team: 2,500+ professionals characterised by tenacity, ethics and exacting excellence. Operating in key financial centres across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, our international presence offers a unique springboard for career development and cross-cultural immersion. Our side-by-side financial and legal services are similarly ripe for interdisciplinary learning and growth. 

Who We Seek

The Maples Group looks to add a Cayman based Senior Organisational Change Manager to join our growing OCM team and shape how change is delivered across the business and invites eager and qualified candidates to apply. This is an opportunity to work on meaningful programmes, build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and play a visible role in helping people and teams adapt successfully. For someone who enjoys seeing change through from design to adoption, this role offers high visibility and influence.

We are committed to diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity as we attract, retain and develop world-class talent. Our merit-based culture suits professionals in pursuit of dynamic careers and lives. Beyond their business and technical acumen, team members are collaborative and conscientious, bringing a healthy sense of drive and purpose to all aspects of their work.

About the Role

The successful candidate will work closely with programme teams, senior sponsors, and business teams to ensure change is clearly understood, well-managed, and successfully adopted. It will suit someone who enjoys working thoughtfully across complex change, turning strategy into practical action and helping colleagues navigate change with clarity and confidence.

The role is centred on helping people adopt change successfully and ensuring new ways of working deliver real value for the business and its clients. For the right person, it offers the opportunity to influence important transformation initiatives, work across jurisdictions and functions, and see the difference their work makes through stronger adoption, better outcomes and lasting business benefit.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Own and deliver the change strategy and approach for Group transformation initiatives
• Assess change impacts across process, policy, roles, and technology, translating their implications into practical change management activities
• Design and deliver targeted interventions to drive adoption and reduce resistance
• Develop and execute clear, credible communication strategies, tailored to different audiences
• Identify learning needs and partner with the L&D team to ensure that practical, role-based training is delivered
• Build and lead effective stakeholder engagement strategies, working directly with senior leaders
• Support and engage senior leaders, helping them fulfil the roles of change sponsors and change leaders
• Establish and mobilise change networks and champions to support delivery at scale, equipping them with the tools and knowledge to drive change locally
• Work closely with PMO and project teams to ensure change is fully integrated into programme and project delivery
• Work with local teams across multiple jurisdictions to measure business readiness and offer tailored support for adoption
• Track and measure adoption, readiness, and outcomes, adjusting approach where needed
• Contribute to the ongoing development of OCM capability, tools, and ways of working across the firm. 

EXPERIENCE

What You Bring

In addition to indisputably high ethical standards and autonomy, the ideal candidate possesses the following: 

• 7+ years of demonstrated experience working on large-scale organisational change efforts, preferably in the professional or corporate services sectors or as a change consultant
• A Bachelors or Masters degree or professional qualification in a business discipline (or equivalent work experience)
• Experience in working within a complex matrix organization, particularly one that operates in multiple countries / jurisdictions
• Experience in working with international, virtual, multi-cultural, multi-disciplined, and high-performance working teams
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including experience persuasively articulating project and change proposals, socialising ideas and influencing stakeholders towards a recommended solution
• A solid understanding of how people go through a change and the change process;
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools
• Ability to assimilate technical detail (process or technology related) to identify important impacts for employees
• Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal. The ability to quickly develop impactful written content to convey ideas to senior stakeholders will be highly beneficial
• Effective organisation and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure
• Demonstrated high levels of reliability, detail-orientation and achievement of results
• Comfort working in an agile environment where work products are shared frequently with project sponsors for feedback and iteration

BENEFITS & REWARDS

The most enduring professional relationships are reciprocal relationships.  The Maples Group prioritises employee health and wellbeing. Depending on your location, we offer a range of benefits, including: 

• Hybrid Working
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental and optical)
• Competitive vacation packages
• Educational assistance and professional development programmes
• Savings or pension plan
• Life insurance
• Travel insurance
• Global mental wellness programme
• Sports clubs and social events

ABOUT MAPLES GROUP

Over five decades, the Maples Group has grown from modest beginnings into one of the world's preeminent professional services firms, offering specialised fiduciary, fund administration, regulatory and compliance, entity formation and management and legal services on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg.

You can learn more about the Maples Group on our corporate website.  Experience our culture and our people on our Careers Page or on LinkedIn.

Maples’ standard policy to undertake various background screening checks, including criminal records checks, on all applicants to whom a conditional job offer is made. Maples will only ask applicants to disclose a past criminal conviction when a conditional job offer is made. If you have a criminal record it does not mean that your job offer will be automatically withdrawn. Maples will make all job offer decisions on a case by case basis and will take a number of factors into account, such as the role that you are applying for and the nature and circumstances of the past offence. You will have the opportunity to discuss the matter with Maples before a decision is made.

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