Interim Head of Transformation Office · Change Lead
Transformations stall when no one is sure who decides and accountability falls between functions. I step into your reporting line and lead the Transformation Office or the change programme. I make clear who decides and set up oversight of the portfolio. Every assignment has an agreed end date and a planned handover.
How I work
My doctoral research at the University of Portsmouth looked at how global change programmes are put into practice across multiple sites. One finding stood out: programmes fail when companies push new behaviour onto broken structures. Twenty-five years of work in this field have shown me the same. The four steps work to prevent that.
When an interim assignment fits
Milestones have been on track for months, yet the business has seen little real change. Nobody can say why.
The Transformation Office or the programme has lost its leader. Decisions wait while the search for a successor runs.
Shared services or a new structure is being introduced across countries and functions. Local resistance and duplicated work are putting the timetable at risk.
The tools have been funded and introduced, but daily work has not changed. Adoption is below the business case.
Roles
I lead the Transformation Office, with the portfolio, governance and reporting to the executive board and the steering committee. That includes leading the programmes, across countries and functions.
I lead the change strategy and its delivery, build the change team and prepare the leaders for their role.
Working together
Full-time in your reporting line, for a fixed term with an agreed end date. For companies in the DACH region.
The same role on fixed days or hours per week. For companies that need leadership for their transformation and do not want to create a full-time post. Available internationally.
Process
You describe the situation. I tell you openly whether I am the right person for it.
We put the role, the decision rights and the end date in writing before anything starts.
I take on operational leadership inside your organisation. I report directly to the sponsor or the steering committee, with a progress report every week.
My successor or your own team is up to speed before I leave.
Background
Twenty-five years in pharma, industry and technology, in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.
Line responsibility as Chief Digital Officer, Chief Information Officer and VP Transformation. Alongside that, fixed-term assignments in which I led programmes and change.
I am the author of a book series on the Integrated Transformation Excellence Framework (ITXF), the method I work by.
Questions
In the first quarter of 2027. I am available before then for a first conversation and for scoping the assignment.
Both are possible. We set the capacity when we scope the assignment: full-time for an interim assignment, fixed days each week for a fractional role.
By day rate. We agree the rate and the expected duration when we scope the assignment.
Yes. You can engage me directly or through an interim provider. I am already listed with several.
In an interim assignment I sit in your reporting line, carry responsibility for the result and have an end date. Janovis offers consulting and advisory separately.
Contact
A 30-minute call, with no obligation. You get a clear answer on whether I am the right person for your situation.