Senior Business Development Officer

Organisational Development Senior Specialist

Chief Operating Office, HR

Permanent, 35 hours per week

Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1 - 2 days per week in the office)

Competency and technical based interview. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

This role is all about making a real difference to how we work together at Cancer Research UK. You'll turn big priorities from our People Plan and Directorates into practical changes that help teams thrive and perform at their best. You'll lead on the most complex, high-risk projects and play a key role in coaching and supporting colleagues to build Organisational Capability across the organisation.

Lead complex OD projects from start to finish-defining the problem, exploring options, and agreeing what success looks like with senior stakeholders.

Ensure quality delivery by setting clear standards, reviewing work, and turning lessons learned into tools others can reuse.

Coach and guide colleagues and partners during delivery-helping them strengthen their design, facilitation, and evaluation skills.

Diagnose organisational challenges using structured methods like interviews, workshops, and data analysis to uncover root causes across leadership, team dynamics, culture, and ways of working.

Deliver and facilitate complex OD interventions as part of a flexible consulting pool-adapting in real time while staying focused on agreed outcomes.

Manage a balanced portfolio of work, planning logistics, travel, and resources to ensure safe, inclusive, and effective delivery.

Advanced OD consulting expertise in complex settings, with a track record of turning ambiguous problems into clear options and value cases that senior leaders support.

Team-effectiveness and facilitation mastery-reading dynamics, designing high-stakes sessions, and sustaining behaviour shifts across CRUK contexts.

Systems and workflow thinking-simplifying processes, anticipating digital implications, and setting acceptance criteria for feasible, adoptable changes.

confident impact storytelling for senior audiences.

Scale and quality assurance capability-converting effective approaches into reusable playbooks and coaching others to consistent standards.

Stakeholder influence and communication skills-credibility with senior leaders and concise, decision-oriented storytelling.

Inclusive practice and accessibility-consistent application of equity and ethical principles in design, facilitation, and data handling.

Confidence working in a matrix environment-scoping and delivering through others, managing pace and quality without direct authority.

We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

You can explore our benefits by visiting our careers web page.

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