Senior Transformation & Performance Manager

Locations: Berlin, Munich, Utrecht or London (Hybrid). Full Time, Permanent.

Closing date: Sunday 2nd of August 2026.

Role Overview

Springer Nature Health, a leading global medical information and education provider, is pursuing an ambitious growth and transformation agenda—including a significant AI agenda—and is investing in people and structures to deliver it. The Senior Transformation & Performance Manager will help turn this agenda into disciplined execution, keeping a complex portfolio of initiatives on track and contributing to one of the most significant change efforts in the business. You will report to the Head of Strategy & Transformation and work closely with senior leaders across Springer Nature and Springer Nature Health.

Responsibilities

Drive growth and transformation initiatives across the programme’s core areas: AI, strategy, go-to-market, product and business model, performance, and people.
Translate strategy into execution—building and maintaining delivery plans, milestones, critical‑path tracking, and decision logs that keep initiatives moving.
Support the Transformation Office in maintaining execution discipline, governance cadence, and prioritisation across workstreams.
Coordinate cross‑functional teams, holding workstreams accountable to outcomes and timelines and proactively unblocking issues.
Prepare executive‑ and board‑level materials—decks, updates, and recommendations for senior leadership.
Bring AI fluency to the work, with a clear understanding of how AI is reshaping products, workflows, and business models.

Qualifications & Experience

Demonstrable experience, ideally combining business consulting with in‑house strategy or transformation work.
A proven track record of working directly with senior management and C‑level stakeholders.
Strong command of transformation, strategy and execution—equally comfortable with the slide and the spreadsheet, the vision, the people and the operational detail.
Exceptional communication, coordination, and presentation skills.
A structured, hands‑on, self‑directed working style, with the ability to thrive amid ambiguity and pace.
Genuine interest in healthcare, life sciences, and AI.
Fluent in English.
Strong change management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bring people along through complex organisational change.
Experience working with multidisciplinary and international teams across different markets and cultures.

Desirable

Fluent in German or Dutch.
Healthcare, life science and AI sector experience.

Note for candidates in the Netherlands: As per our local policy, please be aware that this role will be open only for internal candidates within the first 2 weeks. Afterwards, external applications will be progressed.

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