Transition & Change Specialist

Job Overview: 

Arm IT is building a next-generation Service Management capability that combines ITIL v4 framework, SRE methodology, and AI-enabled automation to enable engineering velocity with enterprise reliability.

As Senior Transition & Change Specialist, this role plays a key part in evolving Change Enablement, Release Governance, and Configuration integrity within the Service Management Office. The position supports production stability while enabling high-velocity delivery, ensuring that speed and reliability work together effectively.

This role integrates risk awareness, policy-based automation, and practical governance into engineering workflows so that innovation can progress confidently without compromising operational integrity.

• Own and govern risk-based Change Enablement aligned to ITIL v4.
• Implement and expand automated Standard Change models.
• Embed policy-based approvals and risk modelling into DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Reduce emergency change reliance through predictive governance.
• Align deployment frequency and change velocity with error budget thresholds.
• Govern release readiness, deployment quality, and rollback capability.
• Monitor change failure rate and change-induced incident trends.
• Ensure accurate CI-to-service mapping and CMDB integrity, leading to impact assessment automation.
• Enable automated impact assessment and risk evaluation.
• Improve configuration data quality supporting incident, problem, and change decisions.
• Align software and configuration lifecycle governance with audit, compliance, and operational risk requirements.
• Ensure disaster recovery readiness and service continuity controls are reflected in change governance.

• Minimum 7 years of experience in Change, Release, or Configuration Governance, including DevOps or CI/CD-integrated environments with demonstrated ownership of risk-based change frameworks at scale.
• Experience implementing automated approval and policy-based change models.
• Experience with CMDB governance, configuration integrity, and impact modelling.
• Strong analytical capability with data-driven risk assessment skills.
• Experience governing change in high-availability, engineering environments.
• Strong configuration governance and operational risk understanding.

• Experience with AI-based change risk scoring or predictive governance tooling!
• Experience designing CI/CD pipeline governance models at scale.
• Knowledge of SaaS and PaaS based services and applications.
• Experience in ServiceNow!
• Experience operating in complex, global engineering organisations.
• Certification in ITIL V4 modules in addition to foundation, ideally at Practice Manager level.
  

In Return:

With Arm’s growth trajectory, you’ll have clear opportunities to develop your career, take on new challenges, and make a real impact on our continued success.

Please note that no relocation package is available for this role. If skilled worker sponsorship is required, Arm will meet costs associated with sponsorship for the employer only. All fees associated with the individual’s application e.g. visa application fee and Immigration Health Surcharge, will be the responsibility of the successful candidate.

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