Change Management Leader

Syensqo is all about chemistry. We’re not just referring to chemical reactions here, but also to the magic that occurs when the brightest minds get to work together. This is where our true strength lies. In you. In your future colleagues and in all your differences. And of course, in your ideas to improve lives while preserving our planet’s beauty for the generations to come.

Syensqo’s Global Business Services (GBS) is an integral part of our organization, delivering Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Credit Management, Payroll, Time Management, and Transformation services worldwide. As we continue to evolve and expand our impact, we invite you to join a dynamic, collaborative, and forward-thinking environment—where your expertise will directly shape the future of our GBS organization.

We’re looking for:

We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Change Management Lead to support the enterprise-wide Payroll & Time Transformation Program at Syensqo.

In this role you will be responsible to design and drive the change strategy across multiple workstreams, ensuring successful adoption of new processes, systems, governance models, and ways of working across HR, Payroll, Global Business Services (GBS), IT, and country leadership teams.

Reporting to the Payroll Transformation Project Lead, you will act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities while delivering measurable business value, operational excellence, and scalable Payroll & Time Management solutions across our global footprint.

We’ll count on you to:

Change Strategy & Roadmap

• Develop and execute a comprehensive change management strategy aligned with the Payroll & Time Transformation roadmap
• Conduct structured impact assessments across countries and functions

Stakeholder & Impact Management

• Map stakeholder groups (Payroll teams, HR, Site Leaders, GBS, IT, Vendors)
• Proactively identify resistance risks and develop mitigation plans
• Engage key country leaders as transformation sponsors

Communication Strategy

• Design and implement a global and local communication plan
• Ensure consistent messaging across regions and workstreams
• Prepare executive-level updates and transformation briefings
• Manage critical milestone communications and risk messaging

Training & Adoption

• Define training strategy per audience and per rollout wave
• Coordinate development of training materials and documentation
• Track readiness and adoption KPIs
• Support hypercare stabilization following go-live

Governance & Reinforcement

• Embed change reinforcement into governance structures
• Monitor adoption metrics and post-implementation performance
• Ensure sustainability of new processes and controls
• Integrate lessons learned into ongoing program methodology

You Will Bring:

• 7+ years experience in change management within medium to large-scale transformation programs
• Experience in HR, Payroll or ERP transformation environments
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Structured, pragmatic, and able to navigate complexity in a multi-country setting
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.

You Will Get:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• The Portuguese annual base salary reasonably expected to be paid for this new hire is €48,400 to €60,500.  Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, experience, qualification and internal equity and can ultimately be more or less than the posted salary range. Total compensation for this role also include bonus and/or other incentives. 
• 16 weeks of maternity, paternity, or co-parenting leave, according to the local regulations
• Leadership development, well-being, and professional growth programs.

Additional Information:

• Location: Lisbon
• Working model: Hybrid

About us

• Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates. Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and health care applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
• At Syensqo, we seek to promote unity and not uniformity. We value the diversity that individuals bring and we invite you to consider a future with us, regardless of background, age, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity. We encourage individuals who may require any assistance or accommodations to let us know to ensure a seamless application experience. We are here to support you throughout the application journey and want to ensure all candidates are treated equally. If you are unsure whether you meet all the criteria or qualifications listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply.