Job description
Our Company
We’re Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We’re crucial to the company’s strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market.
Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole.
Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.
Global Marketing & Sales | Change Communications Lead
Are you a strategic communicator who thrives on making change meaningful? If so, Hitachi invites you to step into a pivotal role as Change Communications Lead within its Global Marketing and Sales (GM&S) team, a high-profile initiative at the very heart of the Hitachi Group.
This is your opportunity to shape how change is communicated across a global organisation, driving clarity, alignment, and transformation at scale.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be at the forefront of a mission to unite Hitachi’s global & regional commercial teams under a single, powerful vision of ‘One Hitachi’. Working at group level, you’ll help visualise market opportunities, articulate the group’s value proposition, and empower teams to go to market with confidence and cohesion.
You’ll be the voice behind the change, with the ability to articulate your strategy at the highest levels, ensuring stakeholders are informed, engaged, and inspired to act.
About GM&S
Hitachi is transforming to ensure sustainable growth and profitability in digital and green sectors by establishing a customer-centric business model. Part of this transformation is setting up global account management to better understand customer needs and increase Hitachi’s market share.
This transformation is led by GM&S, whose vision is to become our customers’ preferred partner of choice for their most critical challenges by providing impactful, sustainable solutions, delivered by experts spanning the full breadth of Hitachi’s portfolio.
The role
- Design and implement a tiered stakeholder engagement strategy to support GM&S’ mid-term management plan program delivery
- Collaborate with senior leadership to coordinate and execute program milestonesActivate program ambassadors across regions and business units
- Conduct regular stakeholder ‘temperature checks’ and share insights with leadership
- Define and monitor program KPIs, delivering clear, actionable reporting
- Lead a structured cadence of program reviews, adjustments, and continuous improvement
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years’ experience in a global business environment
- Deep expertise in strategic change management, stakeholder engagement, and internal communications
- The ability to influence and drive change at the highest levels of leadership
- A proactive mindset—anticipating challenges, setting priorities, and delivering results
- Strong program management and strategic communications skills
- Cultural sensitivity and a collaborative approach to working across international teams
About us
We’re a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We’re curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you’re not just another employee; you’re part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.
Since its founding in 1910, Hitachi has supported the development of society and the improvement of people’s lives. Throughout the world, Hitachi Group employees exemplify outstanding teamwork that transcends the boundaries of geographical regions and business fields. Together, we share the Hitachi group identity and put it into practice worldwide.
With a mission to deliver the best experience to employees and customers, you will be joining a global team setting the standard for excellence and innovation in Marketing and Sales (M&S).
In pursuit of sustainable growth and profitability in the digital and green sectors, the Global Marketing & Sales transformation team, established in 2022, seeks to position Hitachi as a trusted partner for its customers.
Our values
We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:
Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect
Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity
Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge
If, like us, you’re motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi drive social innovation, we’d love to hear from you.
Contact Haydn Redfarn - Global Talent Acquisition Manager | GM&S at [email protected] to find out more.
Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are integral to our culture and identity. Diverse thinking, a commitment to allyship, and a culture of empowerment help us achieve powerful results. We want you to be you, with all the ideas, lived experience, and fresh perspective that brings. We support your uniqueness and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our team.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
