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We’ve provided brief answers to a collection of frequently asked questions here. Do visit the rest of our website to familiarise yourself with who we are, what we do and our clients.

What is an interim project, programme or change management professional?
An interim project, programme or change management professional is someone who chooses to work in a self-employed or independent or freelance capacity when engaged in delivering project, programme or change management initiatives for our clients.

What are the advantages of working as an interim professional?
Interim project, programme or change management professionals cite the main benefits as flexibility and choice, attractive financial rewards and the opportunity to work on a wide variety of high impact, challenging projects. Working as an interim project, programme or change management professional also allows individuals to have gaps of time between projects and/or to follow a different working pattern than might be possible when directly employed by an organisation.

Can interim project, programme or change management be a long-term career option?
Yes, some individuals choose to be interim project, programme or change management professionals as their long-term career – and indeed some of our professionals have been interim professionals for over a decade. On the other hand, others take this path temporarily while they seek their next permanent position or develop a new venture. A number also choose the option to work on a part-time or intermittent basis, to complement other professional or personal activities.

What sort of assignments could I obtain through RedBreed?
We work with clients across the financial services industry - from fast-growth entrepreneurial start-ups to globally recognised corporations and major public institutions. Most of our work is helping deliver vital change initiatives, often working alongside individuals from other consulting and professional services firms. We are also seeing an increasing demand from our clients for senior interim professionals to help shape their change management agenda and to help lead teams or functions in transition.

What background does one need to work with RedBreed?
If you’re questioning whether RedBreed is right for you because you don’t have a traditional business background, think again. RedBreed works with exceptional interim change management professionals who can both contribute to, and benefit from working collaboratively with like-minded professionals. In short, people who are able to bring that ‘something extra' to the table. We work with entry-level analysts with at least two years change management experience combined with some industry or functional expertise through to senior programme directors with established track record of delivering large-scale change initiatives in highly complex environments.

What makes an interim professional successful in working with RedBreed?
Successful interim professionals combine proven problem-solving skills with a commercially pragmatic approach to delivering projects and programmes of work for our clients. In addition they have industry and functional experience directly relevant to our client’s requirements on each project. They are motivated, tenacious, creative and versatile, with an exceptional ability to adapt to the different working styles of the client organisations. But above all, they are passionate about delivering results for clients.

How do you manage transition from one project to another?
Our goal is to ensure that there is always a pool of exciting assignments for our professionals to choose from. Therefore we make it a priority to help our professionals find new assignments weeks before current ones are scheduled to end. On your part, professionalism, along with good working relationships with clients, are important factors. Here are some pointers:

• Update your profile regularly with your availability and any changes to your current circumstances.
• Newly acquired experience and skills should be continually updated in your profile so that your details are as accurate as possible.
• Contact your support team to discuss future assignments once a completion date for your current assignment is known.

What is the relationship between RedBreed and the individual interim professional?
RedBreed is the brand under which hundreds of independent project, programme, and change management professionals collaborate to help leading financial services organisations deliver vital change initiatives. Each individual interim professional is independent and subject to the laws and professional regulations of the particular country and/or specialist fields in which they operate. RedBreed helps secure the provision of their professional services to clients, but in itself RedBreed does not provide services directly to clients.

How do I apply to work with RedBreed?
We fill the majority of our interim assignment opportunities through our network of interim project, programme, and change management professionals. So if you are interested in working with RedBreed, the first step is to join our network of interim project, programme, and change management professionals by registering. The registration process only takes a minute or two if you have a profile photo and your resume to hand.