M&A Portfolio Lead (PM III)

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Job Summary: This role is responsible for managing the pipeline and execution of projects, portfolios and major projects including planning, designing, implementing, coordinating, managing, and IT portfolio as it relates to Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in the European market. The Project Manager III ensures that the goals and objectives of projects and deliverables are accomplished within set guidelines and funding parameters. They manage projects from initiation through completion and deliver high quality products/services. They also work on special technology-related projects to evaluate the company's current information technology systems, structure, processes, and practices and improve and implement changes to increase efficiency and ensure better service to the customers. They operate as a senior internal consultant responsible for delivering a full spectrum of project management services. They provide effective collaboration, facilitation, and coaching skills supporting the agile development process and delivery.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Experience in portfolio management, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
• Engages resource and IT domain teams to support the strategic direction of the M&A (and divestiture) portfolio.
• Engages with Business, IT Functional and IT Domain leads in IT Strategy and Portfolio Management to develop, introduce, maintain and M&A playbook/processes and procedures.
• Provides insight, direction and support based on portfolio analysis.
• Drive change management initiatives to support organizational transformation and cultural integration during M&A processes.
• Work with business leaders and executive leadership to oversee the portfolio of M&A projects, ensuring effective prioritization, resource allocation, risk management, and value realization.
• Understands and is effectively able to define, implement, and adjust resource demand planning and capacity modeling for the M&A portfolio.
• Lead post-merger integration efforts, coordinating cross-functional teams to achieve synergy targets and operational efficiencies.
• Engages extended group of stakeholders and leaders in communications as appropriate, including: IT, Business Unit, Finance, HR, PPMO, Enterprise Architecture, Audit & Compliance and others.
• Validates appropriate level of participation and escalates where needed.
• Tailors the level of communication based on the audience to synthesize and exchange information.
• Communicates escalations clearly by concisely stating the problem and specific impact.
• Actively seeks new skills and concepts and can leverage them to improve governance processes, standards and outcomes.
• Leverages technical knowledge, best practices and organizational dynamics to mitigate issues and risks.
• Will manage the sourcing and work with 3rd party partners at times when they are brought in to help with acquisition due diligence.
• Drive the implementation using existing M&A playbook standards ensuring alignment with corporate goals and objectives.
• Drives toward continuous improvement.
• Collaboration with other functional domains including Finance, Compliance, HR, and Corporate Development as it relates to mergers, acquisitions or divestitures in the European region.
• Leverages the performance management cycle to motivate subordinates and support achievement of objectives; coaches other team members.
• Accountable for the risk and issue management of one or more related disciplines through subordinate managers and team.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• 7 to 10 years of IT work experience, including 7 or more years project management and/or governance.
• Experience in Mergers and Acquisition due diligence activities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Information Systems or Engineering; or equivalent work experience.

MINIMUM SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Competent Level Understanding of: Solution development, program governance and change management methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Complex project and program management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Relevant business software (e.g. Microsoft Office applications, Clarity, MS Project, ServiceNow, SharePoint, Teams, OneNote).
• Possesses the ability to balance and a willingness to engage with ideas different from their own, encouragement of others to express divergent perspectives, the capability to influence, conflict management, and teamwork.
• Highly adaptable to changing environment.
• Situational awareness of when to listen and when to be assertive.
• People management experience.
• Strong written, verbal, non-verbal, presentation communication skills.
• Leadership presence, acumen and communication.
• Comfort with generating, supporting and assessing reporting, metrics and analytics to guide decision-making.

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