Director, IT Carve-Out Lead (Europe)

At Alysian, we believe technology is the unlock to value creation. As a specialist IT and digital advisory firm, we work alongside private equity investors and their portfolio companies, from due diligence and carve-outs through to transformation, to deliver tech-enabled value creation with speed and precision. Join us to work on high-stakes deals for some of the world’s leading investors, in an entrepreneurial firm where your expertise shapes outcomes for our clients and helps shape the future of the firm itself.

YOUR ROLE

We are hiring a Carve-Out Lead to support complex technology separation programmes across private equity portfolio companies in Europe, specialising in global carve-outs, from IT Due Diligences to TSA exits and post-merger integrations. You will sit between PE sponsors, portfolio company leadership and delivery teams, giving independent visibility, sharp challenge and intervention support so that sponsors know whether a separation programme is truly under control. Programmes typically involve EUR 25m to 300m+ of technology separation cost across applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, End User Compute (EUC) and business functions. This is a permanent Director role reporting to the Managing Director, Carve Out Leadership and the person could be based in UK or Poland. Noting that we are a remote first company.

What you will do:

• You will establish and run the Control Tower across multi-vendor IT separation programmes, setting the governance, cadence, reporting and decision forums that keep everyone aligned, but most importantly programme on track.
• You will assess Day 1 readiness, Day 2 execution plans, TSA exit plans and stranded cost risk, coordinating across applications, infrastructure, cyber, data, EUC, networks and service management.
• You will test the realism of TSA exit plans, migration sequencing, vendor transitions and critical-path dependencies, and challenge systems integrator plans, estimates and status reporting with your own independent view of application-level risk and complexity.
• For sponsors and portfolio company leadership, you will create PE-ready views of progress, risk, cost-to-achieve and the decisions they need to make.
• Above all, you will translate technical separation issues into clear commercial, operational and value implications, and drive action rather than just reporting.

ABOUT YOU

You will bring a named track record in IT carve-outs and separations, built in consulting, transformation advisory, restructuring or systems integration. You operate comfortably above the PMO while staying close enough to the detail to challenge plans, risks and assumptions, and you are credible in the room with PE sponsors and C-suite leaders.

What you will need:

• Direct experience in IT Due Diligence processes and outcomes.
• Direct experience in Sign to Close and TSA exit design and delivery including Day 1 and Day 2 planning and readiness, applications, infrastructure, cyber and data separation.
• Experience of large-scale separation programmes, such as ERP and core systems transformations, in the EUR 25m to 300m+ technology cost band.
• Strong consulting skills: problem structuring, executive story-lining in PowerPoint, decision papers and board-level reporting.
• Senior stakeholder experience with PE sponsors, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs, Transformation Directors and SI Programme Directors / Partners.
• A track record of originating, closing and growing significant advisory work, ideally with PE sponsors or their portfolio companies, with strong margin discipline.
• The right to work in Europe and willingness to travel to client sites across Europe, sometimes at short notice.

It would be great if you also have experience at a strategy, PE-advisory or restructuring firm, a second European business language alongside English and exposure to cross-border carve-outs spanning several European jurisdictions.

WHY JOIN ALYSIAN?

At Alysian you will work closely with our clients as a trusted adviser to leading private equity firms and their operating partners, including KKR, CVC Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. The impact is real and measurable: we link every initiative to EBITDA, cash and exit value, creating value at scale across a large consumer sector and ESG portfolio.

We are a fast-growing, entrepreneurial firm, so there is room to build new offers, reusable IP and AI-enabled delivery while helping to shape the firm itself. Progression is based on merit, not time: you set the pace for your growth, with a clear path, alongside some of the best people in their fields, from top strategy consultants to deep technical experts.

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer a competitive remuneration package, with flexible benefits options to suit your circumstances and a variable element linked to your grade, company and personal performance. We are remote first, with mindful and purposeful travel: our work follows the deal, so client travel is part of the role and may sometimes be at short notice. You will also have training, certifications and support to develop your career.

OUR VALUES

Six values shape how we work. We are Impact Driven, delivering measurable value for PE sponsors and their portfolio companies. We are Expertise Led Trusted Advisors, giving independent advice we stand by. We are Entrepreneurial, bold and innovative. We are Data Driven, grounding our strategies in evidence and owning our outcomes. As One Alysian Team we are high trust and low politics, and we grow our people and push each other to the highest standards. And we work with Speed & Precision, moving quickly with clarity and delivering accurate, high-quality work first time.