Senior Project Manager (IT - Mergers and Acquisitions)

IP PEOPLE LTD
Manchester, UK
10 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Asana Data Integration Data Migration RAID Microsoft Project PRINCE2 Power BI

Job description

You’ll lead the end-to-end integration of newly acquired businesses and major transformation programmes, aligning people, systems, processes, and products into a unified, efficient operating model. Acting as the central point of coordination, you’ll protect customer experience, safeguard revenue, and accelerate the realisation of synergies., * Own full integration delivery, from pre-close planning to post-merger stabilisation, ensuring projects meet timelines, budgets, and objectives.

  • Translate due diligence findings into actionable integration plans covering systems, data, processes, and people.
  • Lead and coordinate multi-functional workstreams (IT, Finance, HR, Operations, Product, Commercial).
  • Oversee system and data integration activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and minimal disruption.
  • Manage project governance, RAID logs, reporting, and SteerCo packs for executive stakeholders.
  • Drive communication, engagement, and change adoption across teams.
  • Support broader business transformation projects beyond M&A, applying best-practice PMO standards.

Requirements

  • Project Management experience which involves post-merger integrations or large-scale business change (ideally in IT, telecoms, or technology sectors).
  • Proven ability to deliver complex, multi-workstream integrations covering systems, data, and customer operations.
  • Expertise in project governance, reporting, and benefits tracking (RAID, PMO controls).
  • Strong knowledge of process alignment, systems consolidation, and data migration (CRM, ERP, billing, HRIS).
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner (MSP, PMP, or equivalent preferred).
  • Proficiency with project tools such as Monday.com, MS Project, or Power BI.

Who You Are

  • Strategic and delivery-focused, with strong ownership and accountability.
  • Customer-centric and commercially aware.
  • Adaptable and resilient, thriving in change environments.
  • Excellent communicator who builds trust across functions and senior stakeholders.
  • Detail-oriented and governance-driven, balancing control with agility.

Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive package with strong benefits (private medical, pension, income protection, life assurance).
  • 25 days’ holiday (rising with service) + bank holidays.
  • Genuine career progression as part of a growing, forward-thinking organisation.
  • Supportive, people-first culture focused on continuous improvement and development.

About the company

We’re partnered with a leading UK connectivity and technology provider. With over two decades of success built on innovation, resilience, and customer obsession, the company is entering an ambitious new growth phase. They seek an experienced Integration Project Manager to help turn strategic acquisitions into operational success.

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