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# Senior Project Manager (IT - Mergers and Acquisitions)

- **Company:** IP PEOPLE LTD
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Asana, Data Integration, Data Migration, RAID, Microsoft Project, PRINCE2, Power BI
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840576226-senior-project-manager-it-mergers-and-acquisitions

## About the Role

* 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.

## 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.


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