IT Integration Program Manager; Remote

Connection•Remote,

2d•Remote

About The Position

Connection’s Technical Staffing division is hiring an IT Integration Program Manager for a contract position with benefits. The role owns the overall IT integration program for an acquired company, from assessment of its technology environment through integration strategy, execution oversight, and transition to operations. The Program Manager partners with technology leaders and business stakeholders to assess systems, infrastructure, applications, vendors, and contracts; set integration priorities; coordinate technical workstreams; and oversee decisions to maintain, consolidate, migrate, replace, or decommission technology. The role also establishes governance and executive reporting, resolves dependencies and integration challenges, ensures completion of integration activities, and creates a scalable framework for future M&A IT integrations. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The employer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience managing IT programs, projects, or portfolios in complex enterprise environments.
Proven experience leading IT integration initiatives resulting from mergers or acquisitions, including ownership of technology assessment, strategy development, roadmap creation, execution oversight, and transition to operations.
Strong understanding of the M&A technology integration lifecycle and ability to establish an approach, drive decisions, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
Experience integrating diverse enterprise technology environments, including infrastructure, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, identity and access management, Microsoft 365, and business applications.
Demonstrated success managing cross-functional teams, concurrent workstreams, complex dependencies, and competing priorities.
Ability to evaluate technology environments, develop recommendations, and facilitate decisions about platform consolidation, migration, replacement, and retirement.
Financial and operational awareness, including ability to identify integration efficiencies, cost-saving opportunities, and technology synergies.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting program status, risks, recommendations, and decisions to executive leadership.
Strong organizational and analytical skills, including hands-on experience developing program roadmaps, governance processes, and executive-level reporting.
Authorization to work for any employer in the United States; visa sponsorship or transfer is not available.

Responsibilities

Own the overall IT integration program, assess the acquired company’s technology environment, and identify integration priorities, gaps, and opportunities.
Partner with technology leaders and business stakeholders to evaluate systems, infrastructure, applications, vendors, and technology contracts and determine the appropriate path forward.
Translate discovery findings into an integration strategy with priorities, timelines, resource requirements, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
Coordinate IT functions including infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, identity management, Microsoft 365, enterprise applications, architecture, licensing, and procurement.
Evaluate platforms and services for maintenance, consolidation, migration, replacement, or decommissioning.
Identify opportunities to streamline technology operations, eliminate redundancies, optimize vendor relationships, and achieve cost efficiencies.
Establish program governance and track progress through integrated project plans, risk and issue tracking, decision logs, dependency management, and executive reporting.
Coordinate technical teams, business leaders, and external stakeholders to resolve integration challenges and dependencies and maintain alignment on program objectives.
Oversee integration activities, ensuring systems and processes are transitioned appropriately, ownership is assigned, and outstanding risks and deliverables are addressed.
Create a scalable M&A IT integration framework with standardized processes, templates, governance structures, assessment tools, and lessons learned.