Principal, Strategic Partnerships M&A IT

GM•Warren, MI

About The Position

The Principal, Strategic Partnerships M&A IT is GM’s senior individual contributor for technology diligence, transaction execution, and partner operating model design across acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures, strategic investments, alliances, and wind-downs. This role evaluates technology risk, shapes Day 1 and separation strategy, enables secure external collaboration, and builds repeatable playbooks and governance for external transactions and partnerships. As a Level 9 individual contributor, this person is expected to operate as a recognized expert with broad latitude, end-to-end ownership, and strong influence across senior leadership and matrixed teams.

Requirements

Significant M&A experience with direct responsibility for IT workstreams across diligence, Day 1, integration, separation, or carve-outs.
8+ years of progressive IT experience across multiple domains, including infrastructure, applications, security, end-user computing, data, identity, and collaboration technologies.
Demonstrated ability to assess technology risk, estimate remediation effort, and present pragmatic options to executive stakeholders.
Proven success operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments and creating structure where processes, ownership, or information may be incomplete.
Strong program and portfolio management skills, with the ability to lead through influence across matrixed teams without relying on formal reporting relationships.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting joint ventures, strategic partnerships, divestitures, or other external business arrangements is strongly preferred.
Advanced degree preferred but not required based on experience.

Responsibilities

Lead the IT workstream across diligence, Day 1, integration, stabilization, separation, carve-outs, and wind-down planning, ensuring risks, dependencies, and decisions are clearly managed.
Assess target and partner environments across applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, end-user computing, identity, collaboration platforms, and vendors to inform risk, cost, timing, and prioritization.
Build repeatable frameworks, playbooks, templates, governance models, and reporting for transaction execution and partner operations.
Lead secure external collaboration and data-sharing approaches, including partner connectivity, access controls, records and lifecycle management, security exceptions, and separation-related cleanup.
Support joint ventures, alliances, and strategic partnerships through operating model decisions, controlled data exchange, transition planning, and wind-down or decommission coordination where needed.
Act as the trusted advisor to GM leaders and external executives on transaction and partner technology matters, translating technical issues into business risk, cost, and execution choices.
Lead through influence across Security, Infrastructure, End User, Applications, Data, HR, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and business teams to drive timely decisions and outcomes.