Integration Program Lead

Role: Integration Program Lead

Location: Overland Park, KS

Type: Fulltime

Job Summary –

We are looking for an Integration Program Lead experienced with M&A IT Integration. This role includes reviewing business and technical documentation for potential impacts, creation of communication plan, program plan including leading all tasks to completion for day 1 readiness and post-close migration activities. This role includes enterprise collaboration, so expert soft skills are extremely important.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, communicate, and implement governance activities and deliverables to monitor progress, control integration and/or separation processes, and report on status for IT projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders on the creation of detailed integration and/or separation project plans, including identification of timelines, dependencies, and risks across IT projects
• Identify, assess, and manage risks and issues associated with integration and separation initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and contingency plans across the IT projects
• Ensure timely resolution of initiative issues to minimize impact on program timelines and objectives across IT projects
• Develop and implement change management plans to ensure smooth transitions and stakeholder buy-ins across IT teams
• Assembles key players on the project team and nurtures internal working relationships across the enterprise which fosters the development of cross functional teamwork. Delegates project responsibilities and task interfaces, directs, motivates and manages the project work and resources involved within the project. Ensures timely activity, integration and productivity of technical support and administers efficient use of resources to meet requirements with clear identification of task completion. Question ambiguous responsibilities and manage conflicts to an early resolution and escalation of any unresolved issues. Plays a support role with technical solutions ensuring all groups’ responsibilities are included, managing very closely with the technical leaders to ensure alignment.
• Manages Project Management functional scope and schedule. Provides oversight of management and allocation of personnel and resources to projects. Resolves resource conflicts and priorities.
• Is accountable for and directs others in creation of all project communications. Directs others in the facilitation of team and project meetings. Leads and develops definition and measurement of success metrics to objectively quantify project success. Ensures that project execution complies with approved methodology. Ensures that overall program in managed to strategic dates.
• Identifies potential risks across a broad number of individual projects and programs and establishes communications and mitigations to address them. Communicates risks in clear business terms and technical terms and provides clear messaging and solution options at a senior leader and executive level in both planned and as hoc scenarios. Understands what is important to different stakeholders in the business and ensures that their interests are protected as well as the overall program objective through project planning and execution. Serves as a higher-level escalation point for project issues. Works with Director and above level peers to resolve cross-functional project issues.
• Collaborate with IT stakeholders to define and implement processes and tools to enable operational due diligence activities, including any necessary data rooms, parlor rooms, and/or clean rooms.
• Define, implement, and lead IT activities to facilitate assessment, creation, and timelines for integration and/or separation initiatives
• Manage and lead IT projects to meet deadlines for transitional activities, including hour by hour plans, command centers, etc.
  
  

Years Of Experience Needed –

• 7-10 years Industry experience as a program or product manager within a technology environment, with a progressive record of successful delivery of complex solutions, systems, or services.
• Two years of experience working on merger integration, divestiture activities and/or large technical integration programs
• Two years of experience in establishing and executing transition plans and objectives
• Five years analytical or operational business experience
  
  

Technical Skills

• Two years of experience working on merger integration, divestiture activities and/or large technical integration programs
• Two years of experience in establishing and executing transition plans and objectives
• Five years analytical or operational business experience
• Strong understanding of wireless telecommunications technologies and operations
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with department leaders
• Proven ability to coach and mentor others
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong influence and negotiation abilities
• Strong strategic planning skills in a complex environment
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong strategic planning skills in a complex environment
• Strong influence and negotiation abilities
• Two years of experience working on merger integration and/or divestiture activities
  
  

Certifications Needed

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of seven years related work experience.