Program Director – M&A, Global IT Separation / Carve out

Programme Director – M&A, Global IT Carve-Out, FMCG / Private Equity

We’re looking for a seasoned Programme Director to lead the technology separation and stand-up into the newly acquired entity,  carving-out from the legacy group business.. The role will involve migrating to newly formed environment, building the infrastructure, cloud, data centre, networking and people foundations of a standalone business. 

Key responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end separation programme.
• Run governance, planning, RAID and reporting across a programme budget in excess of €100m.
• Shape, negotiate and exit TSAs and reverse TSAs on time and without costly extensions.
• Oversee the standalone infrastructure build: cloud landing zones (AWS / Azure / GCP), data centre exit or migration, and resilience from Day 1.
• Deliver standalone networks (WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, remote access) and, with security leads, identity, domain and email separation.
• Stand up the IT organisation, service desk and supplier contracts, including TUPE transfers, hiring and change management

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years in IT programme management, with at least two M&A carve-outs, divestments or acquisitions delivered end to end.
• Private equity experience, delivering for PE-backed businesses against value creation plans, 100-day plans and exit timelines.
• Proven experience running programme budgets in excess of €50m.
• Hands-on experience standing up a standalone technology estate and IT organisation through Day 1 and TSA exit.
• Strong technical grounding in infrastructure, public cloud, data centre migration and enterprise networking.
• The presence to influence executives, investors and SteerCos, and to lead calmly under tight deadlines.

Nice to have

• Background at a Big Four or specialist M&A consultancy, or in a corporate integration / separation office.
• Experience of a PE exit or secondary sale, including vendor due diligence on the technology estate.
• Multi-country separations, including EMEA and North America.
• Certifications such as PMP, MSP, PRINCE2, SAFe, ITIL, or AWS / Azure architecture.

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