IT Program Director – M&A Business Process and Systems Strategy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Establish transaction-level business process and systems strategy for acquisitions, carve-outs, separations, and divestitures.

• Convert diligence findings, deal objectives, business capabilities, and value drivers into integration recommendations, roadmaps, dependencies, risks, costs, and decision-making requirements.

• Chart out end-to-end business processes, value streams, applications, data, integrations, controls, and organizational transitions.

• Direct decisions regarding process standardization, local exceptions, capability preservation, application retention or retirement, platform adoption or coexistence, migration, transition strategy, sequencing, and business readiness.

• Define target-state and interim-state business systems strategies while considering speed, cost, risk, compliance, continuity, scalability, and enterprise standards.

• Foster alignment among IT Value Streams, Enterprise Architecture, process owners, business leaders, acquired-company teams, Integration Leads, and external system integrators.

• Recognize unique capabilities acquired through transactions for preservation, scaling, or integration into enterprise roadmaps.

• Facilitate integration decision-making and highlight critical decisions, dependencies, risks, and outcomes.

• Develop reusable business systems integration patterns, playbooks, decision frameworks, estimation models, system-mapping templates, and documented lessons learned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

• 10+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree.

• 7+ years of managerial experience.

• Extensive experience leading business systems or technology strategy for acquisitions, carve-outs, separations, or other intricate business transactions.

• Proficient knowledge of SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA, along with related applications, data, integrations, controls, and business processes.

• Capability to connect end-to-end business processes and value streams to applications, data, integrations, controls, and operating models within a complex global enterprise.

• Experience in driving application portfolio rationalization, process harmonization, target-state and interim-state planning, capability preservation, or transition decisions.

• Experience leading strategic initiatives through matrixed teams and external partners.

• Proven ability to influence senior business leaders, IT Value Streams, Enterprise Architecture, process owners, acquired-company teams, and technology partners.

• Experience in translating complex process and systems landscapes into decision-ready roadmaps.

• Experience leading or challenging major system integrators, consulting partners, or advisory firms.

• Unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment for roles below Principal level.

• For degrees obtained outside of the United States, a degree meeting 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Health Savings Account.

• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.

• Life insurance.

• Long-term disability leave.

• Dependent daycare spending account.

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.

• Simple Steps (global well-being program).

• Incentive plans.

• 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match.

• Short-term disability.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement.

• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

• Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as mandated by applicable state law.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.