Technical Program Manager, M&A Integration

Technical Program Manager, M&A Integration Location: Remote (Austin, TX preferred, but not required) Pay Rate: $103hr Duration: 6-12 months (strong possibility of extension) Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday About the Role Our client is seeking an experienced Program Manager, M&A Technology Integration to lead technology integration initiatives following company acquisitions. This role will oversee end-to-end integration planning and execution across IT Operations & Infrastructure, Business Applications, and Data & Analytics Engineering, ensuring acquired companies are successfully integrated into the organization’s systems, platforms, and processes with minimal business disruption. The ideal candidate has personally led multiple end-to-end technology integrations following mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and can coordinate complex technical workstreams, drive executive-level decisions, and identify unresolved integration gaps and technical debt. This individual will establish repeatable integration frameworks and playbooks to improve the efficiency and consistency of future acquisitions. This is a hands-on program leadership role requiring strong technical fluency, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to deliver results under compressed timelines and evolving priorities. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end M&A technology integrations, developing and executing comprehensive integration plans from due diligence and initial planning through Day 1 readiness, systems migration, cutover, and post-integration stabilization. Coordinate multiple technical workstreams, including IT Operations & Infrastructure (identity management, endpoints, networking, and security tools), Business Applications (ERP, CRM, HR, and finance systems), and Data & Analytics Engineering (data migration, pipelines, and reporting consolidation). Manage integration milestones and dependencies, facilitating cross-functional working sessions, establishing sequencing and ownership, resolving blockers, and driving critical decisions to closure. Oversee integration readiness and execution, monitoring go-live requirements, interim-state operations, target-state transitions, and cutover activities to minimize disruption to business operations. Assess acquired technology environments to identify outstanding integration gaps, redundant systems, technical debt, and remediation requirements. Manage risks, issues, budgets, and timelines, providing clear status updates, escalation plans, and executive reporting to integration leadership and executive sponsors. Drive stakeholder alignment across engineering, IT, corporate development, integration management, finance, HR, and security teams to ensure integration requirements and priorities are addressed. Evaluate technical plans and estimates, applying working knowledge of infrastructure, enterprise applications, and data platforms to identify gaps, challenge assumptions, and ensure realistic execution plans. Develop standardized integration playbooks, governance processes, and templates to improve repeatability, accelerate future integrations, and establish consistent execution practices. Required Qualifications 7 years of technical program management experience , including direct leadership of at least 2-3 completed end-to-end M&A technology integrations . Demonstrated experience personally leading technology integration initiatives following acquisitions, with clear ownership from initial planning and due diligence through migration, cutover, and post-integration stabilization. Cross-functional technical program leadership spanning IT infrastructure and operations, enterprise business applications, and data platforms or analytics engineering. Experience managing complex integration plans, technical dependencies, milestones, risks, issues, budgets, and go-live readiness. Ability to assess acquired technology environments, identify unresolved integration issues and technical debt, and coordinate remediation efforts. Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills , including the ability to facilitate decisions across engineering teams, business leaders, and executive stakeholders. Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments, manage competing priorities, and deliver against compressed timelines. Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and driving accountability without necessarily having direct management authority over individual contributors. Experience integrating SaaS companies or software/technology businesses following acquisitions. Familiarity with identity and access management consolidation , including Okta or comparable platforms. Experience coordinating ERP, CRM, HR, or finance system migrations and consolidations . Familiarity with cloud data platforms, data migration, analytics pipelines, and reporting consolidation. Experience establishing or improving M&A integration management processes, governance frameworks, and reusable playbooks. Experience identifying and prioritizing technical debt across previously acquired companies. Soft Skills & Core Competencies Strategic and analytical thinking: Evaluates complex technical environments, identifies integration gaps, and develops practical execution plans. Executive presence: Communicates risks, trade-offs, recommendations, and progress clearly to senior leaders and executive sponsors. Cross-functional leadership: Aligns engineering, IT, and business stakeholders around shared milestones and integration objectives. Decision-making: Drives timely resolution of competing priorities, technical disagreements, and integration roadblocks. Adaptability: Navigates ambiguity, shifting requirements, and compressed acquisition timelines while maintaining accountability. Organization and execution: Manages multiple concurrent workstreams, dependencies, milestones, and competing deadlines. Continuous improvement: Creates repeatable processes, templates, and playbooks that improve future integration outcomes. Additional Information Work Arrangement: Remote within the United States; Austin, TX is preferred but not required. ++Interview Focus++: Candidates must be prepared to discuss 2-3 specific technology acquisitions they personally led, their end-to-end integration methodology, the technical workstreams they managed, their approach to identifying technical debt, and examples of resolving difficult integration decisions with executive stakeholders. TCWGlobal is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious belief, or sexual orientation. 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