Global Tech Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Program Manager ((wmd)
Job Summary
Job title: Global Tech Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Program Manager (w/m/d)
Reference number: 44819
Locations: Hamburg Hybrid
Working hours: Full-time (at least 40/week)
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
The Global Tech M&A Program Manager leads Technology across mergers acquisitions divestments carve-outs and strategic partnerships from due diligence and price-tag planning through Day 1 readiness integration or separation execution and transition to steady-state operations. The role coordinates across Tech workstreams manages interdependencies risks and governance.
Role accountabilities:
- Coordinate Tech due diligence activities across all Technology domains including contracts vendors and operating model assessment
- Identify Tech risks technical debt remediation costs integration complexity and separation considerations
- Provide decision-ready findings and recommendations
- Contribute Tech cost estimates and integration assumptions supporting business case and valuation activities
- Develop Day 1 orientation-scale and target-state Tech integration or separation plans
- Establish Tech M&A governance structure and reporting frameworks
- Lead integrated planning across Tech workstreams and functional stakeholders
- Coordinate milestone management decision forums and executive steering committees
- Drive Day 1 readiness across Tech
- Maintain overall program control scope management and reporting
- Coordinate all Tech workstreams involved
- Manage cross-tower dependencies and integration sequencing
- Track Tech synergy delivery and investment assumptions
- Provide integrated reporting on benefits costs risks and performance
- Capture lessons learned and improve Tech M&A methodologies and playbooks
- Contribute to continuous improvement
- Accountable for the health safety and wellbeing (HSW) of their teams and expected to demonstrate stewardship and care in all aspects of their role. This includes championing an ambitious people-first culture within Technology by setting clear HSW expectations leading by example empowering and engaging employees and communicating openly.
- Leaders should recognize safe behaviors and foster a caring One Team ethoswhere everyone feels empowered to take responsibility speak up and return home unharmed both physically and psychologically.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 8 years experience in Tech program management transformation or M&A integration
- Proven experience leading Tech workstreams in acquisitions mergers divestments carve-outs or large-scale integrations
- Strong Understanding of Tech due diligence methodologies
- Strong commercial and financial awareness including synergy planning and cost modelling
- High level of autonomy and sound judgment with the ability to navigate ambiguity manage complexity and make effective decisions within fast paced and evolving environments.
- Strong communication collaboration and influencing skills including executive-level engagement
- Results-driven with focus on delivery quality and outcomes
- Strong capability to integrate Tech M&A technology strategy roadmaps and execution plan.
- Experience leading Technology M&A program governance and reporting
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills with the ability to support cross-workstream management with Finance HR Legal Strategy Enterprise Architecture Security Data and external partners.
- Leadership style that empowers Arcadians promotes accountability and continuous improvement and supports a healthy inclusive and high engagement culture aligned to the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious driving success and igniting passion.
- Degree level education in business information systems technology management engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong planning and prioritization capability including running enterprise planning and prioritization processes for technology initiatives.
If you are enthusiastic about this position but do not meet all the requirements you should apply anyway. We value diverse skills and experience and maybe you are exactly the right person for our team.
Why Arcadis
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.
Together we can create a lasting legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women minorities and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race caste creed colour religion sex age disability marital status sexual orientation and gender identity.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more