M&A IT Integration Lead

CityFibre Limited; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the telecommunications sector is seeking an M&A IT Integration Lead to oversee the integration of newly acquired businesses. This role offers the chance to shape IT capabilities and ensure smooth operational transitions. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in integration management and telecom systems.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Performance-related bonus

25 days annual leave

Day off on birthday

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing IT integrations or transformations.
• Strong understanding of telecom networks and IT systems.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading the full IT integration lifecycle for each acquisition.
• Coordinating cross-functional teams across various departments.
• Managing key workstreams including infrastructure and data migration.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Change management

Agile methodologies

ITIL methodologies

Education

Relevant degree in IT or Engineering

Project management certification (e.g., Prince2, MSP, PMP)

Job description

CityFibre provides wholesale connectivity to multiple business and consumer service providers, local authorities and mobile operators.

Job Description

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

Joining us as the M&A IT Integration Lead

We’re looking for a strategic and experienced IT leader to join our team as we continue to grow through acquisitions. As the M&A IT Integration Lead, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring newly acquired businesses are seamlessly integrated into our technology landscape. You’ll work across multiple teams and systems to deliver smooth transitions that support business continuity and long-term success. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape how we scale and evolve our IT capabilities.

You’ll receive acompetitive salary, acar allowance, aperformance-related bonus, and a range of benefits to support your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Leading the full IT integration lifecycle for each acquisition, from due diligence to post-merger stabilisation
• Coordinating cross-functional teams across IT, engineering, customer operations, and third-party vendors
• Managing key workstreams including infrastructure, data migration, systems consolidation, and cybersecurity
• Acting as the escalation point for IT-related risks and issues during integration
• Ensuring change management processes are followed, including stakeholder communications and training
• Reporting progress, risks, and KPIs to senior leadership and programme governance forums

What you’ll bring to the role

You’ll be a confident IT programme leader with a strong background in M&A or complex integration environments. You’ll also have:

• Proven experience managing IT integrations or transformations in fast-paced, high-change environments
• Strong understanding of telecom networks and IT systems (OSS/BSS, CRM, provisioning)
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Solid knowledge of risk, change, and project governance principles
• Experience working with Agile and ITIL methodologies
• A relevant degree in IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience, and ideally a project management certification (e.g., Prince2, MSP, PMP)

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying . We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way .

What you can expect from us

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [e-mail]. We want to help!