Senior Project Manager (IT - Mergers and Acquisitions)

IP-People; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Income protection

Life assurance

25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Career progression

Job summary

A leading UK connectivity and technology provider is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager in Manchester to lead the integration of acquired businesses. The ideal candidate has extensive project management experience, particularly in mergers and acquisitions, and a strong ability to manage multi-functional workstreams. This full-time role offers a competitive package and benefits, as well as genuine career progression opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience with post-merger integrations or large-scale business change.
• Ability to deliver complex multi-workstream integrations.
• Knowledge of systems consolidation and data migration.
• Knowledge of process alignment, systems consolidation and data migration (CRM/ERP/billing/HRIS).

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end integration of newly acquired businesses.
• Drive communication, engagement, and change adoption across teams.
• Manage project governance and reporting.
• Oversee system and data integration activities ensuring accuracy and minimal disruption.
• Manage project governance, RAID logs, reporting and SteerCo packs for executives.
• Drive communication, engagement and change adoption across teams.
• Support broader business transformation projects beyond M&A using PMO standards.

Skills

Project Management experience

Strong knowledge of process alignment

Expertise in project governance

Proficiency with project tools

Excellent communicator

Education

PRINCE2 Practitioner (or equivalent)

Tools

Monday.com

MS Project

Power BI

Job description

Senior Project Manager (IT - Mergers and Acquisitions)

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Project Manager – Business Transformation & M&A

Hybrid – Manchester | 3 days/week in office

We’re partnered with a leading UK connectivity and technology provider. With over two decades of success built on innovation, resilience, and customer obsession, the company is entering an ambitious new growth phase. They seek an experienced Integration Project Manager to help turn strategic acquisitions into operational success.

The Role

You’ll lead the end-to-end integration of newly acquired businesses and major transformation programmes, aligning people, systems, processes, and products into a unified, efficient operating model. Acting as the central point of coordination, you’ll protect customer experience, safeguard revenue, and accelerate the realisation of synergies.

Key Responsibilities

• Own full integration delivery, from pre-close planning to post-merger stabilisation, ensuring projects meet timelines, budgets, and objectives.
• Translate due diligence findings into actionable integration plans covering systems, data, processes, and people.
• Lead and coordinate multi-functional workstreams (IT, Finance, HR, Operations, Product, Commercial).
• Oversee system and data integration activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and minimal disruption.
• Manage project governance, RAID logs, reporting, and SteerCo packs for executive stakeholders.
• Drive communication, engagement, and change adoption across teams.
• Support broader business transformation projects beyond M&A, applying best-practice PMO standards.

What You’ll Bring

• Project Management experience which involves post-merger integrations or large-scale business change (ideally in IT, telecoms, or technology sectors).
• Proven ability to deliver complex, multi-workstream integrations covering systems, data, and customer operations.
• Expertise in project governance, reporting, and benefits tracking (RAID, PMO controls).
• Strong knowledge of process alignment, systems consolidation, and data migration (CRM, ERP, billing, HRIS).
• PRINCE2 Practitioner (MSP, PMP, or equivalent preferred).
• Proficiency with project tools such as Monday.com, MS Project, or Power BI.

Who You Are

• Strategic and delivery-focused, with strong ownership and accountability.
• Customer-centric and commercially aware.
• Adaptable and resilient, thriving in change environments.
• Excellent communicator who builds trust across functions and senior stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented and governance-driven, balancing control with agility.

Why You’ll Love It

• Competitive package with strong benefits (private medical, pension, income protection, life assurance).
• 25 days’ holiday (rising with service) + bank holidays.
• Genuine career progression as part of a growing, forward-thinking organisation.
• Supportive, people-first culture focused on continuous improvement and development.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Project Management

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting and Telecommunications