M&A Integration Program Lead - Remote UK

Persistent Systems; Kraków; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Persistent Systems in the United Kingdom seeks an Acquisition Lead Program Manager to steer mergers and acquisitions integrations across technology, enterprise systems, business processes, and operational functions.

This role reports as the primary integration lead, coordinating across business, technology, security, infrastructure, and acquired companies to ensure onboarding into the Grant Thornton operating environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program and project management experience.
• Experience leading acquisitions, mergers, integrations, or large-scale transformations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments and system integration.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple acquisition integrations from pre-integration to post-close.
• Develop integrated project plans, RAID logs, milestones, and exec reporting.
• Coordinate activities across technology, business, security, infra, and operations.
• Drive accountability among platform owners, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Identify risks, issues, and resource constraints early; drive resolution.
• Support capacity planning and integration forecasting across M&A portfolio.
• Assist due diligence reviews and technology assessments.
• Lead pre-integration readiness activities.
• Coordinate security assessments and remediation activities.
• Onboard acquisitions into Oracle HCM, CRM, ServiceNow and other systems.

Skills

Program management

M&A experience

Stakeholder management

Communication

Influence without authority

Job description

Persistent Systems in the United Kingdom seeks an Acquisition Lead Program Manager to steer mergers and acquisitions integrations across technology, enterprise systems, business processes, and operational functions.

This role reports as the primary integration lead, coordinating across business, technology, security, infrastructure, and acquired companies to ensure onboarding into the Grant Thornton operating environment.