IT Integration Program Manager; Remote

Connection; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Connection is seeking an IT Integration Program Manager to lead post‑merger technology integration efforts on a remote US-based contract. You will evaluate acquired environments, define priorities, and drive a cohesive integration roadmap across infrastructure, cloud, security, IAM, M365, and enterprise apps, coordinating with leaders and vendors to deliver measurable outcomes.

You will establish governance, manage risks, and report progress to executives while guiding teams through complex

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT program management in complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience leading IT integration initiatives from mergers or acquisitions.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams, multiple workstreams, and dependencies.
• Experience with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, IAM, and business apps integration.

Responsibilities

• Own the IT integration program, assess acquired tech environments, and identify priorities.
• Collaborate with tech leaders and stakeholders to evaluate systems, vendors, and contracts.
• Translate findings into an integration strategy with timelines, resources, and milestones.
• Coordinate across infrastructure, cloud, security, IAM, M365, enterprise apps, architecture, and procurement.
• Drive technology rationalization, consolidation, migration, replacement, or decommissioning.
• Identify opportunities to streamline operations, optimize vendor relationships, and reduce costs.
• Establish governance and report progress with plans, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Lead teams and external partners to address challenges and align on objectives.
• Ensure seamless completion of integration activities and handover to operations.

Skills

IT program management

M&A integration

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

IT Integration Program Manager; Remote
Be part of the team that drives our company forward, transforming ideas into real-world tools and platforms that support the business and spur innovation.

US - Remote

CONNECTION

At Connection, our purpose is simple: we connect people with technology. From hardware—PCs, printers, servers, and more—to cutting-edge cloud, cybersecurity, and professional IT services, we design, build, and support the IT solutions that thousands of companies, schools, and government agencies rely on every day. Back in 1982, we started out with two employees and a phone line. Today, Connection is a Fortune 1000 IT solutions partner operating in 174 countries around the world—still driven by that startup mentality and guided by our original purpose. We’d love for you to join us and make your mark on the future of technology.

https://www.connection.com/

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Full Time

Overview

Connection has a fantastic opportunity through our Technical Staffing division for an IT Integration Program Manager. This is a contract position with benefits.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the overall IT integration program, leading the assessment of the acquired company's technology environment and identifying integration priorities, gaps, and opportunities.
• Partner with technology leaders and business stakeholders to evaluate existing systems, infrastructure, applications, vendors, and technology contracts, determining the appropriate path forward for each.
• Translate discovery findings into a comprehensive integration strategy, establishing priorities, timelines, resource requirements, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead coordination across multiple IT functions, including infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, identity management, Microsoft 365, enterprise applications, architecture, licensing, and procurement.
• Drive technology rationalization decisions by evaluating which platforms and services should be maintained, consolidated, migrated, replaced, or decommissioned.
• Identify opportunities to streamline technology operations, eliminate redundancies, optimize vendor relationships, and achieve cost efficiencies through integration.
• Establish program governance and maintain visibility into progress through integrated project plans, risk and issue tracking, decision logs, dependency management, and executive reporting.
• Bring together technical teams, business leaders, and external stakeholders to address integration challenges, resolve dependencies, and maintain alignment on program objectives.
• Oversee the completion of integration activities, ensuring systems and processes are transitioned appropriately, ownership is assigned, and outstanding risks and deliverables are addressed.
• Create a scalable M&A IT integration framework, including standardized processes, templates, governance structures, assessment tools, and lessons learned for future acquisitions.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience managing IT programs, projects, or portfolios in complex enterprise environments.
• Mandatory: Proven experience leading IT integration initiatives resulting from mergers or acquisitions. Candidates must have owned the integration process, including technology assessment, strategy development, roadmap creation, execution oversight, and transition to operations.
• Strong understanding of the M&A technology integration lifecycle and the ability to independently establish an approach, drive decisions, and deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Experience integrating diverse enterprise technology environments, including infrastructure, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, identity and access management, Microsoft 365, and business applications.
• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional teams, multiple concurrent workstreams, complex dependencies, and competing priorities.
• Ability to evaluate technology environments, develop recommendations, and facilitate decisions around platform consolidation, migration, replacement, and retirement.
• Strong financial and operational awareness, with the ability to identify integration efficiencies, cost-saving opportunities, and technology synergies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting program status, risks, recommendations, and decisions to executive leadership.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, with hands‑on experience developing program roadmaps, governance processes, and executive-level reporting.