IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning Specialist

WSP in the U.S.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Specialist in IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning to own the people dimension of IT integration across active deals. You will build and maintain the workforce picture for each acquired entity, plan IT capacity for integration, and track people-related synergies.

The role interfaces with HR Business Partners, IT leads, and executives, handling confidential data with discretion. Reporting to the Program Controls Manager, IT M&A, the position blends workforce planning,

Qualifications

• Experience in workforce planning within IT or M&A contexts.
• Ability to handle confidential workforce and compensation data.
• Ability to influence across functions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain IT workforce dataset for each deal including population, profiles, roles, locations, and labour cost.
• Segment the workforce by organizational placement and map to the IT function taxonomy.
• Validate workforce mapping with IT Function Leads.
• Coordinate and quantify workforce synergies and transitions during IT integration.

Skills

Workforce planning

IT M&A integration

Data governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

This OpportunityWSP is a leading professional services firm that grows through acquisition as well as organically. Within Global IT, the Office of IT M&A holds financial governance and decision support for the IT integration portfolio — from deal close through integration completion.

Job DescriptionThis OpportunityWSP is a leading professional services firm that grows through acquisition as well as organically. Within Global IT, the Office of IT M&A holds financial governance and decision support for the IT integration portfolio — from deal close through integration completion. The Specialist, IT M&A People Integration and Workforce Planning owns the people dimension of IT integration across the active deal portfolio. You will build and maintain the workforce picture for each acquired entity, plan the IT capacity required to deliver the integration, plan how that capacity transitions into WSP’s IT function organizations, and quantify and track the people-related synergies that result. The role sits at the intersection of workforce planning, M&A integration, and cost governance. You will work closely with HR Business Partners, IT Function Leads, the Senior Program Manager for IT M&A Integrations, and IT leadership at acquired companies. You will coordinate and quantify; HR and Function Leads own employment decisions. Reporting is to the Program Controls Manager, IT M&A, with the VP, IT M&A & Technology Rationalization as the sponsor for people matters. This is a role for someone who is comfortable holding confidential workforce and compensation data, building order out of incomplete acquired-entity information, and influencing across functions without line authority. Your ImpactWorkforce baseline and segmentation

• Build and maintain, for each deal, the controlled IT workforce dataset — population, profiles, roles, locations, and labour cost — with documented sources and a defined refresh cadence.
• Segment the workforce by organizational placement and activity, map it to the WSP IT function taxonomy, and validate the mapping with IT Function Leads.
• Reconcile