Persistent Systems
Acquisition Lead Program Manager
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About Persistent
We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We have delivered 21 sequential quarters of growth with $389.7M in Q1 FY26 revenue, up 3.9% Q-o-Q and 18.8% Y-o-Y growth. Our 25,000+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been named the fastest-growing Indian IT services brand in the “Brand Finance India 100” 2025 report. We were also cited as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ 2025 for Digital Engineering Services 2025 and the Everest Group Talent Readiness for Next-generation Application Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025.
We are a fast-growing company (with $1 billion dollars in revenue). Plan to grow at Krakow, Poland. If you’re interested in working on bleeding Data and AI technologies, join us.
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About Position and details
Role: Acquisition Lead Program Manager
Location: UK
Mode: Remote with occasional requirement for in-person meetings weekly
Job Type: Permanent role
Position Summary
The Acquisition Lead Program Manager will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of mergers and acquisitions integrations across technology, enterprise systems, business processes, and operational functions. This role serves as the primary integration lead responsible for bringing together stakeholders from business, technology, security, infrastructure, and acquired companies to ensure successful onboarding into the Grant Thornton operating environment. The ideal candidate is a strong program and project manager with proven M&A experience, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to build relationships and influence teams across all levels of the organization.
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Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Management
- Lead multiple acquisition integrations simultaneously from pre-integration through post-close onboarding.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, RAID logs, dependency tracking, and executive reporting.
- Coordinate activities across technology, business, security, infrastructure, and operational workstreams.
- Drive accountability across stakeholders, platform owners, vendors, and delivery teams.
- Identify risks, issues, resource constraints, and decision points early and drive resolution.
- Support capacity planning and integration forecasting across the M&A portfolio.
M&A Integration Leadership
- Support due diligence reviews and technology assessments.
- Lead pre-integration readiness activities.
- Coordinate security assessment, remediation, and MTO readiness activities.
- Manage onboarding into enterprise systems including Oracle HCM, CRM, ServiceNow, Identity & Access Management, Dayshape, Microsoft 365, and other enterprise platforms.
- Ensure alignment to enterprise architecture, security, and operational standards.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as the primary point of contact for integration activities.
- Build strong relationships with acquired company leadership, executives, business leaders, technology teams, and third-party vendors.
- Facilitate steering committees, working sessions, leadership reviews, and executive updates.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Global Coordination
- Work effectively across multiple time zones and regions.
- Coordinate activities involving domestic and international acquisitions.
- Manage cross-functional teams operating across different locations and schedules.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of program and project management experience.
- Experience leading acquisitions, mergers, integrations, or large-scale transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments and business process integration.
- Experience coordinating efforts across applications, security, infrastructure, identity, data, and operational teams.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- Experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans and executive reporting.
- M&A integration experience across technology and business functions.
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Preferred Experience
- M&A integration experience across technology and business functions.
- Experience with enterprise systems such as Oracle HCM, CRM, ServiceNow, ERP, Identity Management, Microsoft 365, and resource management platforms.
- Experience with technology due diligence, security assessments, remediation planning, and Day 1 readiness activities.
- Experience working with global teams and international acquisitions.
- PMP, Agile, Scrum, or related certification preferred.
Success Profile
The successful candidate will be a highly organized leader who can navigate ambiguity, build strong relationships, drive accountability, and successfully deliver complex integrations across multiple workstreams and geographies while maintaining a strong focus on execution, communication, and business outcomes.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications.
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies.
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
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