Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Execution

• Own the overall delivery plan from initial planning/design through technical design, build, testing, and deployment/go-live across all six functional domains.
• Translate the committed scope and solution design into an executable, resourced, and sequenced program plan.
• Manage the critical path rigorously against the fixed Go-Live date; treat the deadline as immovable and manage scope, resources, and risk around it — not the reverse.
• Coordinate cross-domain dependencies (e.g., TSA exit conditions vs. IT cutover, financial close vs. systems separation) to prevent one domain's slippage from cascading into others.

Assumption & Resource Plan Challenge

• Proactively interrogate the underlying assumptions behind each domain's plan (effort estimates, dependency sequencing, resource availability, vendor commitments, data readiness).
• Run structured plan reviews and "red team" checkpoints with workstream leads to pressure-test feasibility before issues surface as delays.
• Identify resourcing gaps or unrealistic estimates early and drive re-planning, re-sequencing, or escalation as needed to protect the timeline.
• Push back constructively on stakeholders (including senior client and internal leadership) when plans are optimistic, under-resourced, or insufficiently risk-adjusted.

Risk Management & Governance

• Establish and run a rigorous risk and issue management process across all workstreams: identification, quantification, mitigation ownership, and escalation.
• Maintain a live risk register with clear triggers tied to the Go-Live date; escalate proactively rather than reactively.
• Design and chair governance forums (steering committees, workstream syncs, exec updates) with crisp, decision-oriented reporting.
• Anticipate second-order risks arising from the interaction between domains (e.g., TSA financial exposure vs. technical cutover delays).

Orchestration of Complex, Multi-Stakeholder Delivery

• Orchestrate delivery across internal teams, client stakeholders, third-party vendors, and offshore/nearshore delivery centers.
• Manage a RAID log and dependency map spanning all six domains, ensuring single-point accountability for each deliverable.
• Act as the central integration point between technical design/build teams and business/functional stakeholders.

Global, Cross-Cultural, Cross-Vendor Delivery

• Lead and coordinate globally distributed teams and client stakeholders across multiple time zones, geographies, and cultural contexts.
• Conduct all program communication, documentation, governance, and stakeholder management in fluent, professional English as a mandatory baseline; adapt communication style to diverse cultural and organizational norms.

Financial & Commercial Oversight

• Track program financials, including TSA-related cost/charge-back modelling, budget-to-actual variance, and change-control cost impact.
• Support commercial governance of the engagement, including scope-change assessment against the original RFP commitment.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• 8–15+ years of experience in management consulting and/or operational leadership and large-scale program/project management, with a strong track record delivering carve-out, divestiture, merger integration, or complex separation and implementation programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing the full lifecycle: ideation, planning, solution design → technical design → build → test → deployment/go-live, ideally including direct bid-to-delivery transition experience.
• Proven delivery against fixed, non-negotiable deadlines, with a track record of proactively re-planning and re-resourcing to protect critical dates rather than slipping them.
• Strong grounding in project/program methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, hybrid, PMI/PRINCE2 or equivalent), with the judgment to select and adapt the right approach per workstream.
• Solid working knowledge of risk management frameworks and practical experience running risk/issue governance on complex, multi-workstream programs.
• Experience orchestrating complex, multi-vendor, multi-stakeholder delivery environments, ideally spanning both business and technical/IT workstreams.
• Experience in at least one, ideally several, of the six functional domains listed above (particularly TSA structuring, separation financial modelling, or technical/systems separation).
• Global delivery experience: managing or working within cross-cultural, multi-geography teams.
• Business-fluent English (spoken and written) is mandatory — this role requires extensive daily communication, negotiation, and governance discussions in English with global stakeholders.
• Relevant certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/SAFe, MSP) are a plus but not a substitute for demonstrated delivery experience.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.