M&A Technology Project Manager

About the Role

WeWork is seeking a Corporate Technology Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Project Manager to facilitate the onboarding and integrations associated with multiple mergers and acquisitions at various stages of the merger and acquisition lifecycle from due diligence through post-merger integration. The successful candidate will be responsible for being the Corporate Technology lead on the M&A team, developing project plans and managing projects for multiple Corporate Technology onboarding and integration work streams, facilitating conversations and collaborating with other teams across WeWork, brokering decisions with appropriate stakeholders, identifying issues, and escalating risks. Additionally, the ideal candidate must thrive in fast-paced environments, be able to manage and work to bring clarity through ambiguity and complexity, and support multiple projects simultaneously.

Corporate systems that are integrated for mergers and acquisitions include and are not limited to JIRA, Confluence, Wrike, AirTable, Monday.com, Box, Dropbox, Slack, Zoom, Oomnitza, G Suite, OneLogin, and AirWatch. For onboarding, you will partner with various business stakeholders and Corporate Technology teams to seamlessly bring people from acquired companies on-board from a hardware and system perspective. For integrations, you will partner with teams from the acquired company, Corporate Technology, and vendors to integrate and merge the associated data and systems. You will translate software and service requirements into technical specifications and partner with software and service vendors/engineers to develop logical technical processes. You will also perform basic cost-benefit calculations, integration analysis, and prioritization exercises related to systems changes.

Integrated Systems include, but not limited to:
JIRA, Confluence, Wrike, AirTable, Monday.com, Box, Dropbox, Slack, Zoom, Oomnitza, G Suite, OneLogin, and AirWatch

Onboarding:
Partner with various business stakeholders and Corporate Technology teams to seamlessly bring people from acquired companies on-board from a hardware and system perspective.

Integrations:
Partner with teams from the acquired company, Corporate Technology, and vendors to integrate and merge the associated data and systems.

Translate software and service requirements into technical specifications and partner with software and service vendors/engineers to develop logical technical processes.

Perform basic cost-benefit calculations, integration analysis, and prioritization exercises related to systems changes.

Primary Responsibilities

Balance multiple products, services and projects at once and drive high velocity change.

Represent Corporate Technology on the WeWork M&A team.

Gather critical information required for Corporate Technology to seamlessly onboard personnel from acquired companies.

Keep Corporate Technology informed about mergers and acquisitions.

Partner with functional leads on the M&A team, Corporate Technology headquarters, and global teams to plan and execute tasks associated with onboarding.

Partner with business liaisons and technical teams to understand and define system integration goals and technical system integration requirements.

Work to identify actions associated with the acquired companies’ full list of services, software, and hardware.

Facilitate system integrations outside of Corporate Technology through connecting acquired company POC (point of contact) with appropriate WeWork POC.

Track outcome of all service, software, and hardware contract mergers and integrations outside of Corporate Technology.

Sell ideas or visions through storytelling. Influence and advise stakeholders at all levels and positions in the company. Deliver thorough, appropriate and timely communications. Clearly communicate complex technical subjects to business and technology stakeholders.

Create technical specifications and processes using structured analysis and data modeling techniques (e.g. process flow diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams).

Able to use visual techniques, both in diagrams and informally on the whiteboard, that make it easier to understand and reason with difficult problems.

Participate in or may lead system and user acceptance testing efforts.

Build standards, processes, procedures, and guidelines for business liaisons and software developers.

Assist business liaisons to evaluate cost-benefit and ROI analyses.

Understand system interdependencies and collaborate with project teams accordingly

Develop and manage detailed project plans in tools like JIRA, Wrike, and Monday.com.

Manage vendor statements of work, project budgets, and invoice payments.

Develop detailed system requirements, test plans, and training materials.

Strong at problem solving and able to design solutions that meet a range of sometimes conflicting requirements.

Able to build strong personal relationships and trust.

Able to facilitate disparate stakeholders and team members and drive consensus in meetings, workshops, and one to one interactions.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Engineering, (or related field) and/or 5+ years’ experience in Project Management

Willingness to travel globally as needed

Willingness to participate in meetings outside of core hours to support global mergers and acquisitions in other time zones.

Organized, analytical, motivated, resourceful, flexible, and collaborative.

Ability to collaborate with WeWork and acquired company business stakeholders; Corporate Technology tech support, training, systems engineering, infrastructure, information security, audiovisual, and project management teams; and vendors.

Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and changing business requirements

Ability to quickly troubleshoot problems that may arise in work products.

Ability to partner with software and service vendors / engineers to identify course of resolutions.

Attention to detail focused on the finer details that make the difference.

Delivery focused, pragmatic, and driven to get practical solutions live.

A self starter with a proactive attitude who seeks out opportunities for yourself and your team; strong work ethic.

Awareness of industry trends such as challenges and best practices.

Positive attitude generating enthusiasm among team members.

Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

In-depth understanding of iterative software development methodologies and software development life cycle.

Understanding of iterative and incremental Service delivery.

Experience using tools to capture user stories, test cases, sign-offs, etc. JIRA is preferred.