Transition Integration Manager

This is a high-level project management role responsible for the transformation and transition of responsibility and process/service activities from the customer to IBM resources during the initial stages of a contract. The role is also a focal point to support the Transition resourcing process and Transition competency development.

• Leading a team of project managers across multiple locations
• Face to face meetings with senior client management
• Extensive travel, 50%-75%
• Project co-ordination & progress reporting
• Can do approach and ability to deep dive on work streams such as Finance, IT, HR, Infrastructure, Training
• Create transition solutions and present/sell to clients
• Design transition project plan, schedule & proposal text during engagement proposal phase
• Assist in staffing the Transition project team
• Develop and manages project plans and schedules for transition in coordination with the Delivery centres, and across all Transition workstreams (People transfer, IT, Service/process transition,
• Workplace & infrastructure services, Account management setup)
• Coordinate cross-tower activities (BCS, SO)
• Collect and documents observations and lessons learned from completed transitions
• Help improve and implement transition methodology through development and re-use of IC

• Strong Project / Program Management background - at least two years experience of running F&A outsourcing transitions
• Strong commercial capability
• Fluent English - 2nd European Languages desirable but not essential
• Finance and Accounting process knowledge - 4-10 years experience working in this area
• IT applications implementation experience - highly valued in every candidate
• Willingness to travel to our clients throughout Europe and to our global delivery centres on a regular basis
• Strong mature character able to work with senior client and IBM management to resolve difficult project issues
• People management experience - at least 4 years managing teams of other project managers