Highspring (Formerly MorganFranklin Consulting)
Senior Manager, Technology Advisory (Cloud Migration & IT Integration)
Highspring (Formerly MorganFranklin Consulting), Mc Lean, Virginia, us, 22107
Senior Manager, Technology Advisory (Cloud Migration & IT Integration)
Overview
Transform Your Career. We deliver unparalleled opportunities for growth and career advancement. Our dynamic, entrepreneurial culture supports your journey every step of the way. Embrace new challenges and deliver real value to some of the world’s most influential Fortune 100 brands, growth companies transforming their industries, and mid-market firms that need help navigating the defining moments of their lifecycle. Work side by side with business leaders to solve complex client challenges and make a true impact. We are committed to collaboration and continuous learning.
Your Team Private Equity - Technology Advisory: Join a team with deep business and technology transformation experience to guide Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies through major transformational challenges, carveouts, due diligence, new system implementations, and strategic corporate realignments. Our IT strategy & operations, portfolio, program and project management support mergers and acquisitions.
Responsibilities
Enable client collaboration and communication through deployment and adoption of Microsoft 365.
Modernize legacy technology and datacenter operations through Azure and cloud migration.
Secure client technology using modern Microsoft security and identity features.
Manage and lead technology assessments/IT due diligence projects supporting both commercial and private equity clients.
Lead operational and technology assessments and perform comprehensive IT due diligence in support of carve-outs, mergers, or post-close execution management.
Work with stakeholder management and business teams to maintain business continuity during ongoing IT platform mergers.
Articulate the quality and performance of IT environments, including security.
Analyze IT costs, identify cost synergies that may arise from deals, and identify IT risks and mitigation plans.
Lead large, complex projects through the project life cycle, including requirements definition, planning, development, testing, training, operational readiness, change management and ongoing support.
Embrace Highspring’s client service approach and manage client relationships to ensure high-quality and high-value services are provided to achieve clients’ objectives.
Qualifications At a minimum, you will have:
8+ years of professional services and technology consulting experience migrating legacy Microsoft on-premises systems, such as Active Directory, Exchange, and SharePoint, to Azure AD and Microsoft 365.
Experience with IT activities related to infrastructure, networking, communications, productivity, security, and service management.
Experience developing management reporting, metrics, and formats to monitor and manage value creation initiatives.
Experience designing enterprise technology architecture across various industries, including consolidating network, infrastructure, cyber, data, and application design and decisions for new companies.
One or more of the following certifications: Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate. Relevant certifications such as CISA, CISSP, PMP, or ITIL.
Flexibility to travel up to 25%.
Preferred Preferably, you will have:
Bachelor’s degree in information technology or computer science.
Technology consulting experience in IT Due Diligence, IT M&A consulting, or IT strategy in the context of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Experience with the IT M&A transaction lifecycle, including 100-day planning, performance improvement, and organization development.
Experience developing and executing on a technology integration playbook for new acquisitions.
Leadership Expectations
Prior experience in technology consulting and implementation project work, and the ability to lead, guide, coach, and mentor teams.
Actively participate in career development activities and technical training of staff.
Apply in Washington, DC
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Transform Your Career. We deliver unparalleled opportunities for growth and career advancement. Our dynamic, entrepreneurial culture supports your journey every step of the way. Embrace new challenges and deliver real value to some of the world’s most influential Fortune 100 brands, growth companies transforming their industries, and mid-market firms that need help navigating the defining moments of their lifecycle. Work side by side with business leaders to solve complex client challenges and make a true impact. We are committed to collaboration and continuous learning.
Your Team Private Equity - Technology Advisory: Join a team with deep business and technology transformation experience to guide Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies through major transformational challenges, carveouts, due diligence, new system implementations, and strategic corporate realignments. Our IT strategy & operations, portfolio, program and project management support mergers and acquisitions.
Responsibilities
Enable client collaboration and communication through deployment and adoption of Microsoft 365.
Modernize legacy technology and datacenter operations through Azure and cloud migration.
Secure client technology using modern Microsoft security and identity features.
Manage and lead technology assessments/IT due diligence projects supporting both commercial and private equity clients.
Lead operational and technology assessments and perform comprehensive IT due diligence in support of carve-outs, mergers, or post-close execution management.
Work with stakeholder management and business teams to maintain business continuity during ongoing IT platform mergers.
Articulate the quality and performance of IT environments, including security.
Analyze IT costs, identify cost synergies that may arise from deals, and identify IT risks and mitigation plans.
Lead large, complex projects through the project life cycle, including requirements definition, planning, development, testing, training, operational readiness, change management and ongoing support.
Embrace Highspring’s client service approach and manage client relationships to ensure high-quality and high-value services are provided to achieve clients’ objectives.
Qualifications At a minimum, you will have:
8+ years of professional services and technology consulting experience migrating legacy Microsoft on-premises systems, such as Active Directory, Exchange, and SharePoint, to Azure AD and Microsoft 365.
Experience with IT activities related to infrastructure, networking, communications, productivity, security, and service management.
Experience developing management reporting, metrics, and formats to monitor and manage value creation initiatives.
Experience designing enterprise technology architecture across various industries, including consolidating network, infrastructure, cyber, data, and application design and decisions for new companies.
One or more of the following certifications: Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate, Azure Administrator Associate. Relevant certifications such as CISA, CISSP, PMP, or ITIL.
Flexibility to travel up to 25%.
Preferred Preferably, you will have:
Bachelor’s degree in information technology or computer science.
Technology consulting experience in IT Due Diligence, IT M&A consulting, or IT strategy in the context of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Experience with the IT M&A transaction lifecycle, including 100-day planning, performance improvement, and organization development.
Experience developing and executing on a technology integration playbook for new acquisitions.
Leadership Expectations
Prior experience in technology consulting and implementation project work, and the ability to lead, guide, coach, and mentor teams.
Actively participate in career development activities and technical training of staff.
Apply in Washington, DC
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