Global Tech Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Program Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Global Tech M&A Program Manager leads Technology across mergers, acquisitions, divestments, carve-outs and strategic partnerships, from due diligence and price-tag planning through Day 1 readiness, integration or separation execution, and transition to steady-state operations. The role coordinates across Tech workstreams, manages interdependencies, risks and governance.

Role accountabilities:

• Coordinate Tech due diligence activities across all Technology domains, including contracts, vendors and operating model assessment

• Identify Tech risks, technical debt, remediation costs, integration complexity and separation considerations

• Provide decision-ready findings and recommendations

• Contribute Tech cost estimates and integration assumptions supporting business case and valuation activities

• Develop Day 1 orientation-scale and target-state Tech integration or separation plans

• Establish Tech M&A governance structure and reporting frameworks

• Lead integrated planning across Tech workstreams and functional stakeholders

• Coordinate milestone management, decision forums and executive steering committees

• Drive Day 1 readiness across Tech

• Maintain overall program control, scope management and reporting

• Coordinate all Tech workstreams involved

• Manage cross-tower dependencies and integration sequencing

• Track Tech synergy delivery and investment assumptions

• Provide integrated reporting on benefits, costs, risks and performance

• Capture lessons learned and improve Tech M&A methodologies and playbooks

• Contribute to continuous improvement

• Accountable for the health, safety, and wellbeing (HSW) of their teams, and expected to demonstrate stewardship and care in all aspects of their role. This includes championing an ambitious, people-first culture within Technology by setting clear HSW expectations, leading by example, empowering and engaging employees, and communicating openly.

• Leaders should recognize safe behaviors and foster a caring, One Team ethos—where everyone feels empowered to take responsibility, speak up, and return home unharmed, both physically and psychologically.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 8+ years experience in Tech program management, transformation or M&A integration

• Proven experience leading Tech workstreams in acquisitions, mergers, divestments, carve-outs or large-scale integrations

• Strong Understanding of Tech due diligence methodologies

• Strong commercial and financial awareness, including synergy planning and cost modelling

• High level of autonomy and sound judgment, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, manage complexity and make effective decisions within fast paced and evolving environments.

• Strong communication, collaboration and influencing skills, including executive-level engagement

• Results-driven with focus on delivery quality and outcomes

• Strong capability to integrate Tech M&A technology strategy, roadmaps and execution plan.

• Experience leading Technology M&A program governance and reporting

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to support cross-workstream management with Finance, HR, Legal Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Data, and external partners.

• Leadership style that empowers Arcadians, promotes accountability and continuous improvement, and supports a healthy, inclusive and high engagement culture aligned to the Arcadis Leadership profile of being curious, driving success and igniting passion.

• Degree level education in business, information systems, technology management, engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Strong planning and prioritization capability, including running enterprise planning and prioritization processes for technology initiatives.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.