Title: M&A Technology Consultant - Separation (Energy/Natural Resources/Utilities)
Location: Remote
Client Industry: Professional Services
Compensation: $80/hr. - $90/hr.
We have partnered with our client in their search for a M&A Technology Consultant - Separation (Energy/Natural Resources/Utilities). Serve as the execution lead for IT separation across six concurrent workstreams for an energy/natural resources client undergoing liquidation. You will partner with Buyer and Seller IT leaders, functional workstream owners (applications, infrastructure, data, security), and the deal Program Management Office (PMO) to plan and deliver Day 1 readiness, cutover, and Transition Service Agreement (TSA) exit.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day IT separation planning and execution across six parallel workstreams, maintaining an integrated plan, critical path, and decision log
- Partner with Buyer and Seller IT leads to define interim architectures, application and data separation scope, and Day 1/Day 2 business continuity
- Build and manage Transition Service Agreement (TSA) schedules and service catalogs, including service level agreements (SLAs), chargeback assumptions, and exit criteria
- Orchestrate cutover readiness, command-center runbooks, and hypercare, coordinating internal teams and vendors to minimize business disruption
- Stand up PMO routines at deal speed, including Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) management, dependency mapping, status dashboards, and SteerCo materials
- Analyze separation costs and timing impacts; surface trade-offs and options with clear, executive-ready recommendations
- Coordinate third-party providers (systems integrators and managed service providers (MSPs)) and align statements of work (SOWs) and deliverables to separation milestones
- Ensure compliance with client security and regulatory requirements and manage risk acceptance and mitigations with control owners
Skills Required
- Practical IT management experience across applications, infrastructure, or service management (Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts) in industry or consulting
- Proven M&A deal execution knowledge spanning diligence handoff, Day 1 readiness, TSAs, cutover, hypercare, and TSA exit
- Energy and natural resources domain fluency and vocabulary; able to translate business processes into technology separation scope
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, XLOOKUP/SUMIFS, scenario modeling) and expert PowerPoint storyboarding for executive audiences
- Ability to manage 3-6 concurrent workstreams with integrated schedules, RAID logs, and issue escalation
- Familiarity with separation artifacts: application inventories, data migration plans, identity and access separation, and network segmentation
- Experience building runbooks and command-center operations for cutovers with measurable success criteria
- Strong stakeholder facilitation and negotiation with Buyer/Seller IT and third-party vendors; clear, concise written status and SteerCo updates
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and changing priorities while maintaining quality and pace
- Tool familiarity helpful: Smartsheet or Microsoft Project for schedules; SharePoint/Teams for collaboration; Jira or similar for backlog tracking
Education & Work Experience
- Relevant degree in information systems, computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience
- Consulting background or equivalent industry experience delivering technology separation/carve-out initiatives
- Experience supporting clients in the energy or natural resources sector
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
