Overview
Our Team
As Discovery Inc's portfolio continues to grow - around the world and across platforms - the Global Technology & Operations team is building media technology and IT systems that meet the world-class standard for which Discovery is known. GT&O builds, implements and maintains the business systems and technology that are critical for delivering Discovery's products, while articulating the long-term technology strategy that will enable Discovery's growing pay-tv, digital terrestrial, free-to-air and online services to reach more audiences on more platforms.
From Amsterdam to Singapore and from Digital and broadcast operations to SAP, we are driving Discovery forward on the leading edge of technology.
The Role
We are hiring a Director, Technology M&A Integration to lead our M&A portfolio partnering with various business units. In this role, you will lead our pre- and post-acquisition scoping and integration activities for all our acquisitions and joint ventures. You will be acting as a trusted partner and advocate throughout the M&A integration life cycle with senior leadership.
The ideal candidate will have the rare combination of operational know-how and strategic instinct. We are looking for someone who has a unique blend of experience; someone who will roll up their sleeves and take ownership, who can drive the buy-in on and implementation of strategic initiatives, who has demonstrated success in a leadership role, who has experience in creating and improving processes, who is technically minded, and who can effectively communicate and be comfortable in a dynamic fast-growing company. Strong candidates will have a demonstrated record of success working in uncertain environments, having driven strategic priorities with a high level of independence. This is a client and executive facing role that requires being able to balance multiple projects, priorities, and detail while cultivating a trusted relationship with global partners and managing a team.
Responsibilities

• You will be the technology SME and advisor to senior leadership and provide specific guidance and strategies around integration and implementation approaches for both prospective and completed acquisition transactions.
• You will define and lead multiple projects and maintain responsibility for project management, implementation, integration and adoption of processes, systems, and solutions; including, enterprise technology, business systems, broadcast systems, information security, and other Ad Hoc aspects to the integration process.
• You will support other transaction teams and team members throughout the due diligence, integration, implementation phases of acquisitions and work closely with key members of Business Operations, Finance management, Direct-to-Consumer and corporate development teams.
• You will support the creation of executive-level analysis, briefings, & reports for internal use and key stakeholders.
• You will be accountable for on-time delivery and project completion of plans while identifying and resolving roadblocks for overall integration strategy success.
• You will be responsible for preparing and managing the budget for M&A integration activities.
• You will own the M&A Playbook, standards and best practices across the division ensuring knowledge of the M&A practice is maintained.

Qualifications

• Equivalent of 8-10 years of IT and business/industry work experience, with at least 3 years of M&A integration experience and 5 years developing and executing project portfolios.
• Must have experience with M&A integration road maps, and technology systems and infrastructure, business systems and process road maps.
• Must have done 3 or more M&A integration projects across a global company. Each M&A integration project should have been with companies with a minimum of $5 million dollars in revenue.
• Must have the following skills and experience from an integration perspective: enterprise and broadcast technology
• Must have an analytical mind to assist with modelling and analysis of impending and ongoing transactions.
• A high degree of professionalism and a strong level of comfort interacting with US & International based executives and clients.
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment with geographically dispersed cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience in high-level business discussions and low-level technical discussions.
• Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities with the ability to balance risk with business priorities and apply the appropriate sense of urgency to issues.
• Ability to multi-task and handle on a proactive basis, changing priorities in a fast-paced environment to maximize time-management and efficiencies.
• Demonstrated business acumen, problem solving skills, intellectual maturity, and relationship management skills.