IT Sme

**Job Environnement**:
**Contexte**:
AXA GO Corporate Finance Team - IT & Transition Europe & America The IT & Transition team is composed of experts in Program / Project management in an M&A environment with a strong expertise and knowledge of AXA GO core business meaning IT ecosystem, products, services & organization.

The main purpose of the IT SME & Transition manager in this team is to
- Deliver and manage multiple M&A projects (acquisitions, divestitures, internal) with a strong exposure to multiple stakeholders (SMEs within AXA GO, DCFG, CIOs,)
- Manage the relationship and the coordination of SMEs, external providers as part of each M&A project (acquisition, divestiture.)
- Manage these projects in a very agile and reactive way meaning that M&A projects need flexibility, autonomy (ex: acquisition process) and in full alignment with the AXA GO governance and the gating process (from Gate 0 - start of the project to gate 3 - finalization of the project)
- As transition manager, during the TSA period manage the whole commitment of AXA GO services as part of the TSA contract already negotiated
- Participate in divestiture projects since the TSA preparation and negotiation as an IT SME and prepare the Transition Outplan to ensure a smooth and future transition from the situation where a company is an AXA company to the period of TSA where an entity is not an AXA entity anymore but needs a delivery of AXA GO services
- In acquisition projects, participate from the NBO phase (Non Binding Offer phase) and the Due diligence to support DCFG and the acquiring company in the evaluation of the future acquired company (IT strategy, IT ecosystem evaluation.)
- Support the acquiring company during the acquisition project and the TSA period (from 1 to 4 years depending on the complexity of the project)
- Deliver expertise on IT and support Finance team in IT evaluation
- Ensure alignment between the different projects part of the program, validate their scope (content, cost, planning) and secure the Service Delivery during the transition phase for AXA Entities to a buyer.
- Ensure a strong coordination with SMEs.

**Missions**:

- **Project structure & organization**:

- Frame projects to get the appropriate project structure and organization based on Corporate Finance guidelines & processes (governance, project organization, budget )
- Set up the detailed program roadmap and project interactions
- Make sure that all teams impacted are actively involved in the program
- Manage the relationships of program stakeholders and vendors
- Validate and manage the program resources, guarantee their availability, and arbitrate, if needed
- Lead SMEs and manage all experts involved in M&A projects as project team members and indirectly associated contributors, who report to the IT & Transition PM during the project period
- **Governance**:

- Set up the governance within each M&A projects and manage different levels of governance
- Ensure the alignment of the project with the AXA GO internal governance (Gating process, presentation to the Excom, Project Portfolio Committee)
- Depending on topics, ensure the alignment with the Group Security Governance
- **Budget & resources**:

- Manage and monitor projects budget forecast and landing: raise alerts, arbitrations etc. with respect to the Business Case of each divestment.
- Accountability for project cost, risks, time and budget in line with business cases
- Supervise work execution by facilitating transversally SMEs & make sure that they follow and comply with Corporate Finance project methodologies
- Make sure each SME is provided with adequate information to deliver expertise, deliver action plan within projects.
- Make sure SMES & project stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities
- **Reporting & communication**:

- Make sure communications across the M&A projects (including the buyer) are appropriately managed
- Securitization of interaction of the IT workstream with further workstream (Finance, Security, Legal, etc.)
- Consolidate reports from the various projects and generate overall reports and KPIs at the program level
- Analyze the critical path on the projects and ensure their consistent articulation: manage and monitor interconnected projects
- Identify and analyze the risks and the constraints on the projects, as well as the conflicts of schedule
- Provide options, alternative scenario, resolutions to the stakeholders, to mitigate the risks/solve the problems

The position also requires the following specific activities to be carried out:

- **Functional knowledge**:

- Good understanding of M&A processes & phases (due diligence, TSA, NBO )
- Good understanding of IT Operations products, processes, their interactions and impacts on QoS
- Very good knowledge and expertise in project / program management in a complex ecosystem (various expertise, places,.)
- Good knowledge of finance processes
- **Coordination & leadership activities** : Ensure a common