M&A Operations - Software Product Senior Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

6/30/2025

About The Role

PwC’s M&A Ops team assists both Corporate and Private Equity (PE) clients in a wide range of business critical operational and transformational challenges, driven by Merger and Acquisition (M&A) activity. We advise our clients on deals with values ranging from £50 million to over £10 billion and our clients include some of the most well-known brands and businesses in the world.

Our team has c.200 dynamic and friendly people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines. We recruit proactively from industry, consulting, private equity and audit to create a blend of relevant experience to support each transaction. Within M&A Ops, we have a team of technology specialists with deep experience and are looking to enhance this team through select, high calibre appointments.

We are looking for a technology expert who currently operates in a technical role. As a lead developer, DBA, product manager or scrum master within a software, tech-enabled business.

What your days will look like

M&A Ops Focuses On Providing Support For Potential And Actual M&A Transactions And Assists Clients In All Operational Aspects Of The Transaction, Pre And Post Deal, Including

• Pre-deal value creation advisory; helping clients to prepare their business, or parts of their business for sale
• Buy and sell side product and technology platform due diligence; reviewing and reporting on the technology risks and opportunities for the business
• Synergy development and review; helping to develop or providing an external independent review on the level of synergies available from putting two or more businesses together
• Carve out and divestment support; helping to develop the standalone operating model, one-off costs and standalone operating costs of a divestment
• Taking control and 100 day planning; helping our clients to safely take control of the business, manage risks and deliver ‘quick wins’ during the first 100 days of ownership
• Mergers & Acquisitions Integration; helping our clients protect and grow the value of an acquisition, develop a robust and realistic integration plan and then executing on it
• Post-acquisition performance improvement; reviewing where the value might lie in the business and how operational improvements and realistic / sustainable cost savings can be achieved
  
  

This role is for you if have

• A broad technical understanding of software development and product management across either the product or development lifecycles;
• Development processes, concepts (especially in an agile environment) roadmaps and timelines;
• Developing and executing a technology product strategy and vision;
• Managed one or more development budgets and developed / evaluated R&D return on investments;
• Planned new features and changes to a product (including research on use cases, market positioning and competitor analysis) and experience in business case creation, detailed functional specifications and wire-frames;
• Prototyped and demonstrated new product ideas / features to stakeholders and built consensus for approval;
• A track record of developing and launching products, including customer implementation and / or supporting technical sales and support functions;
  
  

What You’ll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.