IT Senior Project Manager (C&I)

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The IT Senior Project Manager – M&A leads cross-functional teams to plan and execute complex, enterprise-scale IT initiatives supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and major facility transitions (Move–Add–Change). This role is accountable for end-to-end delivery across multiple business units, ensuring alignment between IT strategy, business objectives, and transaction timelines. The role oversees project scope, requirements, schedules, budgets, resource planning, risk management, and stakeholder communications to ensure operational and technology readiness for Day 0 and Day 1, as well as successful execution of post-close milestones (Day 30 / 90 / 180 / 360).

In addition to delivery execution, the IT Senior Project Manager drives continuous improvement of M&A and transition delivery practices, standards, documentation, and governance, strengthening repeatability, transparency, and outcomes for future transactions and operational changes.

Major Responsibilities

Program & Project Leadership

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex, cross‑functional IT programs supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and major Move–Add–Change (MAC) initiatives.

• Define and manage project scope, requirements, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives.

• Apply disciplined change‑control, verification, and governance practices to manage scope, schedule, and cost impacts while maintaining delivery commitments.

• Coordinate IT, business, and external partners to ensure initiatives align with enterprise strategy and transaction timelines.

Governance, Communication & Executive Interlock

• Establish and maintain a governance rhythm that includes regular IT and business progress reviews, executive updates, and escalation of risks and decision points.

• Communicate project status, dependencies, and readiness during PI Planning and other enterprise forums to ensure alignment between delivery teams and business stakeholders.

• Enable informed decision‑making by providing clear visibility into progress, risks, trade‑offs, and recommended actions.

Financial, Resource & Vendor Management

• Provide financial stewardship for M&A and MAC initiatives by coordinating cost estimates, vendor quotes, funding approvals, and budget tracking.

• Partner with Procurement and vendors to ensure purchase orders, delivery timelines, and services align with integration milestones.

• Manage resource planning by confirming SME availability with functional leaders, monitoring allocations, and driving delivery within approved scope, budget, and schedule.

Move–Add–Change / Facility Transition Support (as applicable)

• Coordinate IT planning for facility transitions by ensuring completion of new facility questionnaires, acquisition of facility diagrams (DWG/CAD/layout), and definition of IT requirements.

• Support budget planning and execution for MAC initiatives by coordinating estimates, monitoring spend, and aligning delivery to business readiness timelines.

Leadership & Continuous Improvement

• Lead, coach, and influence cross‑functional teams to drive accountability, collaboration, and predictable delivery outcomes.

• Identify and contribute to continuous improvement of M&A and MAC delivery practices, standards, documentation, and governance to improve repeatability and execution effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, product owners, and external consultants to recommend solutions

• Prior experience working with IT technical solution implementations.  

• Experience with gathering requirements and enforcing best practices. 

• Prior Experience coordinating and leading technical teams

• Ability to map business process flows and journey maps

• Ability to analyze and organize data to resolve problems and identify risks and/or improvements

• Prior experience working on M&A integrations and/or standing up production facilities