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About the Role
Lead technical workstreams for Day 1 readiness and integration following Lyft's acquisition of Freenow. This high-stakes, high-visibility role reports into the EU Tech Leader and offers direct exposure to Freenow and Lyft leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end technical readiness plan between signing and closing, defining "ready" and tracking workstreams.
- Coordinate IT and workplace cutover, including identity and system access, hardware provisioning, and office setup.
- Partner with Security and Legal to ensure the technical environment meets shareholder requirements on Day 1.
- Stand up technical integration workstreams between Freenow and Lyft.
- Orchestrate IT, SRE, Infrastructure, Platform, Product Engineering, Data, Security, People, Legal, and Finance on a single plan.
- Produce the technical readiness narrative for Freenow and Lyft leadership and the integration steering committee.
- Codify learnings into a repeatable M&A integration playbook for future acquisitions.
Requirements
- Significant TPM, engineering management, or M&A integration experience with a track record of delivering on M&A separation, integration, or carve-out programs, ideally including a Day 1 cutover.
- Strong technical foundation in software engineering or infrastructure, with the ability to credibly participate in architecture reviews and understand large-scale production systems.
- Working knowledge of enterprise IT and corporate engineering, including identity providers, SSO, MDM, endpoint management, networking, VPN, SaaS provisioning, CI/CD tooling, and cloud account structures.
- Comfort operating in extreme ambiguity across multiple jurisdictions, time zones, and corporate cultures.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English, with the ability to adjust communication style for different audiences.
- Ability to influence without authority and gain commitment from senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
- Calm demeanor under pressure, maintaining structure for oneself and others during M&A timelines, regulatory inquiries, or system failures.
- Previous experience inside a regulated business (mobility, fintech, payments) or working through a change-of-control event is a plus.
- Familiarity with the German labor and works council context is a plus.
- Exposure to both acquirer-side and target-side integration work is a plus.
Skills
- Technical leadership
- M&A integration
- Project management
- Cross-functional orchestration
- Executive communication
- Software engineering
- Infrastructure management
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Mobile Device Management (MDM)
- Networking
- VPN
- SaaS provisioning
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Cloud computing
Location
- Hamburg
- Berlin
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- LinkedIn Learning
- Sabbatical & special leave policies
- WeRoad partnership
- Birthday, 24th + 31st December off
- Short term EU work policy
- Mobility Credit
- Health Insurance
- Employee assistance program
About the Company
- Freenow by Lyft empowers smarter mobility decisions, helping people to move freely and cities to thrive.
- Through our multi-mobility app, we feature broad options for everyone across 9 European markets and over 180 cities.
- Millions of passengers can access services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds, and public transport within a single app.
- In July 2025 Freenow was acquired by Lyft, a global mobility platform, which connects riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe.
- Together, Freenow and Lyft are creating a more caring and connected world, with transportation for everyone.
- We are a global, diverse, highly motivated, and collaborative team that strives for excellence and likes to have fun.
Equal Opportunity
- Freenow is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.
- We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.