Manager, Strategy & Transformation (Integration Management Office)

Highspring

$109K — $178K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
  • 5+ years of client-facing experience in a professional services organization or relevant industry, especially in executing complex M&A or restructuring transactions
  • Proven track record in managing large integration or separation plans
  • Experience in setting up and managing Integration Management Offices or Separation Management Offices
  • Prior consulting experience with C-Level executives, including executive workshop facilitation
  • Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
  • Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with a diverse range of commercial clients, from mid-size companies to Fortune 100 brands.
  • Guide companies in planning and executing M&A, divestitures, and restructurings.
  • Lead teams in Integration and Separation Management Offices, coordinating with stakeholders.
  • Facilitate high-level client planning sessions and requirements gathering.
  • Conduct assessments of target companies and create transaction roadmaps.
  • Take an active role in developing and implementing strategic client initiatives.
  • Support business development through market analysis and proposal development.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with leading enterprise brands
  • Engage in high-impact M&A and restructuring projects
  • Mentorship and coaching from experienced professionals
  • Access to extensive professional development resources
  • Strong commitment to building lasting client relationships
Full Job Description
Your Impact
  • Work with a diverse set of commercial clients ranging from growth and mid-size companies to leading enterprise Fortune 100 brands.
  • Help companies develop, plan for, and execute complex mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and restructurings.
  • Lead Integration Management Office and Separation Management Office teams and workstreams, working with client stakeholders across multiple companies and investor groups.
  • Facilitate client planning sessions ranging from executive and board level meetings to joint integration/separation planning and requirements gathering exercises.
  • Lead current state assessments of target companies and build transaction roadmaps.
  • Leverage a "roll-up your sleeves" style to develop and execute against clients' strategic initiatives.
  • Manage and coach project teams to deliver complex engagements.
  • Participate in business development efforts across all stages (market analysis, client sourcing, relationship building, proposal development, oral presentations).
  • Build and maintain meaningful relationships with clients at all levels that are based on integrity and trust.
  • Contribute to industry best perspectives on the implications of market trends impacting the M&A market and its stakeholders (e.g. the state of the capital markets, private equity transformation, emerging technology, regulatory winds, etc.).

Your Experience

Minimum Qualifications
  • BA/BS in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
  • 5+ years of client-facing experience in a professional services organization, and/or highly relevant industry experience (specifically within insurance and/or financial services) in executing complex M&A or restructuring transactions
  • Demonstrated track record of planning and executing large scale integration, separation, or restructuring plans
  • Functional experience with the following:
    • Standing up and managing major Integration Management Office / Separation Management Office organizations
    • Conducting finance, technology, and/or operational due diligence
    • Developing pre-legal day 1 (LD1), LD1, and post-LD1 requirements and plans
    • Facilitating integration / separation planning sessions around integration blueprints for integration across people, product, technology, data, etc.
    • Working across stakeholder groups to develop cross-functional workplans and targets - including groups such as Finance, Technology, Underwriting, Policy Administration, Claims, Actuarial Science, Product, HR, Legal, Risk, Cybersecurity, etc.
    • Partnering with product, marketing, and branches to strengthen customer acquisition and retention.
    • Developing future state target operating models for the post-LD1 company(ies)
    • Technology standup, conversions, and cutovers (including planning, data mapping, development, testing, and go-live)
    • Assessing current state operations and processes and designing and implementing interim and permanent processes
  • Prior experience working directly with and advising C-Level executives, including experience presenting complex ideas and facilitating executive workshops
  • Experience supporting firm growth initiatives including business development, proposals, client orals presentations, etc.
  • Highly effective interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
  • Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master of Business Administration (may substitute for business-related undergraduate degree)
  • Previous experience working within the financial services, insurance carrier, and / or insurance brokerage industries
  • Progressive responsibility in managing client relationships and achievement against business development goals


Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Highspring believes that the following salary range reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure to be between the range below. The individual may also be eligible for a variety of bonus and financial incentives based on individual and company performance.

Base Compensation Range

$109,062-$178,411 USD

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