Senior Project Manager, M&A & Large Projects

Grant Street Group

• $150K — $250K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of project/program management experience in M&A or complex environments
  • Prior experience leading an M&A project
  • Experience with high-visibility cross-functional initiatives
  • Ability to operate independently in fast-paced settings
  • Strong communication skills for diverse stakeholders
  • Proactive problem solver anticipating issues
  • Highly organized with a balance of strategic and hands-on execution

Responsibilities

  • Lead M&A and major cross-functional projects from planning to execution
  • Build and manage detailed project plans and timelines
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams across various departments
  • Support due diligence efforts and maintain momentum
  • Drive integration planning and execution post-close
  • Identify risks and proactively drive resolution strategies
  • Facilitate executive-level communication and stakeholder alignment

Benefits

  • Travel up to 35% based on project requirements
  • Opportunity to improve internal M&A processes and best practices
  • Engage in high-visibility projects with significant impact
  • Work in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities
  • Collaborate with diverse teams across the organization
Full Job Description
Are you an experienced senior project manager who can lead M&A projects as well as other large, complex projects? Do you thrive in environments with many moving pieces, competing priorities, and high visibility? Do you enjoy leading cross-functional initiatives, building trust with stakeholders, and helping teams navigate ambiguity to deliver outstanding results?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

This is not a coordination-only role. We are seeking someone who can independently lead complex initiatives from planning to execution, drive M&A-related work forward, manage risk proactively, align stakeholders, and adapt to shifting priorities.

What You'll Do

  • Lead project management for mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, integrations, and other major cross-functional projects from early planning through successful execution
  • Build and manage detailed project plans, timelines, workstreams, milestones, and decision logs across multiple concurrent initiatives
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams across finance, legal, HR, product, engineering, operations, security, leadership, and external partners
  • Support due diligence efforts by organizing data requests, tracking open items, coordinating stakeholders, and maintaining momentum across workstreams
  • Help drive integration planning and execution, including readiness activities, dependency management, and post-close follow-through
  • Identify risks, dependencies, blockers, and decision points early and proactively drive resolution strategies
  • Facilitate executive-level communication, status reporting, governance meetings, and stakeholder alignment
  • Manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams while maintaining visibility into overall project health
  • Drive accountability across teams while fostering collaboration, trust, and clarity
  • Help improve internal M&A processes, integration playbooks, and operational best practices
  • Support teams through changing priorities and evolving business needs with a calm, solutions-oriented approach
  • Travel up to 35% as needed based on project requirements


What We're Looking For

Successful candidates will bring strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills along with experience managing large-scale, cross-functional initiatives related to mergers and acquisitions, integrations, enterprise transformation, or similarly complex business operations.
Required Qualifications
  • 8+ years of project/program management experience in M&A, corporate development, consulting, financial services, enterprise technology, operations, or similarly complex environments
  • Prior experience leading an M&A project
  • Experience leading or supporting merger, acquisition, integration, or other high-visibility cross-functional initiatives
  • Ability to operate independently in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities
  • Excel at building alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex topics clearly and simply to executives, teams, and external partners
  • Sound judgment and discretion when managing sensitive or confidential initiatives
  • Experience managing projects involving multiple systems, functions, vendors, and cross-functional dependencies
  • A highly organized, flexible and pragmatic approach, with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution
  • Proactive problem solver who anticipates issues before they become roadblocks
  • Experience recovering or stabilizing challenged projects/programs or navigating ambiguity during periods of organizational change
Preferred Experience
  • Experience with due diligence coordination, integration planning, and post-close execution
  • Experience with change management, process improvement, or operational integration efforts
  • Experience in SaaS, software, financial services, or other regulated industries
  • Experience managing distributed or remote teams
  • PMP or related project management certifications are welcome but not required


Expected Salary Range: $150,000 - $250,000/year

Compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and overall qualifications.

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