Position Summary:Leads the planning and execution of complex Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integration initiatives, ensuring the seamless alignment of people, processes, technology, and operations. Drives cross-functional integration efforts from due diligence through Day 1 readiness, stabilization, and value realization while minimizing business disruption and accelerating synergy capture.
Key Responsibilities:- Lead end-to-end delivery of M&A integration programs across business and technology functions, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, and governance.
- Partner with executive leadership and business stakeholders to define integration strategies, priorities, and success metrics.
- Coordinate due diligence activities to identify operational, technology, financial, compliance, and organizational risks.
- Develop and manage integration plans, milestones, dependency maps, Day 1 readiness plans, and post-close execution roadmaps.
- Drive synergy realization initiatives and track achievement of business case objectives, cost savings, revenue opportunities, and operational efficiencies.
- Facilitate decision-making by applying strong critical thinking and evaluating trade-offs among competing integration priorities.
- Lead execution of cross-functional workstream deliverables including Operations, IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, Legal, and Compliance.
- Manage third-party vendors, consultants, and integration partners to ensure successful execution.
- Identify, mitigate, and escalate integration risks, issues, and barriers that may impact value realization or timeline commitments.
- Provide executive-level reporting, integration dashboards, status updates, and Steering Committee presentations.
- Ensure adherence to PMO, integration governance, and change management methodologies.
- Drive stakeholder alignment, communication planning, and organizational readiness activities to support successful adoption.
- Support acquisition pipeline planning and integration capacity forecasting for multiple concurrent transactions.
- Mentor project managers and workstream leads while promoting best practices across the PMO.
Additional: Up to 20% travel as required for acquisition diligence, integration planning, and post-close support.
Qualifications- ExternalEducation: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Certifications: PMP, PMI-PBA, CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Prosci Change Management
Experience:- 8-10+ years of project, program, or integration management experience, including significant involvement in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large-scale business transformations.
- Successful leadership of acquisition integrations, business transformations, or enterprise-wide change initiatives.
- Experience integrating business operations, technology platforms, organizational structures, and customer-facing processes.
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent integration workstreams and priorities.
- Experience working within large corporate environments and highly matrixed organizations.
- Strong track record of delivering measurable business outcomes and realizing acquisition synergies.
Core Skills:- M&A Integration Management
- Integration Management Office (IMO) Leadership
- Due Diligence Coordination
- Day 1 & Day 100 Planning
- Synergy Identification & Realization Tracking
- Business Case Development and ROI Analysis
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Enterprise Change Management
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Strategic Planning with Hands-on Execution
- Advanced Project Delivery Methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
- Executive Communication and Board-Level Reporting
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Experience leveraging AI and automation tools to accelerate integration execution and reporting
Preferred:- Integration of technology platforms, data migrations, and application rationalization initiatives.
- Experience in private equity-backed, high-growth, or acquisitive organizations.
- Experience with carve-outs, divestitures, and organizational restructuring efforts.
- Security, technology services, or recurring revenue business experience.
CompetenciesStrategic Leadership • M&A Integration Leadership • Value Realization • Results Orientation • Executive Presence • Collaboration • Stakeholder Management • Change Leadership • Risk Management • Critical Thinking • Problem Solving • Planning & Execution • Process Improvement
Ideal Candidate Profile:A highly organized and strategic integration leader who thrives in fast-paced acquisition environments, can balance executive-level priorities with detailed execution, and has a proven ability to accelerate value realization while minimizing operational disruption during M&A transactions.
