M&A Integration Project Manager – Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Accountable for directing intricate merger and acquisition integration initiatives throughout Alliant.

• Oversees the systematic transition of acquired agencies or business units into Alliant's operational framework, systems, services, processes, and business methodologies.

• Collaborates with corporate, business, and functional stakeholders to strategize, govern, execute, and stabilize integrations, while fostering alignment among business operations, finance, HR, legal, compliance, IT, facilities, communications, vendors, and teams from acquired organizations.

• Manages complex and simultaneous M&A integration projects from planning through stabilization, ensuring that integration activities are organized, transparent, and aligned with business goals.

• Develops and maintains integration plans, milestones, dependencies, workstream deliverables, risks, issues, decisions, and readiness tracking mechanisms.

• Orchestrates cross-functional integration workstreams, encompassing business operations, finance, HR, legal, compliance, IT, facilities, communications, vendors, and stakeholders from acquired agencies.

• Collaborates with corporate development, business leaders, and functional teams to convert acquisition objectives into actionable integration strategies.

• Facilitates integration meetings, governance reviews, status discussions, stakeholder updates, and decision-making forums.

• Prepares executive-ready updates, dashboards, summaries, and escalation materials to communicate integration progress, risks, issues, and recommended actions.

• Identifies, monitors, and escalates risks, issues, dependencies, and decision points that may impact integration timelines, business readiness, service delivery, or stakeholder experiences.

• Assists with due diligence transition planning by identifying operational impacts, functional requirements, integration assumptions, and post-close priorities.

• Coordinates operational readiness activities to ensure Day 1 preparedness, employee and stakeholder communications, process alignment, system transition planning, and business continuity.

• Collaborates with functional leaders and subject matter experts to facilitate the integration of policies, processes, tools, reporting, service models, and business practices.

• Assists with vendor coordination, third-party dependencies, documentation requests, and integration-related deliverables as necessary.

• Promotes consistent communication among project teams, acquired business stakeholders, leadership, and corporate partners to ensure transparency and alignment.

• Contributes to integration playbooks, templates, checklists, lessons learned, reporting practices, and the ongoing enhancement of the M&A integration process.

• Provides guidance, coaching, and informal mentorship to project managers, coordinators, and workstream participants involved in integration activities.

• Aids in post-close stabilization by monitoring outstanding items, confirming operational transitions, tracking transition activities, and ensuring unresolved issues are appropriately routed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, Project Management, or a related discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in project, program, business integration, corporate integration, M&A integration, operations, or a related field.

• Proven experience in leading cross-functional initiatives involving business operations, systems, processes, vendors, stakeholders, and executive reporting.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing project plans, workstream trackers, status reports, risk and issue logs, and integration communications.

• Background in a corporate, shared services, insurance, brokerage, financial services, professional services, or acquisition-focused environment.

• Experience in supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, business integrations, system migrations, office transitions, or enterprise operational changes.

• Expertise in enhancing integration playbooks, templates, governance routines, reporting standards, or project delivery practices.

• Experience in supporting due diligence transition planning, Day 1 readiness, post-close stabilization, or onboarding of acquired businesses.

• Ability to work with senior leaders, business owners, functional department heads, vendors, and cross-functional project teams.

• PMP, Agile, Scrum, ITIL, Prosci, or an equivalent certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Flexible work arrangements and a supportive work environment.

• Retirement savings plans with employer matching contributions.