US Remote role - The candidate must be in Eastern Zone ideal locations ( NY, NJ, PA, ME, CT, RI, MA OR NH).
Project Management/ Integration PMO experience within M&A is required; someone who has worked in a multi-site environment (e.g. business that has multiple locations/facilities.) IS REQUIRED
We are seeking a dedicated M&A Integration Program Manager to play a pivotal role in steering the project management and operational facets of our integration initiatives. This individual will be instrumental in maintaining and executing a strategic "playbook" for a diverse range of integration projects, including mergers and both greenfield and brownfield operations. The selected candidate will customize and oversee a comprehensive plan for each transaction, ensuring it encompasses the integration strategy, key milestones and metrics, internal communications, and regular updates to leadership. Furthermore, this role involves direct involvement in the day-to-day integration processes, providing guidance to teams, managing issues and solutions, maintaining stakeholder communication, and supporting the continuation of integration efforts post-implementation.
Responsibilities:
- Refine and enhance our integration strategy "playbook" to guide current and future projects, emphasizing strategic approaches and principles.
- Establish and lead a governance team for transaction integration, collaborating with diverse organizational stakeholders.
- Create essential integration tools, including initiation materials, work plans, communication strategies, change management frameworks, and overall program management resources.
- Collaborate closely with department leaders and stakeholders to analyze the current and projected stages of integrations, focusing on comprehensive documentation and development of project scopes, goals, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
- Coordinate with various teams to gather integration tasks and facilitate meetings to ensure alignment across functions.
- Allocate tasks based on project complexity and monitor progress towards milestones and deliverables.
- Proactively identify, escalate, and address project issues and risks.
- Generate and distribute status reports to all relevant parties, fostering transparency and communication across the organization.
- Encourage and facilitate cross-functional collaboration to resolve integration challenges.
- Monitor and report on the progress of multiple projects and workstreams.
- Simultaneously manage various mergers, ensuring effective communication and alignment with stakeholders.
- Implement and oversee improvements to systems and processes, including the tracking of key performance indicators.
- Participate in regular project meetings, vendor discussions, and teleconferences as required.
- Oversee project budgets and timelines, ensuring adherence to goals.
- Support the development and maintenance of SOPs for new and ongoing processes.
- Contribute to training material development and delivery for staff onboarding and development.
- Conduct ad-hoc data analysis to evaluate service and support efficiency.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for ERP and related business systems.
- Execute additional responsibilities as needed and travel for business purposes as required.
Qualifications:
- Openness to occasional travel nationwide.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business or a related field.
- At least 2 years of experience in a project management or integration PMO role.
- Experience with multi-site operations is required.
- A minimum of 2 years spent identifying and implementing operational process improvements.
- Demonstrable experience in post-merger integration, focusing on people, processes, and technology.