Director, M&A Integration

• Lead the Integration Management Office across every transaction, directing functional workstream leaders (Finance, HR, IT, Operations, Sales, Legal, Tax) and managing interdependencies, sequencing, and critical-path issues.
• Own Day 1 readiness, the talent-retention plan for key acquired employees, and the communication plan for employees, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Run integration governance — steering committee cadence, status reporting, milestone tracking, and rapid escalation and resolution of issues requiring senior input.
• Ensure defined exit criteria are met and document clean handoffs to business-line leaders at the end of each transition period.

• Hold accountability for delivering committed synergies and integration outcomes; track realized vs. planned value and report progress to the Head of M&A and executive leadership.
• Identify and mitigate integration risks; proactively flag value leakage and drive corrective action.

• Serve as the trusted bridge between acquired-company leadership and Signers National, building alignment and managing cultural integration with minimal disruption to the business.
• Influence and align senior stakeholders without direct authority, holding business-unit and functional leaders accountable to integration commitments.

• 8+ years of relevant experience, including direct ownership of multiple post-merger integrations (buy-side), ideally in a serial-acquirer or integration-led environment.
• Demonstrated accountability for synergy capture / value realization — not just project coordination.
• Track record leading cross-functional teams and holding senior stakeholders accountable without direct line authority.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen; able to connect integration activities to the deal’s value thesis and P&L impact.
• Excellent program management, communication, and executive-presence skills; calm and decisive under pressure and ambiguity.
• Willingness to travel to acquired sites as deals require.

• Experience in insurance, financial services, or a closely regulated industry.
• Exposure to building an integration function or IMO from the ground up.
• Background that blends operations or a functional discipline (Finance, HR, IT, Ops) with M&A integration.
• PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, or formal post-merger integration certification.

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