Acquisition Integration Lead

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Acquisition Lead, Consulting Services

Reports to:

President, Consulting Services | Full-time | Hybrid / Flexible | Senior Leadership

Position Overview We are a $300M consultancy portfolio at a pivotal stage in our growth journey and with an aggressive growth mandate. The Acquisition Lead serves as a strategic partner and operational force multiplier to the President of Consulting Services. This role sits at the center of the business - translating executive vision into action and driving organizational inorganic growth priorities.

The right candidate is entrepreneurial and capable of developing and executing a strategic M&A playbook, identifying, evaluating, and integrating acquisitions, and achieving an investment thesis. This role requires a technically credible, operationally excellent leader who thrives in ambiguous environments and will help drive integration of previously acquired assets as well as tenaciously focus on inorganic growth and help identify and seamlessly integrate future acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Execution
• Develop and execute a plan on integration of previously acquired consulting assets
• Partner with the President to define and drive the annual strategic agenda for M&A within the Consulting Services division
• Support inorganic growth in all phases of the transaction lifecycle
• Author an M&A playbook
• Refine identification and assessment of targets
• Perform in-depth analysis of potential targets
• Serve as integration lead for acquired entities
• Ensure achievement of investment thesis

Leadership Operations
• Serve as a trusted sounding board and advisor to the President on inorganic growth opportunities
• Own and present the analysis of potential targets
• Manage a team of direct reports as the function grows
• Provide relevant updates on inorganic growth performance to consulting leadership

Business Performance & Analytics
• Develop a clear and concise methodology to consistently measure acquisition performance
• Partner with President to drive planning, budgeting, and operational execution of the M&A playbook
• Synthesize data from multiple sources into clear narratives on inorganic growth performance for leadership and board consumption

Internal Communications & Culture
• Shape and steward a consistent organizational narrative across the consulting portfolio, partnering with the President to build alignment, manage change communications, and reinforce a unified culture across business units
• Preserve the positive critical elements of culture upon integration of existing and future consulting assets
• Partner with People Operations to support talent and workforce planning initiatives
• Champion a cohesive team culture across a geographically distributed consulting organization

Qualifications Required
10+ years of experience in technology consulting, business operations, or strategy roles

Experience supporting all phases of the transaction lifecycle, with a focus on post-merger integration

Demonstrated track record working directly with or in support of C-suite or senior executives

Exceptional written and verbal communication; executive-ready presentation skills

Strong analytical fluency, comfortable turning data into strategic narrative

High degree of discretion and sound judgment in sensitive situationsA genuine AI adopter who actively uses AI tools to do their own work better, and brings curiosity and initiative to identifying how these tools can transform

PreferredMBA or advanced degree in a relevant field

Prior experience in a professional services or consulting firm environment

Experience with workforce analytics and HR systems

In-depth familiarity with change…