Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration

## Director, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Apply:
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom:
London, United Kingdom:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R1570369
** Integration Project Manager
**** ROLE SUMMARY
** The Integration Project Manager leads the planning and execution of acquisition integrations, ensuring a successful transition from due diligence through to steady-state operations. The IPM owns the overall integration plan, coordinates cross-functional work streams, drives risk and issue resolution, facilitates governance and executive reporting, and ensures achievement of the business case objectives, synergies, and strategic outcomes. The role requires strong program management, stakeholder management, change leadership and problem-solving capability in a complex, matrixed environment.

** PURPOSE
* ** The purpose of this position is to lead the refinement and implementation of the overall acquisition integration plan, tracking and driving progress against key milestones
* The Integration Project Manager should be assigned after the Letter of Intent is signed and sustain their leadership until all integration actions are complete
* They will lead, motivate, and guide the Integration Workstream (Functional) Leads to efficiently attain the integration strategy and objectives, collaborating with the acquired leadership team and internal IQVIA stakeholders
* They act as the single point of coordination between Acquired Co leadership, Corporate Development, the Business Unit sponsors and the Integration Management Office  
** ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
**** Support the transition from Due Diligence to Integration
*** Work with Business Unit sponsors and Corporate Development to document the vision and strategic objectives for the integration
* Work with Corporate Development to identify a cross functional team of Integration Workstream Leads across HR, Finance, IT, Commercial, Legal, Quality and Operations
* Work with Corporate Development to plan for known risks discovered in the due diligence phase, including a post-diligence readout with the Legal Lead to review risks to be carried into integration
* Develop and maintain the handover deck documenting the strategy formed by Corporate Development and the Business, bridging the information gap between the diligence and integration teams
** Plan, budget, and drive the integration
*** Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and drive a high-level, cross functional integration plan in Smartsheet in support of the overall integration strategy
* Coordinate with all relevant Functions to create a detailed Integration Budget, and work with Finance to monitor the budget and support report outs to key stakeholders
* Implement planning and organization strategies to prioritize tasks, determine required actions, develop timelines and milestones, and leverage resources
* Establish and maintain a governance cadence with Workstream Leads and the executive sponsors, ensuring progress, past-due tasks and risks are visible and actioned
* Manage Smartsheet and the Integration Team Space, ensuring decisions and progress are tracked and reported accurately
* Connect work streams with dependencies and hold follow-up discussions to verify alignment across the team
* Establish interim ways of working where a functional integration is delayed (e.g., benefits harmonization, finance system implementation) so operations are not disrupted
** Support change, culture, and communication
*** Facilitate integration team alignment and accelerate change acceptance for both the acquired and IQVIA teams, addressing change resistance through appropriate change management techniques
* Understand the IQVIA and Acquired Co cultural environments, political and social dynamics, to inform the degree of…