Mergers and Acquisitions Consultant

M&A Integration / IMO Project Management Engagement

Situation

Our client is a rapidly growing technology organization expanding through the acquisition of innovative companies and capabilities. As the organization continues to scale, integrating new acquisitions into the broader business requires coordination across multiple functional areas, geographies, systems, and teams.

The client has turned to Solomon Edwards for hands‑on program management expertise to support acquisition integration efforts from pre‑close planning through Day 1 and post‑close execution.

The emphasis of this engagement will be on creating structure in a fast‑paced environment, coordinating multiple concurrent integrations, identifying gaps and dependencies, and ensuring critical integration activities continue moving forward even when established processes, tools, or detailed project plans are not yet in place.

Definition of Success

Success will be defined by strong hands‑on project management, effective stakeholder communication, and the ability to create structure and drive execution in an evolving M&A environment.

The successful Project Manager will translate deal objectives into actionable integration plans, establish clear ownership and milestones, proactively identify risks and dependencies, and maintain visibility across multiple concurrent transactions and functional work streams.

Success will also depend upon the ability to operate with a high degree of independence, quickly assess what needs to happen, influence stakeholders, and drive decisions and execution without relying on fully developed processes or established project‑management infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Join this high‑growth technology organization to provide project management support across multiple acquisition integrations. The Project Manager will work closely with Corporate Development, the Integration Management Office, functional workstream leads, and cross‑functional stakeholders to support integration planning and execution.

Project management consulting activities will include, but will not be limited to:

• Supporting integrations from pre‑close planning and Day 1 readiness through post‑close execution
• Managing multiple acquisitions and integration work streams simultaneously while shifting priorities as deal requirements evolve
• Establishing project structure, plans, trackers, governance mechanisms, and operating rhythms when formal processes or tools do not yet exist
• Partnering with Corporate Development and functional workstream owners to translate deal objectives and requirements into executable plans
• Identifying execution gaps, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions required to maintain forward progress
• Coordinating across Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Equity, HR, Legal, Tax, Treasury, Operations, and other functional teams
• Providing hands‑on project management support for complex close and post‑close activities, including coordination between Payroll and Equity related to employee payouts, transaction consideration, and other deal‑related requirements
• Establishing clear ownership, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and escalation paths across parallel work streams
• Maintaining accurate and current project plans and trackers that reflect the reality of work in progress
• Proactively managing schedules, identifying potential slippage, assessing impacts, and developing solutions
• Driving timely resolution of risks, issues, actions, and cross‑functional dependencies
• Preparing and delivering status reporting, project updates, key milestones, and critical metrics to stakeholders and leadership
• Facilitating meetings, working sessions, and planning sessions and ensuring clear follow‑up and accountability
• Leveraging AI and productivity tools to…