Program Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions

Overview

We are seeking an accomplished Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Program Manager to lead within a newly Enterprise Transformation Office. Reporting closely to the Enterprise Transformation PMO Lead, this individual will establish governance, operating disciplines, and delivery capabilities to support M&A focused efforts across the broader organization, and lead the planning, coordination, and execution of merger, acquisition, and strategic integration initiatives that materialize during the engagement.

Responsibilities

• Support the maturation of the Enterprise Transformation Office with governance, executive reporting, portfolio visibility, delivery methodologies, standards, and operating rhythms.
• Lead enterprise mergers, acquisition, and strategic integration initiatives from due diligence through post-close stabilization and operational transition when applicable.
• Serve as the primary program management lead for all Integration Management Office (IMO) activities while partnering with the Enterprise Transformation PMO Lead on enterprise priorities and executive governance.
• Develop comprehensive integration strategies, execution roadmaps, governance models, workstream structures, and detailed integration plans supporting strategic transactions.
• Career Development and Learning
  • Develop and maintain integrated project plans, executive dashboards, governance frameworks, RAID logs, milestone trackers, dependency registers, executive scorecards, and portfolio reporting for complex enterprise programs.
  • Lead organizational change initiatives including executive communications, stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, employee transition planning, training coordination, business adoption, and change reinforcement.
• Monitor integration budgets, schedules, scope, risks, issues, resource utilization, and cross-functional dependencies while identifying mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate enterprise change management activities supporting organizational transitions, executive communications, stakeholder engagement, employee readiness, and training.
• Create executive-quality PowerPoint presentations, Steering Committee materials, Board updates, executive readouts, integration scorecards, business cases, governance documentation, and executive communications.
• Develop repeatable integration playbooks, governance templates, standard operating procedures, lessons learned, documentation, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Balance strategic leadership with detailed execution while personally owning high-quality deliverables without dedicated project coordination or administrative support.

Requirements

• 8+ years leading complex mergers and acquisitions, enterprise integration, program management, strategic transformation, or management consulting for large, matrixed organizations.
• Experience in Oil & Gas, Energy Services, Oilfield Equipment Manufacturing, Industrial Manufacturing, Utilities, Midstream, Downstream is strongly preferred.
• Ability to understand complex business operations, identify integration risks and dependencies, set executive priorities, bring structure to ambiguous environments, meet aggressive timelines, and translate strategic acquisition objectives into actionable plans.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, Planview, SharePoint, and other enterprise project management platforms.
• Experience developing executive dashboards and reporting analytics using Power BI or comparable business intelligence platforms is preferred.
• Experience operating within SOX-compliant, publicly traded, or regulated business environments is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree (MBA or related discipline) preferred. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred.
• Prosci Change Management, Lean Six Sigma, Agile or related professional certifications is preferred.
• Formal training or certification in mergers and acquisitions, integration management, corporate development, enterprise transformation, or strategic management is helpful.

Benefits

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.