Project Manager - M&A

Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Director of Special Projects, we are looking for a Project Manager to execute day-to-day management of assigned acquisition integration projects. The Project Manager, working in predictive and hybrid environments, will develop and execute detailed project management plans together with their assigned project team. Projects will focus on strategic growth initiatives and related activities as identified by executive leadership. Common project scopes may include mergers & acquisitions, system migrations, process improvements, market penetration, and software/hardware implementations. The primary focus of this role is leading the post-close integration of newly acquired businesses—coordinating cross-functional workstreams from Day 1 through completion of each integration, often across multiple concurrent acquisitions.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage day to day operations alongside the project team and ensure project targets (scope, schedule, cost, EHS, quality) are constantly monitored to ensure project delivery & success
• Develop detailed project management & execution plans and implement them
• Track, review and maintain a detailed project plan
• Manage project deliverables in line with the project plan
• Implement the project management plan according to the required project charter
• Manage assigned resources to ensure project meets deliverables & expected benefits and at the interest of the organization
• As needed, manage contractors and vendors to support projects
• Cook up cross-functional integration workstreams (Finance, IT/systems, HR/People, Operations, and Commercial) against the integration charter and Day-1/Day-100 milestones
• Maintain the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) and drive timely resolution and escalation across workstream leads
• Build and maintain the integration plan in Smartsheet, cascading dependencies and predecessors as close dates and milestones shift
• Capture Lessons Learned across concurrent integrations and feed them back into the integration playbook
• Work closely with other stakeholders and sub project teams to ensure proper interfacing and alignment in the overall project plan
• Resolve cross-functional issues at project level
• Provide status update to the key stakeholders via regular meetings and reports
• Prepare & deliver change requests and follow standard change control process with the support of the project team and cost controller
• Initiate, record, manage and resolve project issues and escalate when needed to the program owner and project sponsor as described in the project charter
• Ensure adherence to Environmental, Health and Safety guidelines, directives and standards

Required Experience And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field required, and three (3) years project management experience in or a combination of education and experience.
• Project and/or program management experience preferred.
• PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• Experience leading M&A integrations or post-merger integration (PMI) workstreams strongly preferred.
• Strong ability to independently manage medium to high risk, high complexity, and high stakeholder visibility projects.
• Knowledgeable of project management standards, processes, procedures, and guidelines.
• Knowledgeable of industry project management best practices.
• Excellent analysis, problem-solving, team, conflict management, and time management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Possess advanced skills in the use of project management software.
• Demonstrate ability to manage project budgets and timelines.
• Adept with the use of negotiation techniques to reach agreement when there are widely differing viewpoints.
• Able to consistently set clear expectations, manage team performance, and build high morale among team members.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Collaboration.
• Excellent organization skills.
• Emotional Intelligence.
• Experience with problem solving and facilitation.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet (required) plus other PM and reporting tools such as Microsoft Project and Jira; comfortable working alongside AI agents and AI-assisted workflows as part of day-to-day delivery.
• Continuous learner with a proactive mindset toward AI upskilling and cultural change.
• Active listening skills.