Senior M&A Integration Manager

About The Role

The Senior Integration Manager is responsible for end-to-end integration governance, and value realization across acquisitions, ensuring disciplined execution through a tollgate-based integration model. This role leads cross-functional integration efforts, owns synergy delivery and risk management, and establishes a repeatable integration capability aligned with operational excellence principles. They operate at both strategic and execution levels, ensuring integrations deliver business outcomes—not just task completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Integration Strategy & Planning
  • Ensure the integration strategic priorities aligned with deal value drivers
  • Lead pre-close integration planning including synergy identification and risk assessment
  • Establish Day 1, 0–90, and 90–180 plans across all functions
  • Ensure alignment between deal model assumptions and execution roadmap
• Integration Governance & Tollgate Leadership
  • Own and enforce the integration governance model and decision framework
  • Prepare and Lead tollgate reviews with executive leadership
  • Ensure clear decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability structures
  • Drive adherence to integration cadence (daily/weekly/monthly operating rhythm)
• Value Realization & Synergy Delivery
  • Own end-to-end synergy tracking and realization (cost, revenue, operational improvements)
  • Ensure clear ownership of value initiatives across functions
  • Implement value tracking dashboards and reporting cadence
  • Proactively identify risks to value capture and implement mitigation plans
• Cross-Functional Integration Execution
  • Lead integration across Finance, HR, IT, Operations, Commercial, and EHS
  • Remove barriers and resolve cross-functional conflicts
  • Ensure alignment between functional plans and enterprise objectives
  • Drive Day 1 readiness and operational continuity
• Change Management & Communication
  • Develop and execute integration communication strategy
  • Ensure consistent messaging across leadership, employees, and stakeholders
  • Drive culture integration and employee engagement
  • Minimize disruption and reduce attrition risk during integration
• Integration Capability Building
  • Support building and continuously improve the integration playbook and tools
  • Standardize and continuously improve L2/L3 integration checklists, templates, and dashboards
  • Capture and institutionalize lessons learned from integrations
• Stakeholder Management
  • Act as primary interface to align different functions towards achieving the integration goals
  • Partner with functional leaders to ensure ownership and accountability
  • Influence without authority across complex organizational structures

Qualifications

• Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field is strongly preferred, candidates with relevant experience may be considered
  • 8+ years of experience in M&A integration, operations, or consulting
  • Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional integrations
  • Strong experience with value creation and synergy delivery
  • Experience operating in industrial, energy, or operational environments
• Preferred:
  • Experience in waste management, energy, or material processing
  • Familiarity with tollgate or stage-gate operating models
  • Background in operational excellence systems

Pay & Benefits

In addition to salary, this role is eligible for benefits including medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental plans; 401(k) plan; paid parental leave; paid time off; and paid holidays. Additional details are available at https://www.reworldwaste.com/careers/benefits.

The pay range for the primary location of this position is $136,600.00 - $195,300.00 USD. For hourly roles, this is the annualized salary. The final salary offered will be determined based on factors including experience, education, geographic location, skills and competencies, travel requirements and/or union contracts (if applicable).