Company Overview:
At Everon, we truly believe that our people are the difference – for our organization, the customers we serve and the communities we protect. When you’re a part of Everon, you’ll have the opportunity to be a part of that difference every day. With more than 100 locations, a deep national presence, and comprehensive portfolio of solutions and services, our employees are always poised for career advancement and growth. For more information, visit or follow us on LinkedIn.
Position Summary:
Leads the planning and execution of complex Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integration initiatives, ensuring the seamless alignment of people, processes, technology, and operations. Drives cross-functional integration efforts from due diligence through Day 1 readiness, stabilization, and value realization while minimizing business disruption and accelerating synergy capture.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of M&A integration programs across business and technology functions, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, and governance.
- Partner with executive leadership and business stakeholders to define integration strategies, priorities, and success metrics.
- Coordinate due diligence activities to identify operational, technology, financial, compliance, and organizational risks.
- Develop and manage integration plans, milestones, dependency maps, Day 1 readiness plans, and post-close execution roadmaps.
- Drive synergy realization initiatives and track achievement of business case objectives, cost savings, revenue opportunities, and operational efficiencies.
- Facilitate decision-making by applying strong critical thinking and evaluating trade-offs among competing integration priorities.
- Lead execution of cross-functional workstream deliverables including Operations, IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, Legal, and Compliance.
- Manage third-party vendors, consultants, and integration partners to ensure successful execution.
- Identify, mitigate, and escalate integration risks, issues, and barriers that may impact value realization or timeline commitments.
- Provide executive-level reporting, integration dashboards, status updates, and Steering Committee presentations.
- Ensure adherence to PMO, integration governance, and change management methodologies.
- Drive stakeholder alignment, communication planning, and organizational readiness activities to support successful adoption.
- Support acquisition pipeline planning and integration capacity forecasting for multiple concurrent transactions.
- Mentor project managers and workstream leads while promoting best practices across the PMO.
Additional: Up to 20% travel as required for acquisition diligence, integration planning, and post-close support.
Qualifications- External
Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Preferred Certifications: PMP, PMI-PBA, CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Prosci Change Management
Experience:
- 8–10+ years of project, program, or integration management experience, including significant involvement in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large-scale business transformations.
- Successful leadership of acquisition integrations, business transformations, or enterprise-wide change initiatives.
- Experience integrating business operations, technology platforms, organizational structures, and customer-facing processes.
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent integration workstreams and priorities.
- Experience working within large corporate environments and highly matrixed organizations.
- Strong track record of delivering measurable business outcomes and realizing acquisition synergies.
Core Skills:
- M&A Integration Management
- Integration Management Office (IMO) Leadership
- Due Diligence Coordination
- Day 1 & Day 100 Planning
- Synergy Identification & Realization Tracking
- Business Case Development and ROI Analysis
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Enterprise Change Management
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Strategic Planning with Hands-on Execution
- Advanced Project Delivery Methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
- Executive Communication and Board-Level Reporting
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Experience leveraging AI and automation tools to accelerate integration execution and reporting
Preferred:
- Integration of technology platforms, data migrations, and application rationalization initiatives.
- Experience in private equity-backed, high-growth, or acquisitive organizations.
- Experience with carve-outs, divestitures, and organizational restructuring efforts.
- Security, technology services, or recurring revenue business experience.
Competencies
Strategic Leadership • M&A Integration Leadership • Value Realization • Results Orientation • Executive Presence • Collaboration • Stakeholder Management • Change Leadership • Risk Management • Critical Thinking • Problem Solving • Planning & Execution • Process Improvement
Ideal Candidate Profile:
A highly organized and strategic integration leader who thrives in fast-paced acquisition environments, can balance executive-level priorities with detailed execution, and has a proven ability to accelerate value realization while minimizing operational disruption during M&A transactions.