Manager

This position is located in a department that helps clients efficiently and effectively combine two companies into one entity in terms of people and culture, functional area business processes and systems/technology. We are looking for a Manager to lead workstreams of major corporate merger integration projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES WILL VARY AND INCLUDE:

- Develop plans that support the business objectives, timelines, budgets, resources pool, milestones, deliverables and end-of-integration success criteria
- Lead the Integration Management Office (IMO)
- Lead integration teams to realize synergies and/or execute functional area transitions
- Drive day-to-day execution of the overall integration process, including coaching cross-functional teams and leading weekly integration team meetings to ensure activity plans remain relevant and are being executed
- Implement the integration scorecard to track progress toward goals
- Prepare and conduct project status reports to update executive management regularly on progress, risks and issues
- Manages project execution to achieve project deliverables within the budget
- Provides direction, oversight and coaching to junior consultants
- Reviews deliverables prepared by other project team members to assure quality

SKILLS:

SKILL SETS REQUIRED INCLUDE:

- Consulting skills: ability to function in an ambiguous, unstructured, fast moving and rapidly changing environment, make quick sense of it and add value beyond just a task oriented doer or project manager; strong oral and written communication skills; superior problem solving and analytical skills.
- Project Management Technical Skills: strong understanding of critical PM concepts such as activity plans, milestones, task dependencies, risk and issue tracking, status reporting.

8 - 12 YEARS' EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:

- Previous experience with major mergers & acquisitions
- Expertise in Sales functional area with demonstrated results in revenue enhancement: eg sales force effectiveness, territory alignment, incentives, customer/channel management, product portfolio optimization, promotions
- Previous experience in Corporate Development or management consulting
- Proven track record in Program/Project Management

EDUCATION:

- BS/BA Required, MBA strongly preferred.