Director, Integration Enablement & Governance

Grant Thornton; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 359,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Discretionary annual bonus

Job summary

Grant Thornton in the United States is seeking a Director, Integration Enablement to join the Global Integration Management Office. This role leads the design and continuous improvement of the firm's integration capabilities for acquisitions, and partners with senior leaders to deliver repeatable playbooks, templates, and governance across the portfolio.

The position combines program management, stakeholder engagement, and analytics to ensure successful integrations and scalable execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Management, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in M&A integration, transformation, PMO leadership, consulting, or related disciplines.
• Experience designing enterprise governance, reporting, and operating frameworks.
• Demonstrated success managing complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience developing executive reporting and presenting to senior leadership.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance the firm's integration methodology and operating model.
• Develop and maintain integration playbooks, tools, templates, standards, and best practices.
• Create repeatable processes that improve consistency and reduce execution risk across transactions.
• Capture lessons learned from integrations and institutionalize them into future practices.
• Own the IMO reporting framework, dashboards, scorecards, and executive communications.
• Develop KPIs and performance metrics to track integration success while partnering with value realization.
• Provide portfolio-level visibility into integration status, risks, dependencies, and milestones.
• Support executive governance forums, steering committees, and decision-making processes.

Skills

M&A integration

Governance design

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Management/Engineering

Job description

Grant Thornton in the United States is seeking a Director, Integration Enablement to join the Global Integration Management Office. This role leads the design and continuous improvement of the firm's integration capabilities for acquisitions, and partners with senior leaders to deliver repeatable playbooks, templates, and governance across the portfolio.

The position combines program management, stakeholder engagement, and analytics to ensure successful integrations and scalable execution.