Director, Integration Enablement & Governance

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

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director, Integration Enablement to lead the Global Integration Management Office, shaping the governance, playbooks, and tools that drive successful acquisitions. You will partner with senior leaders to set strategy, standards, and delivery excellence across the portfolio.

This role demands deep M&A experience, strong stakeholder influence, and the ability to scale integration capabilities across a growing firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management, engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in M&A integration, transformation, PMO leadership, consulting, or related disciplines.
• Experience designing enterprise governance, reporting, and operating frameworks.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven track record managing complex cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design 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 to reduce execution risk across transactions.
• Capture lessons learned and institutionalize them into future practices.
• Own the IMO reporting framework, dashboards, and executive communications.
• Develop KPIs and performance metrics to track integration success.
• Provide portfolio visibility into status, risks, dependencies, milestones.
• Support governance forums and decision-making processes.
• Maintain visibility into acquisition pipeline and due diligence activities.
• Partner with functional leaders during diligence and planning phases.
• Coordinate due diligence findings into integration plans.
• Support transition from deal execution to delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve integration effectiveness and maturity.
• Develop training materials for integration teams.

Skills

M&A integration

Governance design

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Strategic partnership

Education

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

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director, Integration Enablement to lead the Global Integration Management Office, shaping the governance, playbooks, and tools that drive successful acquisitions. You will partner with senior leaders to set strategy, standards, and delivery excellence across the portfolio.

This role demands deep M&A experience, strong stakeholder influence, and the ability to scale integration capabilities across a growing firm.