Director, Integration Enablement & Governance

Grant Thornton; Tulsa (OK); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 359,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton invites applications for a Director, Integration Enablement to join the Global Integration Management Office. The role leads development of governance frameworks, reporting, tools, and playbooks to enable successful M&A integration across the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include building repeatable processes, owning the IMO reporting framework, and coordinating due diligence with cross-functional leaders.

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.
• Maintain visibility into the acquisition pipeline and integration readiness activities.
• Partner with Corporate Development, Finance, HR, Technology, and business leaders during diligence and planning phases.
• Coordinate due diligence findings and ensure identified risks are incorporated into integration plans.
• Support transition from deal execution to integration delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve integration effectiveness and efficiency.
• Evaluate and implement technology solutions to support integration management.
• Develop training materials and onboarding resources for integration team members and workstream leaders.
• Support the maturation of the IMO as a strategic enterprise capability.
• Partner with executive sponsors, functional leaders, integration leads, and external advisors.
• Influence decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups without direct authority.
• Facilitate alignment across business, operations, technology, and support functions.

Skills

M&A integration

PMO leadership

Governance design

Executive reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Management, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Grant Thornton invites applications for a Director, Integration Enablement to join the Global Integration Management Office. The role leads development of governance frameworks, reporting, tools, and playbooks to enable successful M&A integration across the portfolio.

Key responsibilities include building repeatable processes, owning the IMO reporting framework, and coordinating due diligence with cross-functional leaders.