Director of Integration Enablement & Governance

Grant Thornton; Appleton (WI); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 359,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Discretionary bonus (eligible for some

Employee benefits

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director, Integration Enablement to lead the Global Integration Management Office and build scalable integration capability across acquisitions. The role partners with senior leaders to deliver governance, templates, playbooks, and reporting for consistently successful integrations.

The position focuses on improving methods, tools, and executive communications, while guiding due diligence, pipeline visibility, and transition from deal execution to delivery.

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.
• 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.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Governance & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Engineering

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director, Integration Enablement to lead the Global Integration Management Office and build scalable integration capability across acquisitions. The role partners with senior leaders to deliver governance, templates, playbooks, and reporting for consistently successful integrations.

The position focuses on improving methods, tools, and executive communications, while guiding due diligence, pipeline visibility, and transition from deal execution to delivery.