M&A Integration Manager – 1099 Consultant

Blue Signal Search; United States; On-site; USD 138,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Signal Search is seeking a hands-on M&A Integration Manager to lead newly acquired businesses through integration and stabilization. This role requires owning Day 1 planning, building cross-functional plans, and driving decisive action.

The engagement is a 1099 contract, initially 6–12 months, averaging about 20 hours per week with travel as acquisition activity dictates. It is primarily remote, with some on-site participation as needed to support integrations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading post-acquisition or post-merger integrations.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and accountability.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Experience with ERP/CRM implementations or migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead post-acquisition integration from Day 1 planning through stabilization.
• Build and manage integration plans, milestones, owners, and dependencies.
• Coordinate across Operations, Finance, HR, IT, Sales, Compliance, Procurement, Fleet, Facilities, and other functions.
• Assess acquired-company processes and determine what should be retained, standardized, modified, or replaced.
• Coordinate ERP, CRM, field-service, payroll, data-migration, and system-cutover activities.
• Identify risks, elevate roadblocks, and provide clear executive-level progress reporting.
• Support employee communication and change management.
• Improve the organization’s integration playbook while actively executing integrations.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program leadership

M&A integration experience

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Tools

ERP systems

CRM systems

Data migration

System cutover

Job description

Location: Remote – Nationwide

Compensation: $100–$125 per hour

A rapidly growing, multi-location service organization is seeking a hands-on M&A Integration Manager to lead newly acquired businesses through integration and stabilization. This is an independent 1099 consulting engagement expected to last approximately 6–12 months, with potential for extension. The role is primarily remote, with travel as acquisition activity requires. The initial workload is expected to average approximately 20 hours per week but may increase significantly around acquisition closings, Day 1, and major implementation milestones.

This is not simply a project-tracking role. The consultant must be able to establish ownership, anticipate risks, drive decisions, and hold cross-functional leaders accountable without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead post-acquisition integration from Day 1 planning through stabilization.
• Build and manage integration plans, workstreams, milestones, owners, and dependencies.
• Coordinate execution across Operations, Finance, HR, IT, Sales, Compliance, Procurement, Fleet, Facilities, and other functions.
• Assess acquired-company processes and help determine what should be retained, standardized, modified, or replaced.
• Coordinate ERP, CRM, field-service, payroll, data-migration, and system-cutover activities.
• Identify risks, elevate roadblocks, and provide clear executive-level progress reporting.
• Support employee communication and change management.
• Improve the organization’s integration playbook while actively executing integrations.

Qualifications

• Experience personally leading at least one post-acquisition or post-merger integration.
• Strong cross-functional program, integration, or business-transformation leadership.
• Ability to drive accountability and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience with enterprise-system implementations or migrations.
• Strong executive communication and operational judgment.
• Willingness to work fluctuating hours and travel as acquisition activity dictates.
• Ability to work as an independent 1099 consultant.

Experience with decentralized, multi-location, field-service, technician-based, specialty-contracting, facilities-services, industrial-services, fire-protection, or life-safety organizations is preferred.

Travel may include Arizona, California, and Texas and could be intensive immediately surrounding an acquisition. Travel expenses are reimbursed separately.