Post-Merger Integration Leader (Hybrid)

Crowe; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is hiring a M&A Post Merger Integration Manager in its Technology Advisory practice in Charlotte, NC. You will lead complex integration efforts across the merger lifecycle, coordinating with private equity firms and strategic buyers to translate deal objectives into executable plans.

You will guide cross-functional delivery, realize synergies, and stabilize operations after close, with focus on Day 1 readiness, 100 days, and post-close priority execution.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of professional industry or consulting experience.
• Experience with ERP implementations or technology integrations in an M&A, carve-out, transformation, or similar environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing cross-functional integration plans; experience with private equity clients or strategic buyers is preferred.
• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or industrial services environments is a plus.
• Strong project management, business process analysis, quantitative analysis, and problem-solving skills; PMP or similar certification is a plus.
• Advanced communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence executives, facilitate decisions, and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to lead teams, work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%, depending on client location and needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead post-merger integration engagements across pre-close planning, Day 1 readiness, the first 100 days, synergy realization, and post-close stabilization.
• Direct Integration Management Office (IMO) activities and cross-functional workstreams for complex, multi-functional, and cross-border transactions.
• Develop integration roadmaps, governance structures, workplans, milestones, dependencies, and decision-making processes with client leadership.
• Drive risk identification and mitigation, resolve execution barriers, and maintain accountability for critical integration priorities.
• Support operational analysis and integration-focused due diligence to identify risks, quantify value-creation opportunities, and translate findings into actionable post-close priorities.
• Support technology integration planning and execution across ERP and business applications, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, vendors, and the IT operating model.
• Prepare and present executive-facing dashboards, status reports, synergy tracking, recommendations, and steering committee materials.
• Manage engagement scope, timelines, budgets, and quality while coaching and developing consultants and coordinating client, target-company, and third-party teams.
• Support proposal development, and practice-building activities, including the continued development of tools and methodologies.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Advanced communication

Problem solving

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, IT, or related field

Tools

ERP implementations

Job description

Crowe is hiring a M&A Post Merger Integration Manager in its Technology Advisory practice in Charlotte, NC. You will lead complex integration efforts across the merger lifecycle, coordinating with private equity firms and strategic buyers to translate deal objectives into executable plans.

You will guide cross-functional delivery, realize synergies, and stabilize operations after close, with focus on Day 1 readiness, 100 days, and post-close priority execution.