Senior Director - M&A Integration and Separation

TRSS; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Director / Director of M&A Integration and Separation to lead complex projects and drive strategic business objectives. This role involves managing the entire lifecycle of M&A projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while working collaboratively with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience, particularly in M&A, and possess strong analytical and communication skills. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and inclusion, and offers a flexible hybrid work model, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Flexible vacation

Mental Health Days

Retirement savings

Tuition reimbursement

Employee incentive programs

Access to Headspace app

Paid volunteer days

Hybrid work model

Qualifications

• 15+ years of Project Management experience focusing on M&A integration and separation.
• Proven ability to create detailed project plans and coordinate tasks effectively.
• Expertise in identifying M&A risks and developing mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrations and separations projects to achieve deal objectives.
• Manage project lifecycle from definition through to completion.
• Prepare and maintain project plans and track performance.

Skills

Project Management

M&A Integration and Separation

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Financial Analysis

Schedule Management

Business Acumen

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Project Management Certification

Agile Certification

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Project Management Software

Job description

The Thomson Reuters’ M&A Integration and Separations Management Office is seeking a skilled and highly motivated Senior Director / Director of M&A Integration and Separation. In this role, the Senior Director / Director of M&A Integration and Separation will oversee the scope, time, and costs of complex projects while working with senior leadership and business partners to achieve strategic business objectives. The Senior Director / Director of M&A Integration and Separation will manage the entire lifecycle of projects from definition through to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

About the Role
In this opportunity as Senior Director / Director of M&A Integration and Separation, you will:

• Lead integrations and separations projects to achieve deal objectives within scope, time, and cost to agreed levels of quality.
• Champion and enhance the M&A’s integration and separation framework.
• Define, document, and manage large-scale projects with minimal supervision, working with cross-functional teams that may have differing priorities and working/cultural practices.
• Oversee all phases of the project or specific phases of larger projects.
• Identify, assess, and manage risks to the success of the project.
• Effectively manage project team conflicts, build collaborative partnerships with stakeholders, and make informed decisions.
• Estimate costs, timelines, and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed scope and constraints.
• Prepare and maintain project plans and track performance against the plan.
• Implement effective communication plans and operating rhythms, including provision of regular and accurate reports.
• Monitor costs, timelines, and resources used, and take action where these deviate from the agreed plan. Ensure that deliverables are implemented within these criteria.
• Manage change control, gaining agreement for revisions from project stakeholders.
• Demonstrate effective leadership to the project team, ensuring members are motivated and developing their skills and experience.
• Escalate risks and issues to senior M&A leaders and project leadership.

About You
You’re a fit for the role of Senior Director / Director of M&A Integration and Separation if your background includes:

• 15+ years of Project Management experience, with a focus on M&A integration and separation.
• Proven ability to create detailed project plans, set milestones, and coordinate tasks effectively.
• Expertise in identifying potential risks associated with the M&A process and developing strategies to mitigate them.
• Strong schedule management skills to ensure that M&A projects stay on schedule and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively engage with various stakeholders, including executives, employees, and external partners. Ability to partner effectively in a highly matrixed organization.
• Strong business acumen to understand the broader business context and how the M&A aligns with the overall strategy of the organizations involved.
• Analytical skills to analyze data and make informed recommendations that align with the strategic goals of the merged entity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools such as Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and familiarity with project management software to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication.
• Financial analysis skills to analyze financial data related to the M&A, including valuations, cost structures, and financial projections.
• Experience in managing budgets allocated for the M&A process and ensuring cost-effectiveness.
• Preferred certifications: Project management or Agile certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster, Professional ScrumMaster, PMP, PMI-ACP, or similar).

What’s in it For You?

• Industry-Leading Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.
• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.