Senior M&A Leader: Strategy, Integrations & Value

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

West Monroe in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager for the Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team within our M&A Practice. You will lead high-impact transactions, advise executives, and merge business, technology, and data perspectives to influence deal outcomes.

You will help grow the M&A practice, build relationships, and develop the next generation of leaders, while leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis and deliver high-quality client outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of management consulting, transaction advisory, technology consulting, or related experience, with significant M&A experience.
• Proven experience leading complex mergers, integrations, carveouts, divestitures, or transaction programs from diligence through execution.
• Demonstrated success developing client relationships, identifying opportunities, and contributing to the sale and expansion of consulting engagements.
• Experience advising C-level stakeholders and translating complex financial, operational, and technology issues into actionable recommendations.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including experience with standalone costs, one-time costs, synergies, TSA analysis, or transaction-related financial modeling.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing engagement economics, risk, quality, and executive governance.
• Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs.
• Ability to travel 25 to 50%.
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
• Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex buy-side and sell-side merger, integration, and carveout engagements across diligence, pre-close planning, Day 1 readiness, and post-close execution.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, connecting transaction objectives with practical strategies that manage risk and create value.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across IT, Finance & Accounting, HR, Procurement, Operations, Sales & Marketing, and other functions.
• Guide complex analyses including standalone and one‑time costs, synergies and dis‑synergies, TSA strategy and negotiation, operating models, and value capture.
• Own engagement scope, economics, staffing, quality, risk, and executive governance across multiple workstreams or engagements.
• Leverage West Monroe’s Intellio™ assets, analytics, and M&A methodologies to accelerate planning, execution, reporting, and value realization.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data‑driven recommendations for clients, exercising sound judgment in evaluating outputs.
• Apply AI technologies (e.g., generative AI, automation tools, data models) to enhance insights, improve delivery efficiency, and elevate the quality of client outcomes.

Skills

M&A experience

Management consulting

Transaction advisory

Leading complex mergers

Job description

West Monroe in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager for the Merger & Carveout Services (MCS) team within our M&A Practice. You will lead high-impact transactions, advise executives, and merge business, technology, and data perspectives to influence deal outcomes.

You will help grow the M&A practice, build relationships, and develop the next generation of leaders, while leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis and deliver high-quality client outcomes.