Strategy & Integration Sr. Manager

Vertiv; Westerville (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertiv in Westerville, Ohio is seeking a Strategy & Integration Senior Manager to lead Americas strategy and portfolio growth, translating complex questions into data-driven insights, recommendations, and executable plans.

You will partner with regional leadership across sales, operations, product, and finance to align three-year plans with corporate goals, drive governance, and deliver measurable results through structured programs and executive communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Engineering, Finance, or similar).
• MBA preferred.
• 7-10 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, internal consulting, transformation/program management, or adjacent roles.
• Strong analytical skills (Excel modeling, KPI design) and ability to structure ambiguous problems.
• Strong PowerPoint and writing skills with an executive audience in mind.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional strategic planning and three-year cross-functional plans.
• Translate product strategy and growth opportunities into the regional plan.
• Manage milestones, inputs, and review cycles for on-time delivery.
• Develop executive-ready communications and leadership briefing materials.
• Identify gaps, risks, and tradeoffs; drive resolution with owners.
• Lead post-merger integration planning with value capture focus.
• Build KPI reporting and governance for continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Analytics

Executive communications

PMO

Post-merger integration

AI-enabled productivity tools

Power BI

Excel modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA

Tools

Power BI

Smartsheet

Asana

MS Project

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Position Summary

The Strategy & Integration Senior Manager advances the Americas Strategy and Portfolio Growth agenda by leading strategic initiatives and cross-functional workstreams. Partnering closely with Americas leadership, this role transforms complex business questions into data-driven insights, actionable recommendations, and execution plans that deliver measurable results. The position serves as a critical link between strategy and execution, helping define priorities, drive alignment, and ensure key initiatives are successfully implemented across the region.

Responsibilities

Lead the regional strategic planning process

• Coordinate development of the Americas three-year strategic plan in alignment with the corporate strategy and finance-led planning process, timeline, templates, and required deliverables.
• Partner closely with sales, operations, and the product organization to translate product strategy, portfolio priorities, market assumptions, and growth opportunities into the regional strategic plan.
• Manage inputs, milestones, and review cycles across functions to ensure the plan is complete, consistent, and delivered on schedule.
• Prepare clear summaries, working sessions, and leadership review materials that connect product priorities, regional growth choices, financial assumptions, and required decisions.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, risks, and tradeoffs in the plan and coordinate follow-up with product, finance, and functional owners to resolve them.
• Maintain structured tools, trackers, and templates that support the corporate process and make the three-year planning cycle easier to manage and repeat.

Coordinate and manage business cadence and reporting

• Run the business governance cadence, including recurring leadership reviews, operating meetings, and cross-functional check-ins.
• Maintain action logs, decision trackers, milestone plans, and risk / issue registers to ensure commitments are visible and followed through.
• Develop simple, repeatable reporting mechanisms that highlight progress, blockers, ownership, and upcoming decisions.
• Surface risks and tradeoffs early, elevate issues appropriately, and help leadership focus on the decisions needed to keep execution on track.
• Continuously improve governance, reporting, and follow-up processes through better systems, automation, and fit-for-purpose AI use cases that improve reliability and reduce administrative burden.

Lead special projects and craft executive communications

• Independently lead short-cycle, cross-functional special projects for the Americas leadership team, typically requiring fast, clean analysis, a clear recommendation, and implementation tracking.
• Develop executive-ready communications: decks, narratives, and briefing notes that drive alignment and action.
• Conduct targeted research on priority companies, competitors, market trends, and emerging themes to inform strategic recommendations and leadership decisions.
• Improve team effectiveness by creating templates, playbooks, and repeatable mechanisms that reduce friction and improve follow-through.

Manage regional post-merger integration execution

• Drive post-merger integration planning by translating deal rationale and diligence findings into clear integration priorities, milestones, risks, and value capture opportunities.
• Maintain integration workplans, decision trackers, dependency maps, and risk / issue logs to ensure functional owners stay aligned and on pace.
• Coordinate cross-functional integration workstreams across commercial, operations, finance, legal, HR, and other functions as needed.
• Build and maintain simple KPI reporting for integration progress, milestone completion, and value capture.
• Create repeatable tools, templates, and process improvements that make integration workstreams easier to manage and scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Engineering, Finance, or similar); MBA preferred.
• 7-10 of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, internal consulting, transformation/program management, or adjacent roles.
• Strong analytical skills (Excel modeling, business cases, KPI design) and ability to structure ambiguous problems.
• Strong PowerPoint and writing skills with an executive audience in mind.
• Practical project management capability: cadence, action tracking, dependency management, and escalation.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity tools such as Microsoft Copilot and reporting / visualization tools such as Power BI; able to apply them practically to improve analysis, reporting, automation, and workflow efficiency.
• Proven ability to work across functions and influence without authority.
• High judgment and discretion with sensitive information.
• Exposure to post-merger integration, synergy tracking, integration management, or related workstream coordination.
• Experience in a complex B2B / engineered products / services environment.
• Comfort working with senior leaders (VP-level) and adapting communication style to the audience.
• Experience mentoring analysts or coordinating small teams/workstreams (no direct reports required).
• Familiarity with common project tracking tools (Smartsheet, Asana, MS Project, etc.).

PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• No special physical requirements

Time Travel Required

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

Our Core Principles

• Safety.
• Integrity.
• Respect.
• Teamwork.
• Inclusion.

Our Strategic Priorities

• Customer Focus.
• Operational Excellence.
• High-Performance Culture.
• Innovation.
• Financial Strength.

Our Behaviors

• Own It.
• Act With Urgency.
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset.
• Think Big and Execute.
• Lead by Example.
• Drive Continuous Improvement.
• Learn and Seek Out Development.

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

Work Authorization

No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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