VP, Corporate Development – M&A Integration role is a senior leadership position responsible for driving enterprise-wide transformation by structuring, prioritizing, and executing high-impact strategic initiatives in close partnership with executive stakeholders. The role leads end-to-end M&A integration, including establishing and managing the Integration Management Office (IMO), overseeing cross-functional workstreams, and ensuring realization of synergy and value capture targets. In parallel, it focuses on building innovative AI- and analytics-driven offerings, leveraging advanced methodologies such as machine learning, statistical modeling, and operations research to support business outcomes.
Responsibilities- M&A integration: drive end-to-end integration of acquired businesses — develop integration roadmaps, stand up and run the Integration Management Office (IMO), track synergy realization, and govern cross-functional workstreams (operations, technology, data, talent) through to value capture
- Structure and build innovative offerings / products working across different portfolios determine how best to leverage AI, machine learning and advanced analytics methods (Ensemble models, Decision trees and Neural networks; Operations research; Statistical modeling) to support business objectives
- Lead AI / Analytics client delivery at the VP level — ensure engagements deliver on key objectives within project budgets and timelines while meeting / exceeding client expectations
- Act as a thought partner to integration owner— structure decisions, prepare board- and executive-level materials, drive prioritization, and follow through on execution of the strategic agenda
- Communicate analyses and recommendations by preparing presentations for and participating in discussions with C-level clients and internal leadership
- Master’s or Bachelor's degree in math, statistics, economics, computer engineering, business administration or related AI / Analytics field with strong record of achievement through the career and academics or additional relevant experience
- Strong communication skills to interpret financial data, convert into insights succinctly and clearly for an executive audience
- M&A integration experience — led or played a key role in post-merger / acquisition integration programs end to end or as Chief of Staff to senior executive
- Experience in leading solutions / engagement oversightwith executive clients
- Extremely strong in problem solving - case based solution approach; ability to leverage data & AI / generative AI, LLMs etc. analytics to address varied business problems across industries
- 15+ years of equivalent relevant experience
Salary Range: $184,400.00 - $262,400.00
The posted range is the hiring range for this role — a subset of the broader range available to employees over time — and reflects base salary across our national hiring scale. Final offers are based on several factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions for the role, and the specific scope and responsibilities of the position. The top of the range is reserved for candidates who notably exceed the requirements; the lower end applies to those with less experience or fewer preferred qualifications. For positions based in higher-cost zones (e.g., California, New York, New Jersey), actual compensation may exceed the posted range; your recruiter will share specifics during the process.
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