Integration / M&A Project Manager

Integration / M&A Project Manager

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(Post-Merger Integration, Business Integration, Acquisition Integration)

Location: Berkshire (Hybrid- up to 2 days a week in office or required travel)
Salary: £80,000 + competitive benefits package including bonus

The Organisation

Our client are a large, national, multi-site property and services group, operating across England and Wales, with a strong reputation for operational excellence and customer service.

The organisation is continuing to grow through an active and well-established acquisition strategy and is investing in strengthening its integration capability to support this growth in a structured, sustainable way.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior Integration / M&A Project Manager to lead the end-to-end integration of multiple acquisitions across the business.

This is not a pure “IT” project management role. The focus is on ensuring that newly acquired businesses are fully integrated operationally, with people onboarded, processes aligned, data trusted, and customer experience protected , from deal close through post-go-live stabilisation and into BAU.

This role would suit candidates currently working as:

* M&A Integration Manager

* Post-Merger Integration (PMI) Manager

* Business or Operational Integration Manager

* Programme or Senior Project Manager with acquisition or transformation experience

Key Responsibilities

Lead a pipeline of parallel acquisitions from deal close through stabilisation and handover to BAU

Establish and maintain robust integration governance, including plans, RAID, dependencies, milestones and senior-level reporting

Coordinate integration activity across people, process, data and technology

Own and oversee data migration quality, including validation, reconciliation and formal sign-off

Ensure compliance with regulated and client-money environments

* Drive operational readiness at go-live, including:

* Staff onboarding and training

* Process alignment and documentation

* Support models and hypercareLead post-go-live adoption, ensuring standard ways of working are embedded

* Work closely with operational leadership to protect and enhance customer service during change

* Manage third-party vendors and delivery partnersI

* Identify, escalate and mitigate risks that could impact service quality, compliance or staff adoption

Technology Environment

Integrations will involve a combination of:

A core industry-specific operating platform and associated third-party applications

Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Finance)

Microsoft 365

Networks, telephony and security

(Hands-on configuration is not required; strong ownership of data quality and outcomes is essential. You will be supporting a Head of Data. xiskglj )

Experience We’re Looking For

* Proven experience delivering M&A or acquisition integrations, including post-go-live stabilisation

* Strong programme or project management background with disciplined governance

* Demonstrable ownership of data migration quality and reconciliation

* Experience integrating business operations and technology simultaneously

* Comfortable operating in regulated, compliance-driven environments

* Strong stakeholder management across operational, technical and leadership teams

Personal Profile

* Delivery-focused with a strong eye for detail

* Pragmatic, structured and resilient under pressure

* Confident driving change through people, not just systems

* Clear sense of ownership from deal close through operational maturity

* Customer-focused, with a commitment to service quality throughout change

Why This Role?

This is a rare opportunity to take true ownership of integration outcomes in a growing organisation where integration quality directly impacts people, customers and performance , not just project milestones