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Integration & Value Creation Office Director
Job Description
The Integration & Value Creation Office Director (VCO) is a hands-on individual contributor who supports and enables the delivery of the enterprise’s M&A integration, transformation execution, and value realization agenda. Translate strategic priorities into structured, executable plans and drives the day-to-day analytical, coordination, and tracking work that keeps initiatives on course. Partners across Finance, HR, IT, Operations, Sales, Legal, and Supply Chain to enable disciplined execution, prepare decision-ready analysis and reporting, and surface risks early. This role does not carry direct reports; instead, it operates the mechanisms of the VCO and ensuring initiatives are well-planned, well-tracked, and well-supported.
- Support end-to-end post-merger integration (PMI) activities for acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs, including managing workstream plans, dependencies, and milestones.
- Drive execution of integration strategies and governance frameworks, ensuring initiatives remain aligned to business objectives.
- Support M&A diligence activities by analyzing target company data, documenting strategic rationale, assessing risks, and evaluating value creation opportunities.
- Identify, track, and report synergy opportunities and value realization efforts against established targets.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Finance, HR, IT, Operations, Sales, Legal, and Supply Chain to ensure successful execution of integration and transformation initiatives.
- Manage and track enterprise value creation initiatives, including EBITDA growth, cost optimization, and working capital improvement programs.
- Translate strategic priorities into structured execution plans with measurable outcomes, timelines, and accountability.
- Enable operational, digital, and organizational transformation initiatives through planning, coordination, and execution support.
- Maintain VCO/IMO governance tools, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to monitor initiative performance and value realization.
- Prepare executive-level reporting and decision-support materials for leadership teams, providing visibility into progress, risks, and performance.
- Monitor execution risks and proactively support course-correction efforts to keep integration and transformation initiatives on track.
- Develop and continuously improve playbooks, templates, methodologies, and best practices to create scalable and repeatable integration and value creation capabilities.
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