We’re partnering with a mid-market private equity-backed professional services business seeking an experienced Interim Integration Director following significant growth through M&A.
Working closely with the executive leadership team and private equity sponsor, you will lead the integration of acquired businesses, driving operational efficiencies, delivering cost synergies and creating a more scalable, integrated platform.
With a future exit on the horizon, this is a highly commercial and hands-on role focused on ensuring the business is fully integrated, operating efficiently and positioned to support a compelling equity story.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the integration of businesses acquired through the group’s M&A strategy.
- Develop and execute a clear integration roadmap across the organisation.
- Identify and deliver operational efficiencies and cost synergies across the enlarged group.
- Standardise processes, systems and ways of working across acquired businesses.
- Identify opportunities to simplify the operating model and create a more scalable platform.
- Work cross-functionally with finance, operations, technology, HR and commercial leadership to drive integration priorities.
- Establish clear KPIs and reporting to track integration progress, synergy delivery and operational improvements.
- Identify integration risks, dependencies and performance gaps and drive timely resolution.
- Partner closely with the executive leadership team and private equity sponsor on value creation priorities.
- Drive sustainable improvements that strengthen business performance and support the equity story ahead of a future exit.
- Provide clear reporting on integration progress, benefits realisation and key priorities to senior stakeholders.
Candidate Profile
- Proven track record leading complex post-M&A integration programmes.
- Strong experience delivering measurable operational efficiencies and cost synergies following acquisitions.
- Experience operating within a private equity-backed, acquisition-led environment highly desirable.
- Experience within professional services or similarly people-led businesses advantageous.
- Strong understanding of operating model integration, process improvement and organisational transformation.
- Experience integrating multiple acquired businesses into a scalable group structure.
- Commercially minded with a strong understanding of value creation and the requirements of a business preparing for exit.
- Experienced working directly with CEOs, CFOs, executive teams and private equity investors.
- Able to operate hands-on while maintaining oversight of a complex, business-wide integration programme.
- Comfortable driving change at pace and holding senior stakeholders accountable for delivery.