EMEA M&A Integration Lead

Overview

In this role you will lead end-to-end M&A integrations across the EMEA region, ensuring smooth execution and value realization. You will partner with regional leadership and cross-functional teams to align integration plans with enterprise standards.

You will manage Day 1 readiness, transition activity, and long-term integration outcomes while protecting business continuity. This position offers visibility to executives and a chance to shape how acquisitions unlock value for customers, employees, and stakeholders.

You’ll thrive by driving governance, risk management, and cross-border collaboration to deliver measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end integration planning and execution for acquisitions, strategic investments, and divestitures across EMEA
• Develop integration strategies, master plans, and execution roadmaps with business and functional leaders
• Drive Day 1 readiness, operational transitions, and long-term integration objectives
• Coordinate cross-functional integration activities across Finance, Operations, Technology, HR, Legal, Sales, and other functions
• Identify, manage, and mitigate integration risks, issues, and dependencies
• Support Transition Services Agreement (TSA) planning, management, and exit activities where applicable
• Ensure integration activities are delivered with minimal disruption to customers, employees, and ongoing operations
• Partner with Regional Leadership to act as trusted advisor and align with regional growth strategies
• Lead governance forums, workstream reviews, and integration operating cadences
• Provide executive-level reporting on integration progress and value realization
• Manage multiple concurrent integration initiatives across countries, business units, and functions
• Coordinate internal teams and external partners to ensure successful delivery of objectives

Key requirements

• Bachelors degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Engineering, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience leading M&A integrations, transformation programs, or large-scale initiatives
• Proven success managing complex programs with multiple stakeholders and workstreams
• Experience working with senior executives and regional leadership
• Strong program management, governance, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in global, matrixed organizations
• Strong financial and operational acumen to drive outcomes
• Excellent leadership, communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills
• leadership
• stakeholder management
• change management
• program management
• governance
• stakeholder management

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