Lead, M&A Delivery

M&A practice and team

Role scope

Client and case-team delivery

• Serve as the sole specialist on one or two concurrent M&A programs, typically attaching for 4 to 8 weeks at a time.
• Advise teams on M&A approaches, best practices, resources, intellectual property, and technology.
• Own agreed case-team workstreams, which may include mobilization, standard workshops, organizational design, value planning, cultural integration, communications, and program management.
• Coordinate solution, product, and capability-network contributors whose work overlaps with assigned workstreams.
• Lead one or two weekly answer sessions, prepare consulting leaders to present findings, and sometimes present recommendations directly to senior clients.
• Travel with case teams to work alongside clients and teams in person, averaging two to three days weekly as needed.

Innovation and intellectual property

• Support new M&A approaches and technology pilots by monitoring progress, collecting lessons, codifying methods, and sometimes owning a pilot workstream.
• Test technology pilot user experiences as a super-user and provide detailed feedback to technology teams.
• Provide structured innovation input to M&A solution teams.
• Refresh M&A intellectual property, how-to guides, commercial materials, and AI tools, maintaining alignment with global practices and delivery standards.
• Capture frontline innovation and best practices for reuse in M&A intellectual property and tools.

Experience and education

• Requires 12–15+ years of professional experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Requires 5+ years leading large, complex teams or functions in a global, matrixed organization.
• Requires experience in workforce planning, budgeting, and/or site-level operational oversight, plus the ability to influence senior stakeholders across functions and geographies.
• Professional services, consulting, or GBS experience is preferred; Corporate Development or M&A experience is also preferred.
• A bachelor’s degree is required; an MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred.

Knowledge and capabilities

• Required capabilities include commercial and financial acumen, translating strategy into actionable plans, stakeholder management, collaboration with diverse global teams, and communication across audiences.
• The role requires balancing responsibilities with clarity and discipline.

U.S. compensation

• The posting states a U.S. annualized full-time base salary range of $128,000–$171,000, plus an annual discretionary performance bonus.
• Other discretionary compensation may also be available; the role includes a 401(k) contribution and benefits.