M&A Integration Manager

About You:

You are a highly skilled and strategic leader with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), particularly in the critical post-merger integration phase. You excel in high-stakes, fast-moving environments where the ability to think on your feet and lead cross-functional teams to success is paramount. With extensive experience in due diligence and integration planning, you are a detail-oriented problem solver capable of managing multiple work streams. As a seasoned project manager with experience in private equity, you have a natural ability to influence senior leadership, drive complex initiatives, and ensure that both deadlines and business objectives are consistently met. You take pride in your ability to optimize processes, manage multiple priorities, and continuously improve with each acquisition, ensuring a more refined and efficient approach with every integration.

Does this sound like you? If so, Level Agency is currently looking for an experienced and motivated M&A Integration Manager to join our team and help drive our growth strategy.

About Us:

At Level, we use the scientific method to drive effective performance marketing campaigns for our clients. Everything from media planning to the ad creative is done with methodical care. Our teams use a “Test. Learn. Grow.” framework that allows them to act with urgency and quickly adapt to the ever-changing world of performance marketing. This nimbleness and willingness to rethink what we know leads to better decision-making—and the confidence our clients need to pursue bold ambitions.

Recently ranked on the Inc. 500's Fastest-Growing Private U.S. Companies and one of Pittsburgh's Best Places to Work, Level delivers powerful and comprehensive online solutions including multi-channel digital marketing, search engine optimization, lead generation, website development, ROI reporting, and much more.

Level is an equal opportunity employer, a Military Friendly® partner, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

About the Position:

The M&A Integration Manager will serve as the leader responsible for ensuring the seamless integration of newly acquired companies. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will play a critical role in the tactical aspects of the integration process, from due diligence to post-integration. You will take full ownership of the integration process and manage cross-functional teams across the organization. You will collaborate with the private equity team and work closely with internal senior leaders in Finance, HR, IT, and Operations to ensure alignment with company objectives. This role requires travel, with up to 50% of your time spent on-site during the most critical phases of integration. This role reports to the CEO.  The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work and will perform the work in the United States. We are not able to sponsor visas.

Your Impact:

• Lead Integration and Due Diligence: You’ll own the entire due diligence and integration lifecycle, ensuring all operational and cultural integration efforts are flawlessly executed, and be on-site at acquired company headquarters as needed.
• Playbook Ownership: You’ll develop, maintain, and continuously enhance our M&A due diligence and integration playbook, ensuring it remains cutting-edge and is implemented effectively across acquisitions.
• Project Management: You’ll serve as the strategic project manager for integrations, overseeing cross-functional teams to ensure timelines and deliverables are met, and aligning all efforts with broader business goals.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: You’ll collaborate with senior leaders in Finance, HR, IT, and Operations to drive a seamless integration process, ensuring that tasks, goals, and timelines are aligned across departments.
• Continuous Improvement: You’ll champion continuous improvement by refining our integration processes with each acquisition, ensuring that future integrations are even more efficient and effective.
• Agile Approach: You’ll adapt to changing priorities and challenges with agility, refining integration processes as our organization evolves and grows.

Key Values and Attributes:

• No Ego, All In: You take full ownership of the integration process and lead without ego, prioritizing the success of the team and the organization above all else.
• Better Every Day: You are committed to relentless improvement, constantly identifying opportunities to refine processes, even while managing the complexities of live integrations.
• Relentless for Results: You are results-oriented and hold yourself and your teams to the highest standards, ensuring every task, milestone, and integration goal is achieved.
• Driven by Truth: Transparency is at the core of everything you do. You ensure accurate communication and data-driven decision-making throughout the integration process, keeping all stakeholders informed and aligned.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in M&A, with a strong emphasis on post-merger integration.
• Proven ability to lead and manage small-to-mid-sized deals (companies with $10M+ revenue and 30+ employees).
• Extensive experience managing complex, cross-functional projects, with strong attention to detail and process optimization.
• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage and influence senior leadership across multiple departments.
• Excellent decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, mitigate risks, and keep integration efforts on track.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time to be on-site at acquired company headquarters during integration phases.
• Strategic problem-solving skills, with a keen ability to address challenges as they arise and implement effective solutions.
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity to identify and address potential cultural integration challenges.
• PMP or equivalent certification is a plus but not required. Experience with Asana or other digital project management software is preferred.

Benefits

• Remote work from anywhere in the US with an internet connection.
• Performance reviews every six months.
• 401k plan with 3% employer contribution.
• 12 annual paid holidays with an additional 2 floating holidays.
• 15 PTO days + 1 additional day per year of service.
• Summer Fridays.
• Great medical benefits including 100% employer-paid vision and dental.
• Medical travel reimbursement policy.
• 60 Days of Paid Parental leave benefit after 6 months of full-time service.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Employee appreciation programs.