Director, Integration Management Office (IMO)

TSC•Arlington, VA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Falcata is seeking a Director, Integration Management Office (IMO) to lead day-to-day enterprise integration planning, governance, and execution across acquisitions. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this director-level leader will coordinate executive leadership, functional workstream leads, acquired-company leaders, Corporate Development, Blackstone resources, and external integration advisors. The role translates transaction objectives into executable plans, with defined decision rights, milestones, dependencies, risks, and value-capture measures, and drives accountability from diligence and pre-close planning through Day 1, stabilization, and full integration. The Director orchestrates the enterprise integration system without replacing functional ownership. The Director will establish a scalable integration operating model, maintain and improve Falcata’s integration playbook and governance, and coordinate cross-functional workstreams across concurrent transactions. The role will track progress, risks, decisions, dependencies, and value realization; support timely executive decisions; and incorporate lessons learned into future integrations. The Director will also serve as Falcata’s primary day-to-day interface for external integration advisors, ensuring their work augments internal capability, transfers knowledge, and follows a consistent Falcata methodology. The role partners with leaders on change management, communications, organizational alignment, and business continuity, while building Falcata’s internal integration capability over time. Falcata is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and supports mission-critical defense technology capabilities. The position is based in Arlington, VA, with a hybrid work arrangement and approximately 25–40% travel, with periods of higher travel around transaction close, Day 1, and major integration milestones. U.S. citizenship is required, and the successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background check, security investigation, and drug screening requirements.

Requirements

10 or more years of progressive experience in M&A integration, enterprise transformation, strategy execution, program management, operations, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated experience leading or materially supporting multiple acquisitions from diligence or pre-close planning through Day 1 and post-close integration.
Experience running an IMO, enterprise transformation office, or complex cross-functional program with executive-level governance and accountability.
Ability to translate strategic and financial transaction objectives into practical operating plans, metrics, workstreams, and decision processes.
Strong program-management discipline, including milestone management, dependency tracking, risk management, executive reporting, and issue escalation.
Ability to influence senior leaders and functional experts without relying on direct reporting authority.
Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and executive-presentation skills, including the ability to turn complexity into clear actions and decisions.
Experience managing external advisors, consultants, or other third-party resources in complex transformation or integration environments.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.
U.S. citizenship.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
Successful completion of background check, security investigation, and drug screening requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience in defense, aerospace, government contracting, advanced technology, engineering services, or another regulated project/program environment.
Experience in a private-equity-backed portfolio company with an active buy-and-build strategy.
Experience with value-creation planning, synergy tracking, EBITDA improvement initiatives, or sponsor/Board reporting.
Familiarity with government contracting operating requirements and systems, including FAR/DFARS, Costpoint, security and clearance considerations, and government customer continuity.
PMP, MBA, or another relevant program-management, integration, or business qualification.

Responsibilities

Lead the enterprise IMO under the COO and establish a scalable integration operating model aligned with Falcata’s acquisition strategy and value-creation priorities.
Own and continuously improve the integration playbook, governance model, workstream structure, decision rights, templates, tools, and reporting cadence.
Translate transaction theses and leadership priorities into integration objectives, milestones, accountabilities, sequencing, and exit criteria.
Establish integration steering routines and escalation mechanisms that support timely executive decisions and disciplined execution.
Partner with Corporate Development and functional leaders during diligence and pre-close planning to identify integration implications, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and Day 1 priorities.
Lead enterprise Day 1 readiness, 30/60/100-day planning, stabilization, and longer-term integration roadmaps across functions and business units.
Coordinate cross-functional workstreams spanning Operations, Finance, Human Resources, IT/Cybersecurity, Contracts, Security, Facilities, Growth, Communications, Legal, and other functions as required.
Maintain the enterprise integration plan, action and decision logs, risk and dependency registers, and executive status reporting across concurrent integrations.
Identify integration barriers, facilitate issue resolution, and escalate matters requiring COO, Executive Leadership Team, sponsor, or Board attention.
Partner with Finance, Corporate Development, and functional owners to translate deal theses into measurable integration outcomes, synergy commitments, and value-capture metrics.
Establish dashboards and performance measures for integration progress, risk, cost, synergy realization, customer continuity, talent retention, and other transaction-specific outcomes.
Hold workstream owners accountable for commitments while distinguishing enterprise IMO accountability from functional execution ownership.
Conduct post-integration reviews and incorporate lessons learned into the operating model and future transactions.
Serve as the primary day-to-day interface for external integration advisors and coordinate their work with Falcata leaders, functional owners, and acquired-company teams.
Define advisor scopes, deliverables, milestones, and handoffs; ensure external support addresses capability gaps, accelerates execution, and transfers knowledge to internal teams.
Coordinate with Falcata leadership and advisors on integration priorities, reporting, value-creation initiatives, and support requirements.
Maintain a single source of truth for integration plans and reporting, avoiding duplicate governance structures or parallel advisor-driven processes.
Partner with the CPO, Communications, business leaders, and acquired-company leadership on stakeholder alignment, change impacts, leadership transitions, and integration communications.
Support organizational design and operating-model decisions by surfacing cross-functional dependencies and sequencing requirements.
Promote a collaborative integration culture focused on business continuity, speed, accountability, and preserving customer and employee trust.
Advise the COO and Executive Leadership Team on progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions required.
Build Falcata’s internal integration capability through tools, knowledge repositories, training, repeatable practices, and integration talent as transaction volume grows.
Manage integration budgets, external resources, and selected project resources as assigned.
Operate effectively in a fast-paced, hands-on environment where priorities evolve and multiple integrations may run concurrently.