Director Integration

Republic Services•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director Integration leads planning, development, program management, and execution of Republic Services’ integration and consolidation strategies for acquisitions. The role collaborates with program management, human resources, finance, operations, IT, and senior leadership to ensure integration plans and outcomes support company objectives. The position is hybrid, based at the company’s Phoenix, Arizona headquarters, with four days onsite and one day remote each week; it is not eligible to be fully remote. The position is not eligible for sponsorship. The Director provides leadership and governance for acquisition integration, guides diligence and post-close planning, and drives timely decisions, progress, communications, and resolution of critical issues. The role builds and leads an effective integration team, keeps integration activities aligned with deal rationale, and establishes investment metrics to monitor success. Other job-related duties may be assigned or apparent.

Requirements

At least 10 years of project management, business, and/or M&A integration experience.
Knowledge of end-to-end corporate development activities and ability to facilitate complex, time-sensitive decisions.
Exceptional project management skills and demonstrated capability in complex environments.
Strong business acumen and direct leadership experience in at least one senior operational or functional role.
Ability to establish rapport and effective relationships while driving accountability for shared results.
Hands-on leadership experience building and leading highly effective teams.
Ability to build and sustain strong relationships at multiple internal levels and with partners.
High emotional intelligence and ability to challenge others in a nuanced way and influence parts of the business outside direct control.

Nice To Haves

Experience with a rapidly scaling technology or software business.

Responsibilities

Lead program management and successful integration of acquisitions, delivering on acquisition objectives.
Partner with senior executives and work-stream leaders to develop integration strategies aligned with the company’s operating model and drive timely, objective decisions.
Participate in acquisition diligence, evaluate key issues and integration challenges, and develop post-close plans.
Keep senior leadership informed of critical issues and risks, and drive those issues to resolution objectively.
Build, motivate, and inspire an integration team to plan and execute integration milestones with business leaders.
Drive the pace of integration and maintain alignment with deal rationale.
Manage communications with stakeholders through status meetings, steering committee reviews, and senior leadership presentations.
Develop investment metrics and ensure team alignment on monitoring integration success.
Stay current on M&A integration thought leadership and best practices.
Own integration governance and manage decisions and progress reporting for the Integration team.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned or apparent.