Director, M&A Integration

Alliance Technical Group•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Alliance Technical Group is a leading environmental services platform backed by Blackstone, focused on onsite testing and monitoring, laboratory testing, and environmental compliance services. The company has grown rapidly through both organic expansion and acquisitions and is continuing to scale its national footprint and service-line depth. To support this growth, we are seeking a Director of M&A Integration to lead post-acquisition integration efforts across a diverse portfolio of environmental and technical service businesses. This role is critical to ensuring that acquired companies are successfully integrated into Alliance’s operating model, with a focus on driving revenue growth, improving utilization, aligning incentive structures, and delivering measurable EBITDA and cash flow value. This is a high-impact role operating at the center of Alliance’s M&A strategy, with direct visibility to executive leadership and private equity stakeholders.

Requirements

7–12+ years of experience in M&A integration, operations, consulting, or corporate development within a PE-backed or acquisitive environment.
Proven track record integrating middle-market service businesses, ideally within environmental or industrial services.
Demonstrated ability to translate acquisition theses into measurable financial and operational outcomes.
Strong financial acumen with direct linkage between integration actions and EBITDA and cash flow performance.
Operational mindset with comfort in field-driven, utilization-based businesses.
Ability to drive accountability across decentralized teams.
Exceptional project management and execution discipline.
Direct communication style with comfort engaging senior leadership and private equity stakeholders.
High resilience and bias for action in fast-paced environments.
Bachelor’s degree required
Experience with integration dashboards, KPI tracking, and financial modeling.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent preferred.
Familiarity with CRM, ERP, and field service management systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead Post-Acquisition Integration Across a Distributed North American Platform
Serve as the “face” of Alliance and the Integration; build trusted relationships with operational leads and employees
Oversee integration of acquired environmental service businesses across multiple geographies and service lines, including stack testing, continuous emissions monitoring, fugitive emissions monitoring, laboratory testing, and environmental compliance services.
Align acquisitions to Alliance’s operating cadence, reporting structure, compliance framework, and safety standards.
Standardize integration execution while maintaining flexibility for local market dynamics and customer relationships.
Partner Early in the Deal Lifecycle
Work alongside corporate development, operational and departmental leaders during diligence to identify integration risks, value creation opportunities, and cost to achieve.
Develop clear, actionable integration plans that prioritize value creation, speed of execution, and minimize disruption to operations.
Establish Day 1 and Day 90 priorities tied directly to financial and operational metrics.
Drive Value Creation and Operational Discipline
Own end-to-end value creation from each acquisition, ensuring the investment thesis translates into measurable financial and operational performance.
Lead realization of key value levers, including cross-sell expansion, improvement in field utilization, pricing discipline and margin expansion, and cost structure optimization.
Implement KPI dashboards and reporting cadence tied to EBITDA, free cash flow, backlog, utilization, and revenue growth.
Establish clear accountability across functional leaders to deliver integration milestones and value creation targets.
Conduct structured post-integration reviews to evaluate performance against the deal thesis and refine the integration playbook.
Operational Integration Across Functions
Coordinate integration across finance, HR, IT, legal, compliance, and operations with a strong bias toward execution.
Ensure rapid alignment of financial reporting, compensation structures, CRM and project systems, and safety processes.
Eliminate redundancies and drive consistency without slowing field operations.
Align on technology strategy (e.g., system consolidation opportunities, sequencing of platform migrations) to support long-term operating model.
Culture, Retention, and Change Management
Lead cultural integration with a pragmatic, operator-first mindset while preserving what works.
Identify and retain key talent, particularly field leadership and technical experts.
Identify opportunities for structural decisions on reporting lines and role rationalization.
Drive clear communication to reduce disruption and maintain productivity through transition.
Executive and Investor Reporting
Provide regular, data-driven updates to executive leadership and private equity sponsors.
Highlight risks, integration gaps, and underperformance early with corrective actions.
Support Board-level reporting on integration progress and value creation outcomes.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
401(K) Plan with Competitive Match
Continuing Education and Tuition Assistance
Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefits
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, & Bonus Floating Holiday (if hired before July 1st)
Profit Sharing or Individual Bonus Programs
Referral Program
Per Diem & Paid Travel
Employee Discount Hub