INTEGRATION MANAGER

Freeman Health System • Joplin, MO

2d

About The Position

Our Mission To improve the health of the communities we serve through contemporary, innovative, quality healthcare solutions. Schedule: Full Time (40 hours per week) What You’ll Do The Manager, Integration leads end-to-end integration of acquired entities from due diligence through Day 1 activation and post-close stabilization. This role ensures alignment with enterprise strategy, governance, and performance expectations, translating deal thesis into executable integration plans and tracking realization of clinical, operational, financial, and cultural value. This position serves as the integration team lead across matrixed functional project managers supporting Nursing, Clinical Operations, Non-Clinical Operations, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health, and Administrative Services. While these roles do not report directly to this position, the Manager, Integration provides coordination, prioritization, and accountability for integration execution. The Manager partners closely with external integration consultants to align diligence activities, integration planning, and execution with internal priorities. This position reports to the Manager of Project Management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Healthcare Administration, Finance, Operations, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• Seven (7) or more years of experience in healthcare operations, integration, strategy, consulting, or program leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in healthcare environments.
• Strong understanding of hospital operations, service line management, and physician alignment.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
• Experience in leading enterprise-wide acquisition integration efforts from due diligence through stabilization.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide acquisition integration efforts from due diligence through stabilization.
• Coordinate cross-functional due diligence across clinical, operational, financial, IT, revenue cycle, and people domains.
• Develop diligence workplans, timelines, and information requests aligned to transaction scope.
• Identify integration risks, execution constraints, and dis-synergies; escalate material findings to leadership.
• Validate operational and financial assumptions embedded in deal models and pro formas.
• Translate diligence findings and deal thesis into Day 1 readiness plans and post-close integration roadmaps.
• Provide integration leadership to matrixed functional project managers; establish priorities, sequencing, milestones, and dependencies.
• Partner with the EPMO to align integration plans with enterprise governance, tracking, and reporting.
• Coordinate operational, clinical, IT, and revenue cycle activation activities to ensure continuity of care and services.
• Manage cross-functional integration workstreams and support timely issue resolution.
• Monitor post-close operational and financial performance against integration expectations.
• Support leadership in adoption, workflow, staffing, and change management challenges.
• Coordinate stabilization activities and transition acquired entities to steady-state operations.
• Track synergy capture, benefit realization, and overall value delivery.
• Prepare executive- and board-level integration updates, dashboards, and decision materials.
• Facilitate integration governance forums and escalation pathways.
• Capture lessons learned to inform future integrations and enterprise playbooks.

Benefits

• Health, vision, dental insurance
• Retirement with employer match
• Wellness program with discounts to Health Insurance or Cash Bonus with Participation
• Milestone payments with longevity of employment
• Flex time off (FTO)
• Extended Sick pay
• Learning Center designated only for Freeman Family members
• Payroll deduction at different locations such as The Daily Grind, Freeman Gift Shop, Cafeteria, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager