M&A Integration Lead

Lawhive•Austin, TX

1d•$150,000 - $250,000

About The Position

Lawhive is hiring its first M&A Integration Lead to own the end-to-end integration of new partner law firms across the US. The role covers operational integration and product migration, including moving firms’ teams, processes, data, workflows, and practice management systems onto Lawhive’s operating model and AI-powered platform. The lead will coordinate with the M&A Team and Engineering, Data, Product, Finance, and Operations teams from initial planning through successful go-live. The role also involves designing scalable integration processes and playbooks to make future integrations faster, smoother, and more repeatable. The successful candidate will use AI and automation to reduce manual work, help shape future M&A Integration teams, and spend time onsite with partner firms to understand their operations and support platform adoption. The position is based in Austin, Texas, with regular travel across the US.

Requirements

Proven experience leading high-impact, high-volume integrations.
End-to-end ownership of complex business integrations, platform migrations, or implementations, often managing multiple projects simultaneously, with demonstrable results.
Experience developing or significantly improving migration playbooks, workflows, or integration processes.
Track record of delivering successful, on-time go-lives with data accuracy, strong user adoption, and minimal disruption.
Strong cross-functional project management skills, including coordinating technical teams, business teams, and external partners.
Excellent stakeholder management, clear communication, and expectation management across senior leaders, technical teams, and frontline staff.
Proactive, organized, and data-driven approach, including the ability to manage multiple moving parts, identify risks early, and use metrics to improve performance.
Hands-on approach and willingness to work onsite with partner firms and travel regularly across the US.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing or migrating case management platforms.
Experience working with law firms, legal technology, or professional services.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end operational integrations and product migrations for new partner firms, from initial planning through go-live.
Coordinate cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Data, Product, Finance, Operations, the M&A Team, and external partners.
Replace legacy practice management systems and oversee migration of data and workflows.
Build and improve scalable integration processes, migration playbooks, and workflows.
Use AI and automation to reduce manual work and make integrations faster, smoother, and more repeatable.
Manage multiple integration projects and dependencies, identify risks, and keep stakeholders accountable.
Ensure migrations are delivered on time with accurate data, strong user adoption, and minimal business disruption.
Use metrics such as time to go-live, post-launch issues, and adoption to improve integration performance.
Work onsite with partner firms to understand their operations and support successful adoption of Lawhive’s platform.
Help establish operating standards for future dedicated M&A Integration teams.