Manager, Business Integration

Mastercard•O'fallon, MO

2d•$119,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Project Manager to join the Mergers & Acquisitions Center of Excellence (M&A COE) and support the Global Business Services Center Legal, Franchise & Integrity (GBSC LFI) function. This role will manage assigned projects across the end-to-end integration lifecycle, coordinate cross-functional delivery, provide clear reporting to project and functional leadership, and represent GBSC LFI as part of the legal workstream. The successful candidate will be a highly organized and collaborative project manager who can bring structure, visibility, and discipline follow-through to complex integration activities.

Requirements

Experience supporting or managing projects in a cross-functional, matrixed environment; exposure to M&A, integration, legal operations, shared services, or transformation initiatives is preferred.
Working knowledge of core project-management practices, including planning, milestone tracking, risk and issue management, dependency management, governance, and status reporting.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, owners, and deadlines.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise, leadership-ready updates and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
Ability to build collaborative relationships, influence without formal authority, and follow up constructively to drive accountability.
Sound judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify delivery risks, organize ambiguous information, and escalate issues appropriately.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams; experience with project-management platforms such as Monday.com is preferred.
A proactive, service-oriented mindset and willingness to learn M&A integration, legal workstream, and GBSC LFI processes.
Experience supporting the delivery of automation initiatives using platforms such as Microsoft Power Automate is preferred.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience; a project-management certification or relevant training is a plus.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to M&A, integration, legal operations, shared services, or transformation initiatives.
Experience with project-management platforms such as Monday.com.
Experience supporting the delivery of automation initiatives using platforms such as Microsoft Power Automate.
A project-management certification or relevant training.

Responsibilities

Manage assigned projects from initiation through transition and closeout, developing clear scope, workplans, milestones, deliverables, and success measures.
Coordinate day-to-day execution across legal, business, technology, finance, operations, and other integration workstreams to keep activities aligned and on schedule.
Represent GBSC LFI within the legal workstream, ensuring that its capabilities, requirements, dependencies, and delivery commitments are incorporated into integration plans and decisions.
Champion the adoption of AI and automation to streamline project management processes, improve efficiency, and enhance delivery.
Maintain project plans, action logs, decision logs, risk and issue registers, dependency tracking, and supporting project documentation.
Gather, validate, and consolidate updates from cross-functional owners; prepare concise status reporting for project leadership, functional leaders, governance forums, and steering committees.
Facilitate project meetings, document decisions and action items, confirm ownership and timing, and follow through to closure.
Identify and escalate risks, issues, resource constraints, and cross-workstream dependencies, with clear impact assessments and recommended next steps.
Support leadership with materials that translate detailed project activity into clear progress, decisions required, delivery risks, and upcoming milestones.
Promote consistent M&A COE project-management standards, templates, governance routines, and lessons learned across integrations.
Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, strengthen controls, improve reporting, and enhance collaboration across the legal workstream.

Benefits

insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
flexible spending account and health savings account
16 weeks of new parent leave
up to 20 days of bereavement leave
80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
25 days of vacation time
5 personal days
10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
401k with a best-in-class company match
deferred compensation for eligible roles
fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
eligibility for tuition reimbursement