Senior Operations Integration Specialist

NorthBay Healthcare Corporation•Fairfield, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Operations Integration Specialist manages, coordinates, and oversees execution of enterprise integration initiatives, typically supporting mergers, acquisitions, or strategic partnerships. The role supports integration planning, cross-functional alignment, risk management, Day-One readiness, and long-term value realization. This is an on-site, management-exempt position requiring travel and a flexible schedule, including some weekend and evening work. The specialist develops and maintains workstream integration plans, manages critical paths and dependencies, and translates integration strategy and TSA/APA requirements into executable deliverables. The role maintains risk and action logs, escalates material issues, supports integration governance, and prepares status updates for operational and executive audiences. It also tracks milestones against value realization objectives and contributes to the organization’s integration playbook and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 5 years of experience in program management, project management, management consulting, corporate strategy, or M&A integration.
Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional programs, preferably in healthcare or similarly regulated environments.
Advanced program and project management capabilities, such as critical path management, dependency mapping, and risk frameworks.
Strong business acumen and ability to connect operational execution to strategic value drivers.
Strong stakeholder management and influence skills across executive and operational levels.
Structured thinking, analytical skills, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting.
Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with competing priorities.
Demonstrate NorthBay Health’s True North values: Nurture/Care, Own It, Respect Relationships, Build Trust, and Hardwire Excellence.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA or related field).
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification; highly preferred.
Experience with post-merger integration, TSA management, or large-scale transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain integration plans across assigned workstreams, covering scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, escalations, communications, and timelines.
Partner with functional leaders to translate integration strategy and TSA/APA requirements into detailed, executable workstream plans.
Own and manage the integration critical path, including Day-One readiness sequencing and pre-close decision requirements.
Map and manage cross-workstream interdependencies, proactively addressing sequencing conflicts, risks, and resource constraints.
Maintain the integration risk register, ensuring risks are documented, assigned, mitigated, and tracked.
Assess risk severity and business impact, establish escalation thresholds, and present material risks and issues with context and recommended actions.
Identify prioritization conflicts and provide data-driven recommendations for executive decision-making.
Establish an engagement cadence with workstream leaders and participate in governance forums and workstream meetings.
Capture decisions, risks, and action items, and maintain the workstream action log to ensure accountability and closure.
Prepare integration status reporting for operational audiences and executive steering committees.
Communicate changes to timelines, milestones, and dependencies and explain their impact on the integration plan and critical path.
Track milestones tied to value realization and maintain alignment with acquisition rationale and executive expectations.
Monitor workstream execution for alignment with strategic intent and escalate deviations with recommended corrective actions.
Contribute processes, lessons learned, and best practices to the integration playbook.