M&A Integration Manager

Summary

Pave America is a private equity-backed, multi-branch pavement and asphalt services platform growing through organic initiatives and acquisitions. The M&A Integration Manager will manage post-close integration projects across multiple functional workstreams, coordinate stakeholders, track milestones, and support value creation initiatives. The role also involves dashboard development, data analysis, AI-enabled work, and travel to acquired-company locations and branches.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the master integration schedule for each acquisition, sequencing ~700 tasks across eight-plus functional workstreams (F&A, IT/systems, HR, operations, safety & insurance, fleet, sales, and communications)
• Run the integration operating cadence: weekly workstream check-ins, status reporting, milestone tracking, and escalation of blockers and decisions to the VP
• Coordinate functional owners across corporate and branch teams — assign tasks to named owners, confirm dependencies, and hold stakeholders accountable to dates
• Manage the diligence-to-integration handoff: convert pre-close findings, scorecards, and the value creation plan into an executable Day 1 / first-100-days / 12-month plan
• Track integration performance against plan — milestone completion, synergy capture, and dissynergy mitigation — and flag variances early
• Project manage execution of the value creation playbook with acquired-company leadership, supporting the VP who owns the primary seller relationship
• Support enterprise value creation workstreams between integrations — margin improvement programs, systems adoption, and operational playbook rollout
• Build and maintain dashboards and visual reporting (Power BI, Excel, or similar) that give executives and sponsors a clear, current view of integration and initiative status
• Leverage AI tools daily to accelerate document synthesis, reporting, meeting preparation, and analysis — we expect this role to model modern, AI-enabled ways of working
• Work with large, messy datasets from multiple source systems; structure, analyze, and visualize them to drive decisions
• Travel to acquired-company locations and branches during active integrations to build relationships and verify progress on the ground

Skills

• 4–8 years of experience in project/program management, M&A integration, management consulting, or operations
• Demonstrated ability to run large, cross-functional task plans (hundreds of line items) with disciplined scheduling, dependency management, and follow-through
• Strong stakeholder management: comfortable driving accountability with functional leaders and field operators without direct authority
• Proficiency with large datasets and data visualization — advanced Excel required
• Hands-on proficiency with AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot) applied to real work product — not just familiarity
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication; able to produce executive-ready status materials
• Bachelor's degree required
• Ideally with exposure to post-merger integration or a PMO/IMO environment
• Power BI (or equivalent) strongly preferred
• PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, or similar certification a plus
• Experience in construction, industrial services, or another multi-site field services business a plus
• Private equity portfolio company experience a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 4–8 years of experience in project/program management, M&A integration, management consulting, or operations
• Demonstrated ability to run large, cross-functional task plans (hundreds of line items) with disciplined scheduling, dependency management, and follow-through
• Strong stakeholder management: comfortable driving accountability with functional leaders and field operators without direct authority
• Proficiency with large datasets and data visualization — advanced Excel required
• Hands-on proficiency with AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot) applied to real work product — not just familiarity
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication; able to produce executive-ready status materials
• Bachelor's degree required

Nice to Haves

• ideally with exposure to post-merger integration or a PMO/IMO environment
• Power BI (or equivalent) strongly preferred
• PMP, Lean/Six Sigma, or similar certification a plus
• Experience in construction, industrial services, or another multi-site field services business a plus
• private equity portfolio company experience a plus

Benefits

• 100% remote role