Integration Project Manager

Our client is a high-growth, international services group, backed by significant investment and executing an ambitious European and global expansion strategy through acquisition. As part of this journey, they are building a best-in-class post-merger integration function to ensure newly acquired businesses are seamlessly embedded into their operating platform.

This is a high-visibility, internationally exposed position, offering exceptional development opportunities for a project professional seeking to build a career in M&A integration and transformation delivery within a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment.

The Opportunity

Working across multiple concurrent post-acquisition integration projects, you will be responsible for ensuring the smooth transition of newly acquired businesses into the group's operational, systems and cultural framework.

This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role, requiring strong stakeholder engagement, robust project governance, and the ability to operate confidently in complex, change-driven environments.

You will collaborate closely with senior leadership, functional heads, and external partners across Finance, IT, HR and Operations, acting as a central conduit for execution, communication and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of critical first 30-day integration communications post-acquisition
• Coordinate and implement group policies, processes and system transitions
• Document current operational and system workflows to support integration activity
• Manage third-party vendors to deliver against agreed scope, cost and timelines
• Develop and deliver system deployment and go-live plans, managing comms and downtime
• Track project plans, monitor risk and issue management, and drive mitigating actions
• Oversee training logistics and delivery to support successful system implementation
• Manage data handling across system and people-related workstreams
• Produce high-quality reporting at project and programme level
• Provide operational and administrative project support as required

• Minimum 3 years' experience in project delivery roles
• Formal project management qualification (Prince2, APM or similar)
• Experience in post-merger integration or business transformation
• Strong understanding of risk, issue and stakeholder management
• Proven ability to plan, track and deliver multiple projects concurrently
• Highly organised, proactive and capable of operating autonomously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and third-party suppliers
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, change-oriented environmentsWillingness to travel nationally and internationally
• Full driving licence and own vehicle
• Fluent in English and German

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