The Vice President of Integration is responsible for the successful execution of all post-acquisition integration activities across the organization. This role will lead and manage a team around the strategic planning, coordination, and implementation of integrating newly acquired businesses, ensuring alignment with the company’s culture, and operational processes. The VP of Integration will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Clinical Operations, Finance, HR, IT, and Quality, to streamline the transition and drive value from acquisitions.
Key Responsibilities - Leadership and Strategy
- Develop and lead the post-acquisition integration strategy, ensuring seamless integration of acquired businesses into the organization.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define integration goals, timelines, and success metrics for each acquisition.
- Provide strategic guidance on organizational design, process improvement, and change management to ensure alignment with Abound objectives.
- Integration Management
- Oversee the end-to-end integration process including planning, execution, and post-integration evaluation.
- Work closely with department heads to align processes, systems, and resources, ensuring smooth operational transition of the acquired entities.
- Lead cross-functional integration teams, providing oversight and direction to ensure all integration activities are completed on time and within scope.
- Identify potential risks and challenges during the integration process and implement proactive strategies to mitigate them.
- Cultural and Operational Alignment
- Ensure the integration of company culture, values, and quality across newly acquired organizations, fostering a unified work environment.
- Collaborate with HR to manage talent integration, including assessing staff needs, conducting employee engagement initiatives, and addressing employment differences.
- Develop communication plans to keep stakeholders informed of integration progress and ensure alignment.
- Performance and Reporting
- Establish KPIs to monitor the success of each integration and assess the financial and operational impacts of the acquisition.
- Regularly report on integration milestones, risks, and progress to the leadership team.
- Drive accountability by implementing processes to measure and track the ongoing success and value realization of acquisitions.
- Systems, Processes and Technology Integration
- Oversee the integration of technology platforms, systems, and operational processes.
- Partner with the OnTarget team (proprietary EHR) to implement the technology across critical functions.
- Work closely with IT leadership to ensure seamless connectivity, data migration, and alignment of digital tools.
- Facilitate the alignment of compliance and regulatory systems with the organization’s standards.
- Post-Acquisition Optimization
- Develop and execute post-acquisition improvement initiatives to optimize the operations, efficiency, and profitability of the newly integrated entities.
- Lead efforts to identify synergies, cost savings, and process improvements resulting from acquisitions.
- Support long-term strategic initiatives aimed at ensuring sustained growth/quality and performance of integrated businesses.
Qualifications - Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management, or related field (MBA or advanced degree preferred).
- Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in integration, mergers and acquisitions, or broad-scale implementation projects, with a proven track record of operational excellence
- Strong leadership experience in a multi-functional role, preferably with exposure to operational, cultural, and systems integration.
- Experience working in Healthcare is a plus.
- Skills and Competencies:
- Expertise in managing complex projects and cross-functional teams.
- Strong knowledge of M&A processes, integration best practices, and operational restructuring.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to navigate organizational change and foster collaboration across multiple departments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with large-scale acquisitions and managing multiple simultaneous integration projects.
- Knowledge of change management methodologies and tools.
