Director, M&A Integration Strategy & Execution

Job Description:

Director, M&A Integration Strategy & Execution

Signing the deal is only the start. At Vertex, you will be the person who makes the integration happen, from Day 1 through handoff to the business.

We're looking for a hands-on Director, M&A Integration Strategy & Execution to personally lead post-acquisition integrations at Vertex. This is not an oversight role. You'll build the plans, run the workstreams, track the details and fix problems as they come up. Vertex is growing its global cloud and AI-enabled compliance business. Your job is to make sure every acquisition delivers on its investment thesis, keeps its customers and key people, and grows durable recurring revenue. That includes small capability tuck-ins as well as regional e-invoicing and platform expansions.

At Vertex, we help businesses handle the complexity of global indirect tax and compliance with confidence. Since 1978, we have combined deep tax expertise with enterprise software to cover the full transaction lifecycle, from tax determination and e-invoicing to reporting, filing and audit defense. Today, more than 60% of the Fortune 500 trust Vertex to manage their global compliance needs.

The Opportunity

You'll report to the leader of Vertex's Integration Management Office and be the day-to-day owner of each integration you're assigned. Corporate Development hands you the deal at signing. From then on, you're accountable for getting the acquired company integrated, keeping its people and customers, and delivering the value the deal was meant to create.

You'll work side by side with Vertex and acquired-company teams across Product and Engineering, Finance, Legal, People, Security and Customer Success. You'll need to earn trust quickly, influence people without formal authority, and get work done in both a public-company setting and a founder-led startup culture.

What Hands-On Means in This Role

• You build it. You write the integration charter, Day 1 plan, 100-day plan and RAID log yourself. You don't hand them off to someone else to draft.
• You run it. You lead the weekly workstream meetings, track every milestone and dependency, and follow up on open items until they're closed.
• You're on the ground. You spend real time with acquired-company leaders and teams. You learn how they work, find risks early and fix issues directly.
• You fix it. When a workstream slips, you find the cause, bring the right people together and put the plan back on track. You escalate only when an executive decision is needed.
• You report it. You keep the integration tracker, synergy ledger and health dashboard current, and you prepare the steering committee materials yourself.

What You Will Do

Integration Planning & Day 1 Readiness

• Personally turn the investment thesis and diligence findings into a deal-specific integration charter, Day 1 readiness checklist and 100-day plan.
• Build the integration approach for each type of deal. Decide what to integrate quickly, what to protect, and what to leave alone so the acquir...

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