Senior Program Manager, IMO (Senior Integration Principal)
Location: Toronto (Hybrid)
Contract: 12-month term with potential for extension
As Definity continues to execute its bold inorganic growth strategy, we are seeking a Senior Integration Principal to join the Integration Management Office (IMO) within the Corporate Strategy team. Reporting to the VP, Strategic Initiatives, this role will play a critical part in driving post-merger integration activities for a recently announced acquisition, ensuring alignment with Definity’s strategic objectives.
This role is ideal for a seasoned integration professional who thrives in complex environments and brings deep expertise in post-merger integration execution across business lines and corporate functions.
What can you expect in this role?
- Integration Strategy Execution
- Develop and manage detailed integration plans across multiple business lines and functions.
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable integration roadmaps and milestones.
- Analyze current-state operations and design integrated future-state models to support synergy realization.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Facilitate alignment sessions and workshops with stakeholders across business units.
- Identify and resolve cross-functional integration issues, risks, and dependencies.
- Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned workstreams, providing insight and guidance to ensure successful execution.
- Synergy & Operational Optimization
- Identify and quantify synergies aligned with the strategic rationale of the acquisition.
- Track and report on synergy realization and integration progress.
- Recommend process improvements and system integrations to enhance operational efficiency.
- Change Enablement & Communication
- Support cultural integration and change management initiatives.
- Prepare and deliver integration updates, insights, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Maintain clear documentation and reporting to ensure transparency and accountability.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in post-merger integration, corporate strategy, or transformation, ideally within financial services or management consulting.
- Proven ability to manage complex integration programs as a senior individual contributor.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
- Undergraduate degree from a leading institution; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
- Expert proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and project management tools; familiarity with Visio and MS Project is an asset.
- Insurance industry experience is an asset.
What do you bring to this role?
- Ability to perform under pressure, meet deadlines and handle multiple, conflicting priorities
- Strong relationship building skills and a team player: demonstrated ability to collaborate with others to achieve results
- Strong business acumen, with demonstrated aptitude for strategic, analytical, and critical thinking
- A high degree of personal ethics, integrity, and responsibility with an ability to deal with sensitive issues and safeguard confidential information.
This role is focused on M&A post-merger integration and not M&A pre-deal activities (due diligence, financial modeling, valuation etc.). Candidates without specific post-merger integration experience and only technology / systems integration, general strategy, corporate development, finance, investment banking experiences will not be considered for this role.
Salary range is: $101,000 - $186,000
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