Senior M&A Integration program manager

Job Description

Your role:

Integration & Carve-Out Execution

• Lead integration and disentanglement programs across the transaction lifecycle, including sign-to-close preparation, Day-1 readiness, stabilization, and TSA execution and exit.
• Translate deal objectives, synergy assumptions, and separation logic into integrated execution plans and realistic timelines.
• Monitor delivery progress, dependencies, and risks across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Governance & Decision Support

• Establish and run appropriate program governance, including senior oversights and workstream oversight.
• Support timely and well-informed decision making by senior management through structured analysis, clear options, and execution-focused recommendations.
• Escalate material risks, trade-offs, and execution issues where required.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Finance, IT, HR, Supply Chain, Legal, Commercial, Quality & Regulatory, and other functions. Lead day-to-day program execution and coordinate workstream delivery across functions.
• Drive accountability across workstreams and ensure delivery against agreed milestones.
• Support workstream leaders in problem-solving and issue resolution.

Execution Risk & Value Protection

• Identify key execution risks early and drive mitigation actions to avoid disruption or value leakage.
• Safeguard continuity of operations during Day-1 transitions and subsequent separation or integration phases.
• Track execution against agreed assumptions and budgets.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a central coordination point between Business leaders, Functional teams, Markets, and external advisors.
• Build productive working relationships across organizational boundaries.
• Communicate clearly and credibly with senior stakeholders on progress, risks, and required actions.
• Support alignment and issue resolution among diverse stakeholder groups.

Continuous Improvement

• Capture lessons learned from completed transactions and contribute to continuous improvement of integration and disentanglement practices.
• Share best practices across the broader PMI capability.

You're the right fit if:

• Experience in post-merger integration, carve-outs, program management, or complex transformation programs.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects in complex and time-sensitive situations.
• Solid understanding of M&A transactions and the operational implications of integrations and separations.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders in large, matrixed organizations.

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong integration and carve-out execution capabilities.
• Project management skills.
• Structured problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Sound commercial judgment and pragmatic risk management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips

We are a health technology company.