Sr. Project Manager M&A

MeridianLink is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join its Project Management Office (PMO) team at its headquarters in Costa Mesa, CA. The PMO team is a small, core group of professionals who drive the pre-merger integration planning and post-merger integration execution for all company M&A activity. The team also is responsible for driving key corporate strategic initiatives. As a key member of this team, this role will report to the VP of the PMO and support the team in M&A projects and other key strategic initiatives.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS or KNOWLEDGE:

· Deep understanding of Business and Operating Models in the high-tech industry

· You are a clear thinker, inquisitive, structured, organized, creative, story-teller, with a high sense of urgency, who is flexible, resilient and self-motivated

· You have the ability to lead a group in finding resolution of abstract/complex business problems

· Demonstrates ownership for the end-to-end plan through all phases of the M&A transaction lifecycle from ensuring day 1 readiness to post-mortem transition, including all the cross-functional dependencies

· Performs project plan creation and updating, weekly status reporting, quarterly business reviews, retrospectives, etc.

· Continuously tracks project activities, risks and issues to ensure the integration progresses on schedule and budget to achieve the synergies and provides formal report

· Ensures the prioritization and balance of the Integration activities to minimize any disruption of the existing business of the acquired company, while also driving necessary changes to achieve committed synergies

· Works directly with the internal/external teams and functional leadership when needed to drive issues to closure, and/or escalates issues and mitigation recommendations to upper management when necessary

· Is a liaison with the leadership team to ensure the strategic rationale of the deal is realized. Key partners include: MeridianLink Executives, Corporate Development, Functional SMEs, Corporate Functions, target company, etc.

· Drives the Functional Integration Leads / Functional SMEs towards timely task and deliverables completion while tracking issues and risks and developing remediation plans to quickly recover from timeline slippage

· Build out and maintain integration information repository in project management system

· Supports integration budget process, including creation, tracking, reporting, and measuring

· Identifies areas where we can implement process improvements and add efficiencies – ensuring consistent playbooks, developing templates, maintaining PMO business process inventory, etc.

· Assists in building presentations, supporting deal-related workshops

· You are comfortable with Finance concepts/management

EDUCATION and OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

· Education: Business or Engineering degree. MBA is desirable.

· PMP or other Project/Program Management Certifications preferred

· You are an exceptional performer in your current role with a strong record of achievement as Project Manager in an active M&A group

· Experience in streamlining integration process

· You will have 3+ years of experience in an M&A function and 5+ years of Project Management experience in tuck-in transactions and transformational projects.

· You possess strong project management skills with the ability to complete multiple, simultaneous, time-critical projects

· Excellent knowledge of MS Office products with advanced skills and experience using MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

· Can present in front of various levels of MeridianLink management

· Be very detail oriented and enjoy working in a fast paced, dynamic, results-oriented environment

· Strong written and verbal communications skills is essential

· Will possess strong collaboration and strong problem-solving skills

· FinTech industry experience/knowledge a plus