Director, M&A Integration

The Company:

Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global innovative products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans, a global partner network with over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores.

As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

Achieving our goals requires strong collaboration and partnership between our teams and our internal stakeholders. To best support this, the person who accepts this role is expected to be on site, in office four days per week. To provide our employees with flexibility, we offer a unique benefit where employees at Fanatics' corporate entity can work remotely for up to four weeks per year, which can be taken in daily or weekly increments. 

The Role:

The Director, M&A Integration will play a pivotal role in designing and executing various M&A-integration programs and initiatives to materially expand the reach of the company and its wholly owned operating businesses. This is a highly visible role across the organization and requires frequent discussions with senior executives at our holding company and business units. 
 

What You'll Do:

• Oversee Fanatics Inc.’s integration capability that will facilitate the successful planning, execution and completion of M&A integration projects focused on both enterprise-wide transformations and customer-oriented initiatives
• Work closely with the M&A team during diligence, providing guidance and strategic advice on post-close integration activities (across all functions) and value-creation plans
• Own and continue to evolve the Fanatics’ M&A Integration playbook and associated assets; enhance our existing framework to account for lessons learned and best practices that can be used for future acquisitions 
• Develop comprehensive integration strategies and cross-functional plan for M&A deals across Fanatics; partner closely with IT, HR, Finance, Procurement (and other) functional teams to ensure plans are documented and executed efficiently and on time
• Identify key integration issues early in the deal process and develop associated mitigation strategies to remediate risks that enable Fanatics to drive successful execution against financial goals envisioned in the deal thesis
• Oversee and drive successful execution against M&A integration plans by tracking milestones, making key recommendations to stakeholders, and holding cross-functional teams accountable for the execution of deliverables
• Prepare a quarterly Integration KPI Dashboard to be shared with executive leadership across Fanatics’ and its subsidiaries 
• Influence business leadership to implement key recommended approaches and programs
• Step into Strategic Programs (when needed), driving key decisions with a focus on execution and on-time delivery 
• Ensure projects are set up for success by aligning on the project vision, establishing the governing body, and defining the project approach for successful project delivery 
• Support broader M&A team on ad hoc financial and industry analysis on a periodic basis

What We're Looking For:

• 10+ Years of M&A Integration experience, with at least 5 years of experience leading cross-functional M&A programs 
• Must have experience with ERP implementation / remediation 
• Experience across the entire M&A deal lifecycle (e.g., Due Diligence, Day 1 Planning, Post-Close Integration, Value Creation, etc.) 
• A deep and thorough understanding of M&A programs and ability to navigate across both the holding company and subsidiary leade