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Location: Hartford, CT (Hybrid)
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (In-Office/Remote Combination)
 

Note: This position is based in Hartford, CT and requires regular onsite presence. This is not a remote role.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Corporate Development, M&A Integration plays a critical role in driving the organization's mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic growth initiatives. This individual will support multiple transactions simultaneously, partnering closely with business leaders and cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of transaction planning, separation, and integration activities.

Serving as a key member of the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Integration team, the Senior Manager will support due diligence, integration, and planning separation. This role is responsible for developing and managing value chain analyses, entanglement assessments, stranded cost analyses, one-time cost evaluations, service grids, and transition services agreements (TSAs) for both acquisitions and divestitures.

The ideal candidate combines strong M&A execution experience with strategic thinking, financial acumen, stakeholder management expertise, and the ability to drive results in a complex, matrixed environment.

Key Responsibilities

M&A Integration Transaction Execution

• Support multiple acquisition, divestiture, and strategic transaction initiatives concurrently.

• Partner with Corporate Development leadership to evaluate, plan, and execute complex M&A transactions.

• Support critical integration and separation planning activities to ensure smooth transitions and achievement of transaction objectives.

• Develop and maintain transaction workplans, timelines, milestones, risk logs, and governance structures.

• Identify and escalate key transaction risks and develop mitigation strategies.

• Review transaction documents and assess operational implications.

• Partner with Legal, Finance, Human Resources, IT, Operations, and external advisors to develop deal requirements.

• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Strategy, Operations, Technology, Human Resources, Procurement, and other business functions.

• Support executive-level discussions and communicate project status, risks, and recommendations.

Additional Responsibilities:

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Define and implement strategies that improve M&A processes, methodologies, tools, and governance.

• Develop new organizational resources, templates, and best practices to enhance transaction execution.

• Assess the operational impact of new products, services, and capabilities on future integrations.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen the M&A function and improve transaction outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, specialized training, and relevant professional experience.

• 7+ years of relevant work experience supporting projects across multiple stakeholders

• 5+ years of relevant work

• Experience managing cross-functional initiatives in a complex organizational environment.

• Strong executive communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree (MBA, Finance, Strategy, or related field).

• Experience within large, highly matrixed organizations.

• Experience supporting healthcare, insurance, financial services, or highly regulated industries.

• Project Management certification (PMP, Agile, or similar) preferred.

• Experience with integration management office (IMO) methodologies and M&A best practices.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$130,295.00 - $260,590.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will de