Integration manager (M&A projects)

Kyivstar, extends the Business Development Office team with M&A Integration Manager position.

The M&A Integration Manager is pivotal to realizing value from acquisitions and has high visibility at the Executive level. This position is responsible for developing post-M&A integration strategy, planning integration activities, deploying plans, conducting regular integration team meetings, tracking progress, reporting results and documenting the lessons learned from the integration.

Main responsibilities:

• Plan and conduct the Integration Team meetings so that all functional integration leaders and their teams understand their roles, responsibilities and objectives during the transition period
• Brief the acquired management team and employees so that they understand the integration process and how it will impact them
• Escalate issues requiring senior-level input so they are resolved quickly and effectively
• Manage the interdependencies between functions so activities are prioritized and sequenced correctly

• Lead the process of synergies realizations — checking compliance with the business case, eliminating obstacles, finding new opportunities

• Evaluate the risks associated with an integration and mitigate them to the most reasonable extent possible
• Regularly communicate integration schedules and status to various levels of the organization, including to the Executive level
• Ensure compliance with all project processes and procedures
• Capture lessons learned and recommendations for future acquisitions

Main requirements:

• 5+ years experience working in project management with cross-functional groups (specific M&A integration experience is a plus)
• Strong interpersonal skills, team-oriented and proven experience building relationships
• Demonstrate business acumen by understanding end-to-end business processes
• Results driven, with a good eye for business, and the ability to create alignment across various stakeholders
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Strong personal integrity — high ethical standards and judgment
• Upper-intermediate level of English at least

Working at VEON demands a high standard of business ethics and adherence to our legal obligations, our values and our Code of Conduct and supporting compliance policies and procedures. Our pioneering spirit is embodied in our values to be customer obsessed, entrepreneurial, innovative, collaborative, and truthful. Being truthful requires us to act ethically, honestly, and with integrity.