Director, M&A Integration

Job Description

Job Description

Director of M&A Integration – Alliance Technical Group

Overview

Alliance Technical Group is a leading environmental services platform backed by Blackstone, focused on onsite testing and monitoring, laboratory testing, and environmental compliance services. The company has grown rapidly through both organic expansion and acquisitions and is continuing to scale its national footprint and service-line depth.

To support this growth, we are seeking a Director of M&A Integration to lead post-acquisition integration efforts across a diverse portfolio of environmental and technical service businesses. This role is critical to ensuring that acquired companies are successfully integrated into Alliance’s operating model, with a focus on driving revenue growth, improving utilization, aligning incentive structures, and delivering measurable EBITDA and cash flow value.

This is a high-impact role operating at the center of Alliance’s M&A strategy, with direct visibility to executive leadership and private equity stakeholders.

The Role

Lead Post-Acquisition Integration Across a Distributed North American Platform

• Serve as the “face” of Alliance and the Integration; build trusted relationships with operational leads and employees

• Oversee integration of acquired environmental service businesses across multiple geographies and service lines, including stack testing, continuous emissions monitoring, fugitive emissions monitoring, laboratory testing, and environmental compliance services.

• Align acquisitions to Alliance’s operating cadence, reporting structure, compliance framework, and safety standards.

• Standardize integration execution while maintaining flexibility for local market dynamics and customer relationships.

Partner Early in the Deal Lifecycle

• Work alongside corporate development, operational and departmental leaders during diligence to identify integration risks, value creation opportunities, and cost to achieve.

• Develop clear, actionable integration plans that prioritize value creation, speed of execution, and minimize disruption to operations.

• Establish Day 1 and Day 90 priorities tied directly to financial and operational metrics.

Drive Value Creation and Operational Discipline

• Own end-to-end value creation from each acquisition, ensuring the investment thesis translates into measurable financial and operational performance.

• Lead realization of key value levers, including cross-sell expansion, improvement in field utilization, pricing discipline and margin expansion, and cost structure optimization.

• Implement KPI dashboards and reporting cadence tied to EBITDA, free cash flow, backlog, utilization, and revenue growth.

• Establish clear accountability across functional leaders to deliver integration milestones and value creation targets.

• Conduct structured post-integration reviews to evaluate performance against the deal thesis and refine the integration playbook.

Operational Integration Across Functions

• Coordinate integration across finance, HR, IT, legal, compliance, and operations with a strong bias toward execution.

• Ensure rapid alignment of financial reporting, compensation structures, CRM and project systems, and safety processes.

• Eliminate redundancies and drive consistency without slowing field operations.

• Align on technology strategy (e.g., system consolidation opportunities, sequencing of platform migrations) to support long-term operating model.

Culture, Retention, and Change Management

• Lead cultural integration with a pragmatic, operator-first mindset while preserving what works.

• Identify and retain key talent, particularly field leadership and technical experts.

• Identify opportunities for structural decisions on reporting lines and role rationalization.

• Drive clear communication to reduce disruption and maintain productivity through transition.

Executive and Investor Reporting

• Provide regular, data-driven updates to executive leadership and private equity sponsors.

• Highlight risks, integration gaps, and underperformance early with corrective actions.

• Support Board-level reporting on integration progress and value creation outcomes.

Bonus Program This role is eligible for a performance‑ and value‑creation‑based bonus program. High‑impact contributors can earn bonus compensation exceeding 50% of base salary , depending on achievement against defined performance metrics and demonstrated value creation for the organization. Bonus payouts are discretionary and reflect individual results, team outcomes, and overall company performance.

Candidate Profile

Experience

• 7–12+ years of experience in M&A integration, operations, consulting, or corporate development within a PE-backed or acquisitive environment.

• Proven track record integrating middle-market service businesses, ideally within environmental or industrial services.

• Demonstrated ability to translate acquisition theses into measurable financial and operational outcomes.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong financial acumen with direct linkage between integration actions and EBITDA and cash flow performance.

• Operational mindset with comfort in field-driven, utilization-based businesses.

• Ability to drive accountability across decentralized teams.

• Exceptional project management and execution discipline.

• Direct communication style with comfort engaging senior leadership and private equity stakeholders.

• High resilience and bias for action in fast-paced environments.

Education

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or equivalent preferred.

Technical / Systems Exposure

Experience with integration dashboards, KPI tracking, and financial modeling. Familiarity with CRM, ERP, and field service management systems is preferred.

Why This Role?

• Direct ownership of value creation across a high-volume M&A program.

• High visibility to executive leadership and private equity sponsors.

• Opportunity to shape and institutionalize the integration playbook as the company scales.

• Operate in a pragmatic, execution-focused culture focused on results.

• Play a central role in building a leading environmental services platform with strong market tailwinds.

Employee Benefits:

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
401(K) Plan with Competitive Match
Continuing Education and Tuition Assistance
Employer-Sponsored Disability Benefits
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays, & Bonus Floating Holiday (if hired after July 1st)
Profit Sharing or Individual Bonus Programs
Referral Program
Per Diem & Paid Travel
Employee Discount Hub

Alliance Technical Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or
other legally protected status.