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Senior M&A Integration Manager

Motorola Solutions · Chicago, IL

Posted Aug 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Behavioral

Walk me through a post-merger integration you led from Day 1 through the 100-day plan. What was your specific role versus the deal team's?

whether the candidate has actually owned end-to-end PMI execution versus just supporting it

Tell me about a time a synergy target you were tracking wasn't going to be met. How did you handle reporting that up to the CFO or senior leadership?

comfort with delivering bad news to executives and rigor in synergy tracking under scrutiny

Describe a situation where Sales, HR, IT, and Supply Chain all had different priorities during an integration. How did you get them to a single roadmap?

cross-functional consensus-building skill in a matrixed, non-authority environment

Tell me about a time you had to manage integration for a business outside your core industry background. What did you do to get up to speed fast?

adaptability given the posting's openness to non-supply-chain backgrounds if PMI skill is strong

Tell me about a time you had to influence a senior stakeholder who disagreed with your integration approach. What did you do?

executive presence and ability to hold ground diplomatically with people more senior

Technical

How do you build a financial model that connects an operational milestone, like consolidating a warehouse or renegotiating a supplier contract, to actual P&L impact?

whether they can genuinely translate ops work into revenue, working capital, or ROI language finance will trust

What does a good executive dashboard for integration status look like to you, and what have you learned from a dashboard that didn't work?

experience building repeatable reporting mechanisms rather than one-off status decks

Walk me through how you'd structure a Day 1 readiness plan for an international acquisition with both hardware and software product lines.

depth of hands-on Day 1 planning experience across complex, multi-line-of-business deals

What integration or synergy tracking tools have you actually used day to day, and what were their limits?

hands-on tool fluency versus theoretical familiarity with PMI methodology

Situational

Say you inherit an acquisition where supply chain and procurement systems are completely incompatible with MSI's, and the TSA runs out in 90 days. How would you sequence the exit plan?

practical grasp of TSA exit mechanics and prioritization under a hard deadline

If you were asked to build an integration playbook and a center of excellence from scratch while also actively integrating a live deal, how would you split your time?

ability to balance immediate execution against longer-term process building, which the role explicitly demands

How would you approach expanding your integration scope from supply chain into IT integration, an area you may not have owned directly before?

willingness and capability to grow into the stated future scope of the role

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The full job description

As published by Motorola Solutions.

Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview Supply Chain M&A Department The Supply Chain M&A Department drives growth and operational continuity by managing end-to-end supply chain strategy across mergers and acquisitions. We lead comprehensive due diligence to identify synergies and manage risks, while executing seamless integration strategies across procurement, logistics, and operations to ensure the full value of every deal is realized. Central to our mission is supporting newly acquired team members—delivering a welcoming, structured transition that helps them acclimate quickly to MSI’s culture, systems, and operations. Job Description The successful candidate will take primary accountability for post-signing integration planning and execution, allowing the team to flex bandwidth between diligence and integration as deal flow requires. Given our unique alignment under the CFO, this individual will bridge the gap between operational supply chain execution and hard financial metrics, ensuring all acquired businesses successfully scale to meet our Vision 2030 goals. Key Responsibilities • Integration Strategy & Execution: Lead end-to-end post-signing integration activities, designing and executing Day 1 readiness plans, 100-day integration roadmaps, and TSA exit strategies. • Financial Modeling & Synergy Tracking: Partner closely with Corp Dev and FP&A to build models for ROI, operating costs, and capital investments.  • Post-Merger Value Realization: Rigorously track and report on synergy commitments to withstand executive and CFO scrutiny while driving committed business outcomes. • Executive Reporting: Establish robust, comprehensive, and repeatable status updates, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms for the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and broader business units. • Cross-Functional Consensus: Drive alignment, operational prioritization, and change management across cross-functional integration teams, including Go-To-Market (GTM), Sales, Product, HR, IT, and Supply Chain. • Portfolio Scaling: Initially manage integration within the Supply Chain and Business Operations ecosystem (including, but not limited to hardware, software, and services across international and domestic targets), with the explicit expectation to expand scope into IT integration over time. • Execution & Strategy Mix : Address the integration backlog while developing and implementing an integration playbook and center of excellence and planning and executing the integration of new acquisitions. Experience: • Proven track record of leading corporate post-merger integrations (PMI) either within a corporate environment or through a top-tier management consulting firm. • Practical, hands-on experience managing complex M&A integration lifecycles (Day 1, 100-day plans, synergy capturing). • Demonstrated experience in supply chain/operations, though diverse industry backgrounds (e.g., tech, industrial, consumer, healthcare, financial services) will be considered if accompanied by strong PMI mastery. Skills & Capabilities: • Strong financial acumen with the ability to translate operational milestones into P&L impact (revenue retention, working capital, ROI). • Expert-level project management capabilities, including utilization of modern integration and synergy tracking tools. • Outstanding communication skills, with a verified ability to comfortably present to and influence executive stakeholders, targets, and cross-functional peers. • Availability: Preferred to onboard immediately Education: • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related technical field. • An MBA or advanced degree  in Business is highly preferred. Target Base Salary Range: $120,300  - $186,300  Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.   #LI-MM4 #LI-HYBRID Basic Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related technical field. • 5+ years of experience. Travel Requirements Under 10% Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan Yes Our U.S. Benefits include: • Incentive Bonus Plans • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits • 401K with Company Match • 10 Paid Holidays • Generous Paid Time Off Packages • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Paid Parental & Family Leave • and more! EEO Statement Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.  We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this  Reasonable Accommodations Form  so we can assist you.

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