Manager, Corporate Development
Vistra · Singapore
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Purpose of the Role:
The Senior Associate is responsible for planning and executing seamless integration, separation and carve-out strategies, operating through a robust Integration Management Office (IMO). The role focuses on day-to-day delivery of complex, cross-functional programs to ensure deal objectives are achieved, value is realized, and disruption to the business is minimized across M&A transactions.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Integration, separation & carve-out delivery
- Design and execute end-to-end integration, separation and carve-out plans aligned to deal rationale and value drivers.
- Lead oversight of assigned workstreams through the Integration Management Office (IMO).
- Design and maintain detailed execution plans, including milestones, dependencies and critical path activities.
- Ensure business continuity and operational stability throughout transition periods with deal Sponsors.
- Support TSA design, execution and exit where applicable.
2. Stakeholder management
- Partner with senior stakeholders to drive delivery and resolve issues.
- Prepare and present IMO reporting for steering committees and executive forums.
- Proactively surface risks, issues and decision points with clear recommendations.
3. Governance, reporting & value tracking
- Own integration and separation reporting through the IMO, including progress, risks and financial impacts.
- Track synergies and value creation with the deal team.
- Develop and track one-off integration/separation costs.
4. Change management & communications
- Support change management and communications across integration and separation programs.
- Work with HR and leadership teams to support cultural integration, organizational design and workforce transitions.
5. Continuous Improvement:
- Capture lessons learned and feed into integration playbooks and IMO standards.
- Contribute to the development of tools, templates and best-practice IMO approaches.
Requirements:
To succeed in this role, you'll need:
- Relevant experience in M&A integration/separation, carve-outs, operational due diligence, business transformation, performance improvement, management consulting / strategy, PMO / programme delivery – gained in Big 4 / strategy consulting, transaction services, an in-house corporate development, IMO or transformation function, or a combination. Candidates with strong programme-delivery or transformation backgrounds and some M&A exposure are encouraged to apply.
- Experience operating effectively in complex, fast-paced environments and delivering integration updates to executive teams.
- Strong project management skills
- Strong communication skills, result-oriented and solution-oriented and able to bring about changes;
- Enthusiastic, proactive and self-starting;
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with “can do“ approach
- The ability to influence and drive geographically dispersed teams
- Must have proven ability to realign priorities rapidly to meet evolving business requirements.
Desirable
- Experience with TSAs and Day 1 / Day 100 planning.
- Experience tracking synergies and value realisation.
- Exposure to carve-out / separation, restructuring or operational transformation environments.
- Project or programme management qualifications.