Head of Integrations

🚀 Head of Integration

PE-backed Buy & Build | Aerospace & Defence | Build it from scratch

We’re supporting a PE-backed aerospace & defence manufacturing platform who have the ambition and a plan to deliver 20–30 acquisitions over the next five years.

They're looking for a Head of Integration to stand up the Integration Management Office from zero and lead integration, programme delivery, and value creation across the group.

🔍 The opportunity

• Build the IMO & PMO from scratch — no legacy frameworks, no constraints
• Board-level exposure from day one (reporting to CEO/MD & PE sponsor)
• Own integration across every acquisition — strategy through to execution
• Equity upside tied to value creation
• A clear path toward Group COO / Transformation leadership

🧩 What you’ll be doing

• Designing and running the integration playbook, governance, and delivery model
• Leading multiple concurrent integrations (Day 1 → full value realisation)
• Owning the group-wide PMO across IT, ERP, operations, quality, and more
• Driving post-acquisition value creation, not just “integration completion”
• Building cross-group capability and commercial leverage
• Acting as the connector across functions, sites, and leadership teams

✅ What we’re looking for

• Proven experience delivering post-merger integration at pace
• Ideally experience building or shaping an IMO/PMO
• Background in a regulated, complex environment (A&D, automotive, precision manufacturing, etc.)
• Someone who can operate across boardroom to shop floor
• Commercial instinct — you link integration to real value
• Operating in a PE buy and build environment

💡 The kind of person who’ll thrive here

• You’ve been doing this role already… just without the title or ownership
• You bring rigour without bureaucracy
• You know integration is as much about people and culture as it is about process
• You want to build something meaningful — and share in its success

The client have set aside a strong package including significant equity upside.

For more information please get in touch with your most recent CV.