Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Manager

• CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with a multi-product portfolio that gives the ultimate advantage—domain dominance. The company's products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators
• border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly
• stay ahead of evolving threats.
• CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised a total of $1 billion in funding from leading investors, including 8VC, Accel
• Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle
• London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com .
• Role Overview:
• CHAOS Industries is an active acquirer
• the pace of that activity is only increasing. The M&A Integration Manager will own the work that begins the moment a deal signs by turning deal terms into an operating plan and tracking the success metrics associated with the transaction. This role required cross-functional process management between Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, HR, Engineering
• the acquired company's leadership team
• is accountable for making sure nothing that was negotiated in the deal gets lost, delayed
• misapplied during execution.
• This is a build role. You will design CHAOS' integration playbook, run it on live deals, and refine it over time

Responsibilities

• Own post-signing integration planning end to end: building and executing the concrete 30/60/100-day plan that turns deal terms into operational reality
• Serve as the primary point of continuity between the deal team and the business, ensuring integration commitments made during diligence and negotiation are actually delivered
• Stand up and run cross-functional integration workstreams spanning Finance, People, Legal, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain, Facilities, and more with clear owners, milestones, and escalation paths
• Track and report integration synergies, cost and revenue, against the assumptions used to justify the deal
• Identify and manage integration risk, including disputes over deal terms (working capital adjustments, compensation claims) that surface after close
• Manage post-close resolution of outstanding diligence findings, including contract renegotiation, open source issues, export controls analysis, and other potential areas of business risk
• Build and maintain the standard integration playbook, templates, and cadence so each subsequent deal executes faster and more effectively
• Minimum Requirements:
• 6+ years in M&A integration, corporate development, or a related PMO/transformation role, ideally with direct exposure to post-close execution
• Track record running multi-workstream plans across Finance, HR, Legal, IT, and other groups with hard deadlines and multiple stakeholders
• Comfort operating in ambiguity on time-sensitive deals, with the judgment to know when to escalate versus resolve
• Experience in defense and/or aerospace preferred but not required
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to brief executives concisely and hold leadership accountable to integration commitments
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent experience a plus
• Why CHAOS?
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits : 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 350 employees and counting across 5 global offices
• The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity
• benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
• Recruiting Agencies: CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach. Unsolicited submissions will not be reviewed or compensated.
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