A Day In The Life Of A Senior M&A And Partnership Integration Manager At Zillow Group
A senior M&A and Partnership Integration Manager's day varies greatly depending on the deal phase, from "heavy on the learning" during diligence to intense project management ensuring timely execution amidst competing priorities later on. This role requires a broad understanding of various business functions, acting as a connector across the organization while "constantly battling different competing priorities" to achieve successful integrations.
Project Management, Problem-Solving, Communication, Teamwork, Strategic Thinking
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Greyson Gardlik
Sr. M&A and Partnership Integration Manager
Zillow Group
University of Arizona
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Business Management & Admin, Entrepreneurship
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1. Every day is different, depending on the phase of a deal (diligence, execution, etc.).
2. The role involves a lot of project management, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration.
3. It requires understanding various business functions and working with subject matter experts across the organization.
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What does a day in the life of a senior M&A and partnership integration manager look like?
Every day is a little different. A lot of my work is broken down into different phases of a deal. Depending on where I'm at in an acquisition, the day might look a little different.
Early on in the diligence phase of a deal, it's heavy on learning, understanding, asking questions, evaluating, and then confirming strategy as we go further down the deal lifecycle. Later, it's a lot of project management in terms of understanding what needs to happen by certain deadlines.
This involves helping people resolve issues or roadblocks and driving execution. It's about making sure people are on track to execute certain deliverables by certain dates. Many deals have tight timelines and don't typically follow an annual review process or other typical business cadences developed within larger corporations.
So, you have to be a little scrappy at times and figure out how to get things across the finish line, constantly battling different competing priorities. There are also times when I'm actually building out materials, working through issues hand in hand with subject matter experts to help guide them to the right answer.
The one consistent thing is that I am constantly connected with many different parts of the organization and what's going on in everybody's world. I have to know everything across how a business works and what that means for the deal.
I like to think I'm pretty good at understanding every function of a business, but not in the weeds as much as someone whose day-to-day job is in a specific department, like finance or tax, and who is a subject matter expert.
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