M&A Integration Lead

Available Locations: Austin, TX OR New York, NY
Role Summary
As a Strategic M&A Integration Lead, you will manage overall integration efforts, ensuring all workstreams remain aligned with business decisions. You will act as a primary liaison between business owners and cross-functional teams, translating high-level strategy into operational reality for customers and vendors. Beyond managing the current deal, you will partner with functional leaders to codify best practices into a repeatable M&A playbook. We are seeking a proactive, intellectually curious leader who can drive accountability across the organization while maintaining a clear view of how individual tasks connect to the broader strategic "forest".
Role Responsibilities

• Drive Program Accountability: You will lead the overall integration program, establishing a cadence for status updates, tracking milestones, and ensuring all cross-functional leads are held accountable for their deliverables.
• Develop M&A Playbooks: You will partner with functional teams (GTM, Finance, People, etc.) to capture lessons learned and build a repeatable M&A integration playbook, ensuring the organization matures with every deal.
• Translate Strategy into Plans: You will convert complex business decisions into actionable, cross-functional support plans that protect customer and vendor stability throughout the integration process.
• Orchestrate Cross-Functional Alignment: You will facilitate regular synchronization meetings across cross-functional teams to identify dependencies and ensure no department operates in a vacuum.
• Synthesize Executive Reporting: You are responsible for distilling project updates from various workstreams into clear, strategic insights for C-suite stakeholders, highlighting risks and required decisions.

Role Requirements (Must-Have Skills)
Must-Have Skills

• You must have 5+ years of experience in M&A Integration, Strategic Operations, or Management Consulting.
• You possess a demonstrated ability to translate abstract strategy into detailed, cross-functional project plans that have successfully guided teams through change.
• You have a proven track record of driving alignment between teams to solve typical M&A friction points.
• You must exhibit high business acumen and critical thinking skills, specifically the ability to connect disparate "dots" across an organization.
• You are required to have expert-level soft skills and the ability to influence without formal authority to gain cross-functional buy-in.
• You must be curious and willing to "dig in" further to understand root causes rather than just managing a high-level status report.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience leading Quote to Cash (Q2C) or Procure to Pay (P2P) initiatives, especially during organizational transitions.
• A background in Computer Science or a technical field to speak the same language as business stakeholders.
• Experience in Change Management.
• Experience in cross-functional transformation initiatives

Compensation
Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.
For New York City based hires: Estimated annual salary of $137,000 - $167,000
Equity
This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare's equity plan.
Benefits
Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.
Health & Welfare Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave