Director, M&A Transaction Advisory

Are you ready to make an impact? Our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice is seeking a Director to join our rapidly growing team. In this leadership role, you will advise corporate and private equity clients throughout the transaction lifecycle, helping organizations navigate complex mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, and transformations to accelerate value creation. Directors within our M&A practice serve as trusted advisors to executive stakeholders, bringing a strategic perspective across operating models, organizational design, functional transformation, technology enablement, and integration execution. This role combines client delivery leadership, business development, and practice building within one of the firm’s fastest-growing practices. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our M&A business — driving market growth, developing client relationships, mentoring teams, and evolving our advisory capabilities across due diligence, synergy realization, integration management, and separation planning. Our M&A team includes a variety of seasoned, expert, and award-winning professionals who bring deep industry and functional expertise to every engagement. Directors in our Mergers & Acquisitions practice have these primary responsibilities: • Serve as a senior advisor to corporate and private equity clients across the transaction lifecycle, including diligence, integration, carve-out, and value creation initiatives • Lead complex M&A engagements while building trusted relationships with C-suite executives, investment professionals, and functional business leaders • Advise clients on strategic and operational implications of transactions, including operating model design, organizational alignment, functional transformation, and technology enablement • Oversee transaction advisory teams in conducting operational and functional assessments, identifying risks, opportunities, synergies, and value creation levers • Guide clients through post-merger integration and separation planning efforts, including governance structures, Day 1 readiness, and execution management • Partner with clients to define future-state operating models and transformation roadmaps aligned to investment objectives and business strategy • Drive engagement quality, delivery excellence, and executive-level communications across multiple concurrent engagements • Lead business development efforts including originating opportunities, developing proposals, expanding existing accounts, and cultivating strategic relationships across the M&A ecosystem • Collaborate across West Monroe practices to bring integrated solutions to clients spanning strategy, operations, technology, people, and data • Drive the evolution of West Monroe’s M&A methodologies, thought leadership, and go-to-market offerings • Leverage AI tools and emerging technologies to accelerate analysis, synthesize complex information, and support data-driven client recommendations while applying sound judgment and critical thinking • Mentor and develop consultants and practice leaders, fostering a high-performance and collaborative team culture • Actively participate in recruiting, coaching, and retaining top consulting talent • Contribute to practice operations, market positioning, and long-term growth strategy Qualifications • Minimum of 12+ years of experience in consulting, transaction advisory, corporate strategy, or M&A-related roles • Minimum of 7+ years leading complex client engagements and managing cross-functional teams • Demonstrated experience advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, integrations, and/or value creation initiatives • Strong understanding of M&A strategy, operating model transformation, organizational change, and transaction execution • Experience working with private equity firms and/or corporate development organizations • Proven ability to build and maintain executive-level client relationships and drive business development activities • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across functional and technology workstreams • Strong executive communication, facilitation, and presentation skills • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities • Experience integrating AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) into day-to-day workflows to enhance productivity and insight generation, coupled with strong critical thinking to assess accuracy, mitigate bias, and ensure high-quality outputs • Ability to travel approximately 25–50% • A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives Based on pay transparency guidelines, a reasonable expectation for the salary range for this role is listed below. Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity. Employees in proximity of our Seattle, Washington DC, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco offices will have a geographic premium applied to this salary scale. Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date. National $200,000—$275,000 USD Other consultancies talk at you. At West Monroe, we work with you. We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions. The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come. At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next. You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact. West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer  We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to [email protected]. Please review our current policy regarding use of generative artificial intelligence during the application process. If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.