Acquisition Onboarding Manager
International Schools Partnership Limited
**ISP Acquisition Onboarding Manager (OBM)** **Reporting to:** Senior Acquisition Onboarding Manager **Location:** Remote, Brazil with travel to acquired schools within LATAM region as required **Purpose of the role** As an Acquisition Onboarding Manager (OBM) at ISP, you play a pivotal role in the successful integration of newly acquired schools into the ISP group, from completion through to a fully onboarded, compliant and operationally ready. This is a dynamic and hands\-on role that combines PMO discipline with hands\-on delivery execution. You will not only oversee the integration plan but also actively contribute to the completion of critical tasks, particularly in time\-sensitive areas such as Finance. You’ll be the central point of accountability for the onboarding timeline, progress tracking, risk mitigation, and issue resolution. **The OBM does not sit behind a dashboard reporting on other people’s progress; the OBM makes things happen.** Stepping in is a judgement call, not a default. You step in to unblock delivery, protect a milestone, or build capability in a school that does not yet have it – not to permanently absorb work that belongs to a function or a region, as it covers every function involved in bringing a school into ISP. You proactively business partner with the School Leadership team on one side, and the Regional, Divisional and Group functions on the other, facilitating both sides to work as one. You translate the group onboarding plan into something a school can deliver, and you translate the school’s reality back into decisions, escalations and support from the region and Group. You will be structured, credible with senior level stakeholders, comfortable challenging functions and regions, and capable of holding a complex plan together across multiple countries, languages and time zones – while remaining close enough to the detail to deliver it yourself when that is what the school needs. **Key Responsibilities** **Cross\-Functional Coordination \& Stakeholder Management:** * Act as the primary link between Group Business Development, regional leadership, and school teams, ensuring sharing of key information and objectives post\-acquisition. * Work with Group Heads of Function to ensure onboarding task lists are actionable, prioritised, and well understood by operational teams. * Facilitate interdepartmental collaboration to align on key tasks, timelines, and deliverables, encouraging open communication and timely issue resolution. * Support a culture of continual learning and sharing by facilitating knowledge transfer sessions and contributing to onboarding process refinement. **Regional Management \& Regional Support:** * Lead the development of customised onboarding project plans in monday.com for each school, ensuring alignment with ISP’s integration framework and timelines. * Guide regional and school teams in understanding their onboarding responsibilities and deliverables. * Monitor progress across all functional areas, identifying delays early, assessing risks and impacts and coordinating with stakeholders to implement corrective measures. * Provide practical assistance and support in completing assigned, time\-critical tasks where there are capacity or capability challenges. * Work closely with the Regional Managing Director \& Senior Onboarding Manager to prioritise resource allocation and manage project load to ensure timely delivery of all onboarding milestones. **Integration Planning \& Execution:** * Review Financial Investment Papers (FIPs), Sale \& Purchase Agreements (SPAs), core M\&A Due Diligences (DD’s) and other acquisition documentation to ensure critical obligations and timelines are captured in the onboarding plan. * Tailor integration task lists across departments including HR, Finance, Learning, Marketing, Technology, Legal, and Operations to reflect each school’s structure, priorities and dependencies. * Collaborate with other Onboarding Managers and Group Heads of Function to regularly review and improve the integration task library, embedding best practices and feedback from prior projects. International Schools Partnership \- General Document * Conduct regular status meetings to track progress, manage interdependencies, and ensure that regional and school teams are supported throughout the onboarding lifecycle. * Proactively escalate material risks and propose mitigation actions to ensure minimal disruption to school operations and the project timeline. **PMO tool (Monday.com) Administration \& Reporting:** * Maintain and update our project management tool, currently monday.com, on boards for all active projects, ensuring they reflect real\-time status, deadlines, and dependencies. * Provide guidance and training to regional and school staff on monday.com to support adoption and effective use, as well as project inclusion for all key stakeholders. * Develop and maintain real\-time dashboards and produce regular status reports and updates for regional l