Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration

We are looking for a strategic, hands-on Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration to lead the human capital lifecycle for our deal pipeline.

In this high-impact individual contributor role, you will design and execute due diligence and post-merger integration strategies centered on talent, organisational design, compensation, and cultural alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• People Due Diligence & Risk Assessment: Lead HR and talent due diligence across target organisations, analysing organisational structures, total rewards programs, workforce demographics, employment contracts, and labour compliance risks.
• Talent & Cultural Assessment: Evaluate key talent retention risks, leadership team capabilities, organisational design, critical skills gaps, and cultural alignment to inform valuation, deal terms, and integration strategies.
• Cost & Synergy Modeling: Partner with Finance to analyse workforce cost structures, including compensation, benefits, harmonisation costs, retention packages, severance exposure, and synergy targets.
• Cross-Functional Integration Planning & Execution: Build and maintain scalable People M&A playbooks, defining key deliverables across HR, Legal, Finance, and IT for Day 1 readiness and First 100 Days goals.
• Employee Experience & Change Management: Partner with Internal Comms and Legal to design Day 1 announcement communications, offer letter rollouts, onboarding experiences, and executive town halls.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Experience: 7–10+ years in M&A HR and Talent strategy, People Integration, or M&A Human Capital consulting (Big 4 / strategic advisory), with end-to-end deal lifecycle management.
• Cross-Functional Expertise: Proven ability to drive joint workstreams with Legal, Finance/Payroll, IT, and HR functional leads without direct line management authority.
• Technical HR Acumen: Strong fluency in global/domestic employment law fundamentals, compensation/benefits harmonisation, equity compensation, and HRIS systems migrations.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Solid skills in workforce data modeling, salary/benefit side-by-side mapping, and workforce financial synthesis.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in California (excluding San Francisco Bay Area), Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington is between: $196,000-$270,000 USD