Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration

We are seeking 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 centred 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.

The annual base salary range for this position for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay area is between: $219,000-$301,000 USD

Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave).