Job Title - HR Director, Strategy & M&A
Job Location - Morristown, New Jersey
Other Location - Portsmouth NH, Houston TX, Walkersville MD, or Vacaville CA
Duration:- 12 Months+
Notes from Intake call:
Please note the title does not call out that this role is from an HR perspective. Candidates must have experience leading HR teams through Merger, Acquisition, and/or Divestiture.
Ideal candidate will come from a consulting background preferably from a Big 4.
Role can be 100% remote, but candidates that are local to Morristown NJ, Portsmouth NH, Houston TX, Walkersville MD, or Vacaville CA are preferred to come into the office if needed.
This role is responsible for leading assigned HR M&A projects, providing end-to-end HR project ownership across acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, restructurings, and other strategic programs.
Working under the direction of the overall Head of HR M&A, the role owns the day-to-day delivery of assigned projects, coordinating HR functions, cross-functional stakeholders and external advisors from due diligence and planning through execution, integration, or separation.
The role provides HR expertise across people-related risks, workforce transition, employee experience, and HR implementation. It works closely with stakeholders across the business, ensuring alignment, effective execution and timely resolution of issues. The role may manage multiple projects concurrently, depending on business priorities and portfolio requirements.
Main accountabilities
- Independently own and deliver assigned HR M&A and corporate projects, from due diligence and planning through execution, integration or separation.
- Manage multiple projects concurrently, balancing priorities, resources, timelines, and dependencies.
- Develop and manage project plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, resources, and budgets.
- Coordinate HR functional teams and external advisors to ensure integrated and timely delivery.
- Lead HR due diligence and assess people-related risks, liabilities, costs, and workforce implications, escalating material issues as appropriate.
- Develop and execute HR integration, separation, or change plans, including workforce transition, HR services, HRIS, payroll, benefits, talent, communications, and employee experience.
- Partner with Corporate M&A, Strategy, Finance, Legal, IT, business management, and HR to align project delivery with broader business and transaction objectives.
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, facilitating alignment and driving resolution of complex issues.
- Support transaction activities including negotiations, TSA development, costings, and relevant documentation.
- Ensure appropriate management of labor law, regulatory, works council/union and employee communication requirements.
- Provide regular progress updates, risks, issues and recommendations to the overall HR M&A portfolio lead and relevant governance forums.
- Act as the day-to-day HR point of contact for assigned projects and escalate significant risks, issues and decisions to the overall HR M&A portfolio lead.
- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of HR M&A processes, standards and ways of working.
- Build and maintain project plans covering workforce transition strategy, communications, employee experience continuity, and regulatory compliance.
HR M&A experience, ideally gained in consulting, project driven environment and/or in-house with a multinational (mid-sized or larger) organization
Highly Experienced - 10+ years
Main accountabilities
• Independently own and deliver assigned HR M&A and corporate projects, from due diligence and planning through execution, integration, or separation.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently, balancing priorities, resources, timelines, and dependencies.
• Develop and manage project plans, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, resources, and budgets.
• Coordinate HR functional teams and external advisors to ensure integrated and timely delivery.
• Lead HR due diligence and assess people-related risks, liabilities, costs, and workforce implications, escalating material issues as appropriate.
• Develop and execute HR integration, separation, or change plans, including workforce transition, HR services, HRIS, payroll, benefits, talent, communications, and employee experience.
• Partner with Corporate M&A, Strategy, Finance, Legal, IT, business management, and HR to align project delivery with broader business and transaction objectives.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, facilitating alignment and driving resolution of complex issues.
• Support transaction activities including negotiations, TSA development, costings, and relevant documentation.
• Ensure appropriate management of labor law, regulatory, works council/union and employee communication requirements.
• Provide regular progress updates, risks, issues and recommendations to the overall HR M&A portfolio lead and relevant governance forums.
• Act as the day-to-day HR point of contact for assigned projects and escalate significant risks, issues, and decisions to the overall HR M&A portfolio lead.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of HR M&A processes, standards, and ways of working.
• Build and maintain project plans covering workforce transition strategy, communications, employee experience continuity, and regulatory compliance.
• Support negotiation and engagement with unions and works councils during restructuring, divestitures, or integration.
• Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
• Ability to translate deal strategy into HR execution plans.
• Analytical, financial acumen, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage discretion, judgment, and confidential information.
• Thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with multiple simultaneous projects.
• Vendor and advisor management skills.
• Ability to build credibility quickly with senior leadership, internal teams, and external parties.
• Strong conceptual skills and ability to package complex materials into a well-organized and succinct work product (PowerPoint)
• Global/international mindset and proven network management skills
• Commercial and strategic thinking
• Self-starter and fast learner with the experience to quickly establish relationships and be viewed as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert
• Highly honed planning and project management and execution capability.
• Expert at analysis (including MS Excel), reporting, presenting and facilitating
• Strong work ethic, resilience, time management skills and a positive attitude
Education:
Degree (required)* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
You bring a broad spectrum of knowledge to this position roles in the M&A HR space. You have exceptionally strong business acumen, the ability to develop trusting and authentic relationships, and you are experienced at guiding and leading multiple complex projects.
- Demonstrated depth of experience in HR, Total Rewards, HR Operations, M&A, Project Management and HR Systems
- Experience working independently and requiring little instruction on day-to-day work
- Proven project management and project execution experience in a cross-functional and international environment
- Must be able to perform successfully in a fast-paced, service-oriented environment and to navigate ambiguity, interpret rules and guidelines flexibly to enhance the business and in keeping with client’s values and culture
- Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization is essential
Good experience and understanding of managing complex reporting relationships and incorporating multiple cultures
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