Sr Specialist M&A

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from United States The Lead, People M&A Integration is a senior individual contributor who helps shape and execute People Enablement strategy across the M&A lifecycle.

The role

translates transaction objectives into integrated plans, decision frameworks, governance routines, and coordinated execution across due diligence, integration planning, Day 1 readiness, change management, and post-close transition. This role serves as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to business and People Enablement leaders. It independently brings structure to complex work, identifies and escalates risks, drives cross-functional follow-through, and balances strategic guidance with hands-on delivery.

The Lead partners across People Enablement, Finance, IT, Legal, Operations, Payroll, and FP&A, and works with HR business partners to support the transition of acquired employees and the post-integration handoff. Success requires deep M&A or integration experience, strong business acumen, exceptional stakeholder management, disciplined program management, and the judgment to operate effectively in a fast-moving and confidential environment.

Key Responsibilities

M&A strategy, advisory, and lifecycle leadership • Act as a strategic advisor to leaders, connecting people-related integration decisions to transaction objectives, business priorities, employee outcomes, and organizational risk. • Provide subject matter expertise and practical guidance across due diligence, integration planning, Day 1 readiness, stabilization, and post-integration transition. • Anticipate business and stakeholder needs, develop proactive recommendations, and frame tradeoffs and decisions for senior leaders.

• Help build and scale the People M&A capability through repeatable standards, policies, playbooks, and operating practices. Due diligence and integration assessment • Lead or coordinate people, organizational, cultural, operational, and HR functional due diligence activities. • Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information to identify risks, opportunities, dependencies, costs, and integration considerations.

• Translate diligence findings into decision-ready insights, mitigation actions, integration requirements, and readiness plans. • Maintain confidentiality and apply sound judgment when handling sensitive transaction and employee information. Integration planning, governance, and execution • Develop and maintain integrated workplans, milestone trackers, decision logs, dependency maps, risk registers, and governance materials.

• Drive critical initiatives from concept through completion, coordinating multiple workstreams and deadlines without unnecessary process. • Facilitate governance and working sessions, document decisions, clarify ownership, and hold stakeholders accountable for follow-through. • Prepare executive summaries, status reports, dashboards, and recommendations that provide clear visibility into progress, decisions, risks, and outcomes.

Cross-functional stakeholder leadership • Serve as a bridge across People Enablement and enterprise partners, including the central M&A team, Legal, Finance, IT, Operations, Payroll, and FP&A. • Build trusted relationships, navigate competing priorities, resolve issues constructively, and escalate barriers when timing or outcomes are at risk. • Partner with HR business partners and functional owners to align integration activities and enable an effective transition and post-integration handoff.

• Communicate complex topics clearly with senior leaders, project teams, and partners at all levels. Employee experience and change management • Assess organizational and employee impacts and shape practical change, communication, onboarding, and transition strategies. • Champion a people-first experience while aligning acquired teams with company culture, values, policies, processes, and business objectives.

• Develop or coordinate employee-facing communications, leader materials, FAQs, readiness activities, and adoption plans. • Use empathy, resilience, and conflict-resolution

skills

to support stakeholders through ambiguity and change. Data, risk, compliance, and continuous improvement • Use data and insights to identify risk areas, support decisions, monitor outcomes, and improve execution quality. • Build compliance into integration planning by maintaining working knowledge of applicable company policies, processes, and legal requirements.

• Create and improve dashboards, templates, decision frameworks, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools that strengthen efficiency and visibility. • Capture lessons learned and convert transaction experience into scalable playbooks and best practices. Required qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Finance, or a related field.

• 4-7+ years of relevant experience, including direct experience in HR M&A, integration management, human capital consulting, HR transformation, or M&A program management. • Demonstrated success independently leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and time-sensitive deliverables. • Strong program and project management capability, including development of integrated plans, governance routines, decision frameworks, risk mitigation, and executive reporting.

• Ability to operate with limited supervision, exercise judgment, solve difficult problems, and move effectively between strategic priorities and detailed execution. • Exceptional stakeholder management, written communication, executive presentation, meeting facilitation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. • Strong business acumen and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders and translate business needs into practical people solutions.

• Integrity and discretion in handling confidential information and sensitive employee or transaction matters. Preferred qualifications • Deep working knowledge of HR M&A and integration across talent, payroll, compensation, benefits, employee relations, people operations, HR systems, employee communications, culture, and organizational design workstreams. • Experience in an Integration Management Office, Program Management Office, consulting environment, corporate strategy function, or a dedicated M&A integration team.

• Experience partnering with HR business partners and functional leaders to support employee transitions and post-integration handoffs. • Familiarity with change management methodologies, integration frameworks, compliance considerations, and risk mitigation practices. • Experience creating executive-level presentations, dashboards, governance materials, and decision-ready recommendations.

• Ability to leverage analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve decision-making, efficiency, and execution quality. This offer from "Anywhere Real Estate" has been enriched by Jobgether. com and got a 0% flex score.