Director, Mergers and Acquisitions Separations & Execution

Job Title:
Director, M&A Separations & Carve‑Out Execution (Remote role)

Duration: 6+ months contract (Possible Extension)

Pay rate: $120/- hourly on W2 with 0 PTO

Job Description:

The Director, M&A Separations & Execution is responsible for planning and executing complex divestitures, carve‑outs, asset sales and other portfolio transactions from initial planning through Day 1 and post-close separation
. The role translates transaction strategy into practical operating plans across business operations and corporate functions.

Working with Strategy & Corporate Development, Finance, Legal, IT, HR, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Commercial and other functional leaders, the Director will help shape and run the Separation Management Office (SMO), work closely with business leads to identify critical separation requirements, define interim operating models, establish and manage Transition Service Agreements (TSAs), prepare the organization for Day 1 and drive progress toward the intended end state.

This is a hands‑on individual contributor role with no direct reports, who will be working directly with the VP of Strategy & Corporate Development as part of our Separation Management Office.

. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable advising senior executives, facilitating cross‑functional meetings and workshops with a plurality of stakeholders, interacting with third parties managing a transaction’s master plan, anticipating and facilitating the resolution of cross functional dependencies, managing the overall deal governance and deliverables required to move a transaction forward.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead operational separation planning for divestitures, carve‑outs, asset sales and other portfolio transactions from pre‑sign through close and post‑close.
• Translate transaction strategy and deal requirements into integrated separation plans, work streams, milestones, dependencies and decision points.
• Conduct operational carve‑out assessments across business processes, technology, legal entities, people, regulatory requirements, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial operations.
• Identify separation complexity, stranded‑cost considerations, operational risks and resource requirements early enough to inform transaction decisions.
• Establish governance, decision rights, issue escalation processes and execution cadences appropriate to each transaction

Sell‑Side Transaction Execution

• Serve as an operational lead on sell‑side M&A transactions, partnering with Corporate Development, functional leaders, external advisors and transaction counter parties.
• Support operational diligence and buyer requests, including identification and resolution of separation dependencies.
• Translate deal terms and transaction assumptions into actionable operating requirements.
• Partner with Legal and Corporate Development on operational inputs to transaction documents, schedules and separation agreements.
• Lead sign‑to‑close readiness and coordinate execution priorities across functional work streams.

Day 1 & Separation Execution

• Develop and manage the overall SMO plan and deal timeline, oversee the development of functional separation plans by business teams covering signing, closing, Day 1 and the post‑close transition.
• Establish Day 1 readiness criteria, lead cross‑functional assessments and resolve material gaps.
• Oversee development of functional cutover plans and coordinate activities required to maintain operational continuity at close.
• Monitor post‑close execution and drive progress toward the defined end state.
• Create dashboards and executive reporting that clearly communicate progress, risks, dependencies and decisions.

Transition Service Agreements

• Lead the operational development and implementation of TSAs…