M&A Project Lead

Cupertino, California, United States Corporate Functions

As a member of Apple’s People Team, you’ll help discover and develop our most meaningful resource: our people. Together, we’ll search the world to build our collective of hardworking visionaries and inventors. All the while, your efforts will maintain Apple as the most innovative company by striving to make us the most diverse — open to all people, all backgrounds, and all perspectives.

That’s just the beginning, because throughout Apple employees’ careers, you will continue to help them grow, supporting them in work and life. Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and you will accomplish great things!

Apple is hiring a People M&A Project Lead for our People M&A Team. This team is responsible for all People elements of Apple’s mergers and acquisitions, globally. This position is based onsite in Cupertino, CA.

• Manage the overall People project plan, guide the due diligence and analysis (particularly the talent evaluation with the acquiring organization), drives the People work streams for integration planning and execution.
• Provide a white glove experience to talent throughout the process.
• Partner with cross-functional specialists and leaders throughout the deal, from initiation to integration, with a particular attention to colleagues in the People function.
• Ensure that Apple delivers an unmatched experience for the new employees (and their families if relocating), including providing insight into life at Apple, clarity around the process and enthusiasm for what’s ahead.
• Partner with the Business (deal sponsor), Corporate Development, Integration and People team on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions as it relates to diligence, execution, integration planning, and onboarding.
• Project management of the compensation and offer process in partnership with Apple's Compensation partners and other key People partners.
• In certain domestic and international deals, along with People specialists from Talent Mobility, delivers a customized relocation evaluation experience, helping employees and families get to know Apple and the area and enabling them to commit to the relocation with confidence.

• Minimum of 7 years of People/Human Resources/Finance/Accounting/Business experience interacting with all levels including senior management.
• Experience in M&A with a company that generates annual sales exceeding $1 billion, or experience at a consulting firm leading M&A activities on behalf of clients.
• Strong project management skills and use of project management methodology, along with the ability to influence people and lead change.
• Exposure and knowledge of the due diligence processes and procedures used within the context of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and/or joint ventures, including applicable laws and regulations that can affect M&A decisions.
• Experience leading and working on complex cross-functional projects with multiple partners, including experience working internationally.
• Excellent presentation skills. Must be able to craft and deliver with ease compelling and informative presentations, to audiences large and small.
• Ease in analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• High customer attention and awareness that constantly seeks creative solutions with the highest standards of integrity to produce a set of positive experiences for the acquired employees.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Sociology, Finance, Accounting, Economics or other business-related field.
• Willingness to travel (including internationally) up to 40% of the time and often on extremely short notice.
• Willingness and flexibility to work within varying time zones, nights, weekends and off hours.

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations or similar area of study is preferred.
• Proven organizational skills and change management skills.
• Confident and composed…