Senior Lead Specialist, HR M&A Due Diligence; Remote

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What You Will Do

As a Senior Lead Specialist, HR M&A Due Diligence in our global Medtech organization, you will play a critical role in evaluating and shaping the human capital aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. With a strong focus on HR-related financial due diligence analysis, you will assess labor cost structures, workforce liabilities, and people-related risks across complex, often international targets—contributing to data-driven decisions that enable business growth and innovation in the healthcare technology space.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Lead Specialist, HR M&A Due Diligence in our global Medtech organization, you will play a critical role in evaluating and shaping the human capital aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. With a strong focus on HR-related financial due diligence analysis, you will assess labor cost structures, workforce liabilities, and people-related risks across complex, often international targets—contributing to data-driven decisions that enable business growth and innovation in the healthcare technology space.

Additional responsibilities:

• Support the HR due diligence workstream in Medtech M&A transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and integration support
• Analyze HR financials risks such as:
• Executive change in control agreements, equity walk-away values, etc.
• Workforce cost structures (fixed vs. variable costs)
• Compensation and benefits programs (incl. bonus, equity, retirement, pension schemes, health and welfare, time off, severance plans, etc.)
• Global payroll data, FTE trends, and independent contractor spend
• Legal exposures (Change-in-control, severance, 280G risks, works councils, collective agreements, employment litigation)
• Headcount-related liabilities (e.g. accrued vacation, transaction related bonuses as well as accrual of annual bonuses, retention plans)
• Model financial impacts of integration plans, including cost synergies, restructuring expenses, and workforce transition scenarios
• Partner with cross-functional teams from HR, Corporate Finance, Legal, Compliance, and external advisors to support end-to-end M&A processes
• Provide HR finance input for integration plans, TSA agreements, and Day 1 readiness
• Prepare and present executive-level reports and risk assessments
• Contribute to the development of due diligence playbooks, process frameworks, and best practices specific to the medtech environment

What You Need

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Human Resources or related and 6 + years of work experience required OR 12+ years of total work experience will be considered in lieu of degree
• HR Controlling/Finance, M&A HR due diligence, corporate financial transactional service, or related experience

Preferred

• Experience with in the life sciences or medtech industry
• Deep understanding of global HR cost drivers, compliance risks, and compensation models
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; proficiency with HRIS and reporting tools (e.g., Workday, SAP Success Factors, Power BI)
• Fluent in English with the ability to work and write in another language

$87, salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Health benefits include:
Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program…