Senior Director, HR M&A and Integration

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The Senior Director, HR M&A will act as the key HR point contact for M&A projects in collaboration with HRBPs, HR COEs and cross functional integrations leads on activities related to due diligence, strategy development, planning of HR sign-to-close and integration activities, and integration execution through Year
1. This role leads HR due diligence and integration efforts from pre-deal evaluation through post-close execution, identifying people-related risks and opportunities while partnering with Corporate Development, the Integration Management Office (IMO), executive leadership, HR Centers of Excellence, HR Business Partners, and business leaders to deliver business objectives, workforce priorities, and value realization goals. The Senior Director partners with key stakeholders to design and implement workforce, talent, and organization solutions that accelerate integration, strengthen organizational performance, enable business strategy execution, and support the successful achievement of transaction objectives through Year 1 and beyond.

This U.S.

-based position may be performed remotely or in a hybrid work arrangement, depending on location. Quarterly travel to our Conshohocken, PA office is required.

• Lead and coordinate end-to-end HR due diligence activities to identify workforce, organizational, leadership, cultural, and operational risks and opportunities associated with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions.
• Evaluate retention risks, compensation and benefits programs, HR operations, employee relations, and culture aspects.
• Develop and manage HR M&A diligence workplans, including governance requirements, risk assessments, decision milestones, deliverables, executive updates, and decision-support materials throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Provide strategic counsel to executive leadership on workforce-related risks, talent retention strategies, and integration readiness to enable informed decision-making and successful transaction outcomes.

• Lead the development and execution of HR integration strategies, workforce transition plans, and talent initiatives that support Day 1 readiness, business continuity, and value realization objectives.
• Partner with business leaders, HR stakeholders, and cross-functional integration teams to align workforce, talent, organizational and change priorities with transaction goals, operating model decisions, and integration milestones.
• Facilitate integration planning and workforce readiness sessions to identify critical dependencies, talent considerations, organizational impacts, key decisions, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Assess organizational, leadership, talent, workforce, process, and change readiness to support successful implementation and adoption of future-state operating models.
• Establish and monitor workforce readiness measures, integration milestones, talent outcomes, and people-related risks to ensure successful execution throughout the sign-to-close and post-close integration lifecycle.
• Drive alignment of talent, organizational design, workforce planning, and employee experience initiatives to support integration objectives, accelerate value capture, and enable long-term business success.

• Partner with business leaders, HR Business Partners, and key stakeholders to develop future-state structures that align talent, capabilities, decision-making, and resources with strategic business objectives and transaction goals.
• Partner with the HR Business Partners to identify organization design activities, including role clarity, accountability frameworks, spans and layers analysis, governance considerations, and operating model alignment to support business performance, scalability, and long-term growth.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to implement organization design, workforce strategy, talent, and change initiatives that enhance employee experience, strengthen organizational health, and enable successful business transformation.

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