Director, HR M&A Integration

• Leads the successful completion of major programs and projects, including managing due diligence and integration processes throughout the M&A life cycle
• Manages and leads integration and planning according to timelines, budget and quality standards. Works cross-functionally with other project stakeholders to ensure project dependencies are identified and communicated
• Serves as a subject matter expert through the diligence process, including assisting with framing diligence objectives and coordinating the reporting of diligence findings to leadership
• Proactively ensures program and project planning gaps or other risks are effectively identified and mitigated, escalating information and recommending issue resolution as appropriate. Monitors and supports teams to ensure a smooth and seamless transition post M&A
• Ensures appropriate consideration of any organizational impacts through the integration process, including management of integration implementation and data migration into company systems
• Leverages expertise to help leadership build and execute business and cultural integration plans as well as change management
• Aligns program roadmap strategically and financially to department and company goals. Collaborates with a cross-functional team to manage delivery and governance of the integration
• Creates strategic program timelines as well as detailed project plans
• assesses resource loading, dependencies, and milestones. Evaluates progress to timeline and budget and adjusts project resource allocation as needed from planning through execution
• Manages HR integration budget against pre-determined budgets

• Prior M&A experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree in human resources management
• Extensive HR experience
• Demonstrated mastery in the key principles of cross-functional project and program management (ex: time, quality, cost) as well as formal change management processes and methods (Prosci or similar approach)
• Proven track record of strong project management skills
• managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines without compromising quality
• Outstanding communication skills both oral and written essential. Executive presence
• Flexible work schedule
• M&A projects often involve tight timelines
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives on both strategic and tactical levels
• Exceptional financial acumen
• Ability to work with cross-functional business teams to identify fundamental business drivers and risks to those drivers, and translate them into modeling parameters
• Mastery of critical thinking skills with solid judgment and strong initiative
• Demonstrated expert leadership/influence and collaboration across multiple and diverse groups

Prior M&A experience preferred