About the Role
The People M&A Director serves as the program manager for overseeing complex interrelated HR projects and/or programs from initiation through delivery, to include due diligence and integration planning and execution for company mergers and acquisition (M&A). Represents the department internally and externally on complex integration matters, translating deal strategy to successful team and system integration.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- Prior M&A experience preferred.
- 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.
- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Skills
- Project management
- Program management
- Change management
- M&A integration
- Due diligence
- Financial acumen
- Critical thinking
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Communication
Work Type
- Fixed term contract
Experience Level
- Director
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources management
About the Company
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.
- Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper.
- We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible.
- Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
