Director, People M&AActive$225K

Databricks
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The opportunity

While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

What you'll do

  • Strategic Deal Leadership & Due Diligence: Serve as the primary People executive on M&A deals. Drive holistic due diligence, organizational design alignment, retention strategies, deal risk mitigation, and employment law strategy globally.

  • Deal Execution & Post-Merger Integration: Design and execute comprehensive integration strategies across Culture, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, and Systems, balancing aggressive timeline targets with employee experience.

  • M&A Platform & Playbook Strategy: Architect and mature the enterprise People M&A Playbook, establishing standardized governance, automation roadmaps, and data-integrity frameworks with People Tech.

  • Executive Stakeholder Management: Partner closely with CorpDev, Legal, Finance, and Business Unit Leaders to present People diligence findings, synergy plans, and integration roadmaps.

  • Functional Governance & Cross-Functional Alignment: Lead cross-functional People workstreams (TA, Benefits, Total Rewards, Global Mobility, People Partners) to ensure seamless alignment, resource allocation, and program execution across deal phases.

  • + years of progressive HR/People Operations experience, with 8+ years focused: directly on leading end-to-end global M&A deals in high-growth tech environments.

What they're looking for

  • Proven track record of managing M&A programs across the full deal lifecycle:: Due Diligence, Deal Structuring, Day 1 readiness, and Post-Merger Integration.
  • Strong executive presence with demonstrated ability to influence: Founders/C-suite stakeholders, CorpDev leaders, and business executives.
  • Deep technical understanding of global People workflows, international: employment law, compensation architecture, and system integrations.
  • Strategic builder mindset capable of operating at high altitude while: maintaining rigor over deal execution and complex operational mechanics.