Director– Strategic M&A & Value Realisation

What you'll do

• Own and lead the People charter across global mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments
• Own the end-to-end integration and value delivery lifecycle for large acquisitions and strategic transactions
• Ensure acquisitions are assimilated fast, organizationally and culturally integrated, cost- and value-disciplined, and accretive to the core business
• Partner closely with SIG Finance and CHRO’s office before LOI to assess leadership quality, org structure, culture, workforce cost structures
• Shape integration hypotheses influencing valuation ceilings, retention vs redundancy strategies, and Day-1 operating model decisions
• Design and own end-to-end integration strategy across people, org, cost, systems, and culture
• Lead Day-1 / Day-30 / Day-90 / Year-1 integration plans
• Drive fast, decisive integration choices and escalate trade-offs when required
• Ensure integration momentum is sustained without prolonged disruption or fatigue
• Lead future-state org design and leadership mapping
• Make strategic calls on role redundancies, leadership transitions, and retention of critical talent
• Drive cultural assimilation focusing on decision speed, accountability, ownership, performance rigor
• Ensure acquired leaders and teams operate as one company, not parallel structures
• Architect and deliver robust synergies across workforce, leadership layers, vendors, platforms, infrastructure, and operating model simplification
• Partner with Finance to track real P&L and cash impact
• Embed cost discipline from Day-1 ensuring value is realized
• Hold integration teams accountable to committed vs realized value
• Act as trusted extension of CHRO in driving enterprise-wide change
• Partner closely with CEO, CFO, Business Heads, and SIG
• Provide transparent executive-level updates on value realized vs committed, integration risks, org and talent implications
• Ensure governance is tight, decisions documented, and trade-offs explicit
• Build and institutionalize M&A integration playbooks, trackers, and governance models
• Create repeatable frameworks that scale across multiple concurrent deals
• Ensure auditability and readiness for IPO-level scrutiny
• Codify learnings to continuously strengthen organization’s M&A capabilities

Requirements

• 12–18+ years of experience across People Strategy, M&A, Integration, or Consulting
• 4–7+ years in consulting or M&A advisory environments (Big 4, Aon, Mercer, WTW, or similar) strongly preferred
• Strong, hands-on experience with global acquisitions (US & EMEA mandatory)
• Demonstrated experience owning post-deal integration and value realisation
• Deep understanding of org design and workforce economics
• Deep understanding of rewards, cost structures, and compliance
• Deep understanding of change management in high-stakes environments
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and executive presence
• Ability to operate with high ambiguity, speed, and accountability
• Strategic thinker with a strong execution bias

Benefits