Project Manager, People Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential fintech client seeking a Project Manager to lead People-focused mergers and acquisitions workstreams. This is a critical role supporting business growth through acquisition activity, requiring someone who can bring structure to complex, cross-functional projects and build repeatable processes at scale.

As part of the Total Rewards Strategy & Enablement function, you'll serve as the central coordination point for People workstreams throughout the M&A lifecycle—from diligence and planning through close and post-close integration. You'll partner with stakeholders across Total Rewards, People Operations, Recruiting, Legal, Finance, and Corporate Development to ensure seamless integration experiences.

Responsibilities

• Project manage People M&A workstreams from diligence and planning through close and post-close execution, including organizational alignment, employee data, onboarding, recruiting, and people program integration
• Serve as central coordination point across Total Rewards, People Partners, People Operations, People Systems, Recruiting, Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and Corporate Technology teams
• Align plans, dependencies, decisions, and accountability with transaction timelines to support deal execution
• Develop and execute integration and change-management plans that provide functional leads, acquired employees, and other affected audiences with timely information and support throughout each transaction stage
• Identify cross-functional dependencies, risks, and blockers early; coordinate resolution and escalate issues when needed to protect integration timelines and employee experience
• Establish feedback and support mechanisms for acquired employees, including surveys, office hours, and centralized support channels; use insights to improve integration plans and change-management approaches
• Build and improve M&A infrastructure including project plans, templates, checklists, playbooks, reporting, and retrospective documentation
• Build capability across People workstreams through documentation, cross-training, and shared practices that support more consistent future integrations
• Support other business-critical and transformational projects across Total Rewards and the People organization as needed

What We're Looking For

Required qualifications:

• 7+ years of project or program management experience at a global company, including 2+ years project managing workstreams within the M&A lifecycle (diligence, integration planning, close readiness, and post-close integration)
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from planning through execution and building repeatable program infrastructure such as integration playbooks, project-plan templates, readiness checklists, risk logs, or retrospective processes
• Track record of turning ambiguous problems into structured, repeatable programs in a scaling environment while improving and standardizing how work gets done
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to create executive updates, decision memos for stakeholders, and operator playbooks; can guide project teams through complex work in a direct, approachable, and inclusive manner
• Ability to manage senior cross-functional stakeholders across Total Rewards, People Partners, People Systems, Recruiting, Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance; strong judgment on when to build alignment, raise risks, and escalate
• Comfortable working with data and systems such as Workday and Greenhouse; uses data to clarify decisions, communicate recommendations, and define requirements with People Systems partners
• Focus on experience of acquired employees and operational teams, not only program artifacts
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt in fast-paced environments; works effectively independently and across teams, brings structure to complexity, and follows through on details

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with change management frameworks such as Prosci ADKAR Model and applying them to employee or operational change
• Project or program management certification or training such as PMP, Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable methodology

How We Work with You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our talent team will review your background and conduct an initial screening. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. We ask that you work exclusively through our team and not contact the client directly during the hiring process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on experience and qualifications.

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