Lead, HCM M&A Portfolio & Delivery

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Position Summary

The Lead, HCM M&A Portfolio & Delivery is responsible for leading HCM technology activities across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs from due diligence through implementation, Day 1 readiness, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations.

This role serves as the primary HCM Technology lead for M&A initiatives, partnering across HR, Payroll, HCM Technology, Architecture, Security, enterprise technology teams, and external partners. The Lead brings structure to complex transactions, identifies technology implications and risks early, develops the HCM delivery approach, and drives execution through successful completion.

This is a senior individual-contributor role that leads through influence and matrixed teams, with no direct people-management responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

M&A Due Diligence & Planning

• Lead HCM technology due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs.
• Assess impacts across core HCM, Workday, Payroll, Time & Attendance, Benefits, Talent, HR technologies, integrations, data, reporting, security, and downstream applications.
• Identify technology risks, dependencies, integration complexity, TSA requirements, and potential business-continuity impacts.
• Develop preliminary scope, ROM estimates, timelines, resource requirements, and delivery assumptions to support transaction planning and decisions.

HCM M&A Strategy & Delivery

• Develop the HCM technology strategy, roadmap, and delivery approach for each transaction in partnership with the HCM Architect and Solution Managers.
• Define Day 1, transitional, and target-state requirements across employee data, HCM platforms, payroll, integrations, access, and downstream systems.
• Lead HCM technology delivery from transaction initiation through implementation and stabilization.
• Maintain the integrated HCM delivery plan, including milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, resources, and financials.
• Coordinate delivery across internal teams, implementation partners, vendors, and managed-service providers.
• Drive decisions, resolve cross-functional dependencies, and escalate material risks with clear recommendations.

• The existing HCM M&A delivery framework includes integrated planning, Day 1 readiness, TSA planning and exit, cutover, stabilization, testing, and operational readiness.

Day 1 Readiness & Stabilization

• Drive HCM Day 1 readiness across data, integrations, payroll, security/access, testing, cutover, and operational support.
• Lead readiness reviews and coordinate HCM technology cutover activities.
• Ensure risks affecting employees, payroll, access, or continuity of HR services are identified and addressed.

• Oversee post-close stabilization and transition to steady-state support.

Portfolio, Governance & Stakeholder Leadership

• Maintain visibility to the M&A pipeline and associated HCM technology demand, capacity, and resource requirements.
• Represent HCM Technology in cross-functional M&A planning and governance forums.
• Provide concise executive-level reporting on scope, milestones, financials, readiness, risks, dependencies, and decisions.
• Lead across matrixed teams through influence, providing clarity and accountability in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Develop and continuously improve a repeatable HCM M&A playbook, including due-diligence assessments, estimation models, readiness criteria, delivery templates, and lessons learned.

• The current HCM M&A model is designed around a scalable delivery capability and includes Workday HCM, Payroll and Time, Benefits and Absence, integrations, data conversion, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Business, HR, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in HCM technology, enterprise applications, ERP, technology delivery, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional technology programs through matrixed teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise HCM ecosystems, including Workday, Payroll, integrations, identity/security, and downstream applications.
• Experience managing program scope, schedules, financials, risks, dependencies, testing, cutover, and operational readiness.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder-management, and executive-communication capabilities.

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