HR M&A Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the people workstream for Payward's M&A initiatives, overseeing everything from initial diligence to closing and integration.

• Create and manage the PX due diligence questionnaire, which encompasses data requests, targeted inquiries, follow-ups, and in-depth workshops.

• Analyze extensive, low-structured data rooms filled with employment contracts, organizational information, compensation and equity documents, policies, and claims history utilizing AI and automation.

• Convert findings into prioritized risk indicators that are assessed against Payward's risk tolerance, accompanied by clear recommendations.

• Oversee the people-related aspects of deals, including compensation modeling, equity treatment, retention and earn-out structures, and deal-specific considerations.

• Partner with corporate development, legal, finance, and PX leadership; utilize subject-matter experts and support recommendations with data-driven insights.

• Serve as the PX program manager during post-signing integration, facilitating organizational design, leveling and compensation alignment, retention execution, and Day 1 readiness for personnel.

• Transform deal insights into reusable playbooks, DDQ templates, risk assessments, and automation processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in M&A-related people/HR diligence, integration, total rewards, or corporate development.

• Proven ownership of the people workstream on successfully completed deals.

• A history of managing multiple diligence processes simultaneously within strict timelines.

• Strong analytical skills; adept at modeling compensation, equity, dilution, retention costs, and integration expenditures.

• Experience with global/cross-border deals involving multi-jurisdictional and/or regulatory change-of-control employment considerations.

• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and automation for reviewing extensive document volumes.

• Capacity to make and articulate risk assessments with incomplete information.

• Ability to clearly communicate positions to executive stakeholders.

• Established credibility in negotiations with founders regarding compensation, equity, and retention frameworks.

• Strong instincts for confidentiality and comfort in managing live, undisclosed transactions.

• High level of agency in uncertain situations.

• Experience in crypto, fintech, or regulated financial services acquisitions is a plus.

• Background in integrating founder-led or early-stage teams is a plus.

• Experience in developing a diligence or integration playbook from the ground up is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus program

• Equity program

• Wellness allowance

• Medical insurance [US Only]

• Dental insurance [US Only]

• Vision insurance [US Only]

• 401(k) [US Only]

• Kraken product dogfooding after joining