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About the Team
You’ll manage a small but mighty team of PMs and M&A experts.About the Role
This high-impact executive role will lead the global HR M&A function and drive the strategic integration success of critical People & Purpose (P&P) initiatives across the enterprise. On the M&A front, you will be the primary P&P representative on all mergers and acquisitions, influencing the people strategy across the entire acquisition lifecycle from pre-letter of intent (LOI) to integration. You will be responsible for facilitating organizational and cultural integration in partnership with senior HR Business Partners and executive leadership, ensuring that HR processes, policies, and systems are harmonized to maximize deal value and employee experience. You will create remarkable employee experiences in M&A transactions. You’ll have some of the highest levels of visibility to the CEO, CPO, HR Leadership team, and Workday’s executive team.
HR M&A Leadership
Executive Representation: Represent the HR function on all aspects of Mergers & Acquisitions, serving as the primary liaison between acquired Founders/CEOs, HR, Corporate Development, Finance, and Legal.
Cross Functional Alignment: Drive strong, trusted, cross-functional relationships with key stakeholders across various business groups (Compensation, Benefits, HR Business Partners, Recruiting, Site Experience, Onboarding & Enablement, HRIS, Stock Administration, Legal, Corp Dev, etc.) with respect to all M&A activities. Drive strong execution through direct team as well as across members of the team that are outside of the roles’ reporting chain. Own and manage full M&A integration plan in partnership with executive HRBP’s and other key HR stakeholders
Due Diligence & Deal Modeling: Partner with M&A Managers and Corp Dev during due diligence to provide executive-level recommendations on cultural diligence strategy, deal model assumptions, purchase agreement terms, and operational risks.
Integration Strategy: Design and lead the comprehensive HR integration roadmap, facilitating organizational design and cultural alignment alongside HRBPs and key stakeholders.
Risk Mitigation:
Research, recommend, and implement solutions to help us overcome the challenges associated with M+A integration. Develop and manage project plans, including the identification of resourcing needs.
Perform critical path analysis for transactions, developing robust action plans to mitigate risks and delivering high-stakes presentations to the executive team regarding deal objectives.
Leadership & Influence
Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of PMs, and M&A experts fostering a culture of excellence and strategic thinking.
C-Suite Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to the CPO and the broader executive team, providing data-driven insights.
Change Leadership: Drive sophisticated change management strategies across M&A activities to ensure behavior change is realized and measured.
Collaboration: Be seen as an expert internal collaborator to P&P and other organizations, driving the most efficient and effective partnerships to allow for minimal disruption to run-the-business activities.
About You
Qualifications:
Experience: 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in HR within a global, fast-paced technology environment.
M&A Expertise: Extensive experience leading HR M&A programs at scale, from due diligence through to full-scale integration.
Cross Functional Alignment: Proven ability to establish strong, trusted, cross-functional relationships up, down and across the organization and ability to drive execution both within and outside of their immediate team/reporting chain
Executive Presence: Superior communication skills with the ability to influence C-level leaders and navigate complex, matrixed environments with grace and authority.
Strategic Vision: Ability to see the "big picture" while ruthlessly prioritizing the most impactful work; you are comfortable with high levels of ambiguity and motivated by solving complex, multi-dimensional problems.
Data-Driven: A proven track record of using data and analytics to manage global portfolios, measure employee experience, and track the success of organizational transformations.
Change Mastery: Deep expertise in change management techniques and implementation for large-scale, global organizations.
Leadership Style: A "player-coach" who can dive deep into details when necessary while motivating and inspiring a high-performing, senior-level team.
Add scale: Can design and improve systems, practices, processes to deliver business results.
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
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