Senior Manager, HR M&A

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Labcorp is seeking a hybrid Senior Manager, HR M&A to join our team.

(Applicants who live within 35 miles of either the Burlington, NC or Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week and two days working remotely, supporting both collaboration and flexibility)

Key responsibilities

• Works with the designated HRBP lead on M&A team meetings and partners with Global HR organization and HR Centers of Excellence on due diligence and analysis. Ensures all HR efforts are coordinated, and operational HR risks are identified and addressed during due diligence and integration.
• Provides expertise, strategic consulting as well as thought leadership to help drive effective people strategies for each deal and influence deal negotiations accordingly.
• Analyzes target company data to identify key HR-related financial exposures in a due diligence context, including those related to compensation and benefits plans.
• Review and provide input on purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, presentation materials, employee communications.
• Build and manage detailed project management plans for M&A transactions, from diligence to integration, coordinating HR COE activities to meet deal timeline.
• Lead HR team meetings, serve as HR functional lead on diligence calls, develop HR integration plan for IMO team.
• Provide input on HR best practices on processes that will be utilized during all merger and/or acquisition initiatives, both domestic and international, continuously improving the deal execution and integration processes utilizing integration checklists, project templates, best practices and project management tools pertaining to HR.
• Serves as a liaison to ensure smooth integration of mergers and acquisitions into the organization, providing valuable insight on integration of HR processes and practices, including but not limited to organizational design, compensation and benefits.

Minimum Requirements

• 6 years of HR experience, including experience in mergers and acquisitions
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in HR or similar field
• 4 years of project/program management experience.

Additional Job Standards

• Broad HR generalist knowledge with understanding of complete employment lifecycle
• Experience in international HR and M&A a strong plus
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills with the ability to drive to consensus on creative approaches to solving unique challenges in transitioning acquisition employees to Labcorp.
• Ability to effectively work with various levels of management and leadership in both Labcorp and the seller’s organization.
• Strong project management skills, including demonstrated ability to think end-to-end and manage multiple projects simultaneously with tight deadlines, ambiguous data, and rapidly shifting priorities
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy, hands-on mentality, ability to influence in a global, matrixed environment
• Knowledge of Workday utilizing best practices for M&A activities
• Strong written and verbal communications; presentation skills.

This role is an integral part of the Global HR M&A team and will report to the Sr. Director HR M&A and will be a key HR resource for all mergers and acquisitions, working with the HR Business Partner leading the specific M&A effort. Leveraging strong HR operations and business partner experience, the individual will be responsible for successfully managing all HR related due diligence matters and integration.

This role functions as an HR mergers and acquisition SME and works in partnership with the HRBP for the business and is closely involved in project planning (pre and post-acquisition), partnering with members of the deal team to raise any due diligence HR compliance issues, HR COE leaders, Finance, Legal and other functions on aspects of the deal (from concept to integration). Serves a critical role in planning and managing M&A projects.

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please click here

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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