Director, M&A People Strategy & Integration

The role

This individual contributor will lead the human capital lifecycle for the deal pipeline. You will design and execute due diligence and post-merger integration strategies regarding talent, organizational design, compensation, and cultural alignment.

What you will do

• Lead HR and talent due diligence across target organizations.
• Evaluate talent retention risks, leadership capabilities, and cultural alignment.
• Partner with Finance to analyze workforce cost structures and synergy targets.
• Build and maintain scalable People M&A playbooks.
• Partner with Legal to manage employment contract transfers and compliance.
• Collaborate with TD&I and People Ops to manage HRIS migrations and payroll cutovers.
• Partner with Total Rewards to design benefit maps and compensation alignment.
• Partner with Internal Comms and Legal to design Day 1 communications and onboarding.
• Track and support key talent post-close to minimize attrition.
• Project-manage strategic initiatives across the Total Rewards organization during low deal volume periods.

Required qualifications

• 7–10+ years in M&A HR and Talent strategy, People Integration, or M&A Human Capital consulting (Big 4 / strategic advisory).
• End-to-end deal lifecycle management.
• Ability to drive joint workstreams with Legal, Finance/Payroll, IT, and HR functional leads without direct line management authority.
• Fluency in global/domestic employment law fundamentals, compensation/benefits harmonization, equity compensation, and HRIS systems migrations.
• Skills in workforce data modeling, salary/benefit side-by-side mapping, and workforce financial synthesis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.

Nice to have

• Master's degree
• SPHR/SHRM-SCP certification

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Flexible spending account
• Paid leave
• PTO
• Parental leave

About the company

Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. The company has over 20 offices worldwide.