Human Resource Global Merger and Acquisition Senior Project Manager

Human Resource Global Merger and Acquisition Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Manager, Human Resource (HR) Global Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) Project Manager in Capital One’s HR Business Risk Office, you will be responsible for supporting the end-to-end HR life cycle for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions. This includes project managing HR due diligence, planning and/or managing for integration, and executing all transaction / integration, risk-related and associate-oriented processes. The team works and collaborates with key HR functional subject matter experts and enterprise cross-functional deal or integration teams including Risk and Compliance. This role will have a global scope, supporting acquisition and/or integration activities across geographies and lines of businesses. If you are a self-starter, love problem solving, possess a high degree of judgment and enjoy working collaboratively on often highly ambiguous matters, this may be the role for you! 

The right candidate will possess a hybrid project/process management background with demonstrated experience managing simultaneous initiatives. Strong problem solving skills, integrative thinking, attention to detail, risk mindset and the ability to adapt to a dynamic environment are essential to succeeding in this role. Someone who thrives on working on high-profile projects and is able to effectively communicate and influence a wide range of HR, risk and business professionals to create and implement well-managed risk practices and innovative associate-related solutions at all levels will be well-suited for this role. 

The ideal candidate is a seasoned, highly motivated project management professional, with diverse experience across multiple HR functions as well as geographies. They have a passion for owning and driving process and operational improvement, excellent integrative thinking, prioritization and communication skills and a track record of thinking creatively to deliver people oriented innovations and mitigating potential risk to the Company. Additionally, building win-win partnerships with multiple business stakeholders as well as across HR, while adapting to and managing change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, are default essentials for this role. 

The Senior Manager Project Manager is primarily responsible for: 

• Support of HR due diligence and integration activities, including providing project management support on multiple concurrent acquisitions and other transactions

• Develop and manage project plans in a dynamic environment, including the tracking of progress against plans and communicating updates to the deal-specific HR and/or integration project teams

• Coordinate, execute and instill strong risk management practices throughout acquisition and integration lifecycle to identify, socialize and resolve key risks and issues to deliver a consistent and well-managed experience across the organization

• Work with HR project teams to conduct employee related data analysis (e.g. workforce / headcount, benefits, etc.) 

• Build relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure delivery of commitments

• Prepare and assemble employee schedules in purchase agreements following thorough data validation

• Manage the Offer Delivery processes and system integration for acquired associates

• Support and/or deliver cultural and logistical integration and onboarding activities for acquired associates

• Work with HR M&A Director to identify lessons learned and process improvements to support continuous improvement of HR M&A infrastructure and processes

• Support and/or own HR M&A capability building projects including development of resource and training materials for HR teams supporting deal or integration activities

Basic Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma, GED or equivalent certification

• At least 5 years of Project Management or Human Resources experience 

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