Director, Human Resources Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures Integration

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Job Description:

 Director, Human Resources Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures Integration

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You Will Make in this Role:

As a Director, Human Resources Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures Integration, you will have a critical role in aligning HR processes, practices, and systems across the organization, particularly during periods of significant change, such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or new technology implementations. This role involves coordinating with various HR functions, Corporate Development, and numerous cross-functional Solventum teams managing integration projects, and ensuring smooth transitions to maintain organizational efficiency and employee satisfaction. This role is crucial in ensuring HR functions are seamlessly integrated, mobilizing cross-functional teams, promoting operational efficiency, delivering synergies aligned with the HR strategy, and ensuring a positive employee experience during periods of transition. The ideal candidate will bring deep mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures experience, along with exceptional relationship skills, program management experience, cross-functional coordination capabilities, experience with the integration of acquired entities, a sharp understanding of HR operating models, business process governance, and enterprise change management.

Here you will make an impact by:

• Program Leadership: Lead end-to-end HR workstreams specific to mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures integration planning and execution across HR and enabling functions.

• Mobilization & Planning: Develop and manage integration playbooks, day-one readiness plans, employee matters, and milestone-driven roadmaps for HR scope areas.

• Cross-Team Coordination: Lead cross-functional HR teams through comprehensive due diligence processes and support post-acquisition integration planning in partnership with the integration/transition management office. Partner with HR (CoEs, HRBPs), Legal, Communications, Finance/Tax, Commercial Operations, etc. along with external partners to ensure unified execution.

• Stakeholder Management: Align with Corporate Development, cross-functional leads, and HR to secure resourcing, priorities, and timelines. Build and maintain relationships with potential targets and key stakeholders (investment banks, consultants, etc,)

• Change Enablement: Align with broader enterprise change strategies to minimize disruption, ensure adoption, and maintain the employee and customer experience.

• Risk Management: Identify, track, and mitigate risks to operational continuity, data access, or service levels during integration.

• Value Realization: Work with Finance and HR leads (Total Rewards, HRBPs, etc.) to track and report and manage integration costs, and ROI.

• Prepare and assist with legal and transaction documents, such as employee matters, Works Council communication, employee communications, etc.

• Governance & Reporting: Establish governance frameworks, conduct integration readiness assessments, and facilitate Steering Committee updates. Ensure compliance with internal procedures throughout the deal process.