People M&A Project Lead

Apple • Cupertino, CA

4h

About The Position

As a member of Apple’s People Team, you’ll help discover and develop our most meaningful resource: our people. Together, we’ll search the world to build our collective of hardworking visionaries and inventors. All the while, your efforts will maintain Apple as the most innovative company by striving to make us the most diverse — open to all people, all backgrounds, and all perspectives. That’s just the beginning, because throughout Apple employees’ careers, you will continue to help them grow, supporting them in work and life. Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and you will accomplish great things! Apple is hiring a People M&A Project Lead for our People M&A Team. This team is responsible for all People elements of Apple’s mergers and acquisitions, globally.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of People/Human Resources/Finance/Accounting/Business experience interacting with all levels including senior management.
• Experience in M&A with a company that generates annual sales exceeding $1 billion, or experience at a consulting firm leading M&A activities on behalf of clients.
• Strong project management skills and use of project management methodology.
• Ability to influence people and lead change.
• Exposure and knowledge of the due diligence processes and procedures used within the context of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and/or joint ventures, including applicable laws and regulations that can affect M&A decisions.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ease in analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• High customer attention and awareness that constantly seeks creative solutions with the highest standards of integrity to produce a set of positive experiences for the acquired employees.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Sociology, Finance, Accounting, Economics or other business-related field.
• Willingness to travel (including internationally) up to 40% of the time and often on extremely short notice.
• Willingness and flexibility to work within varying time zones, nights, weekends and off hours.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations or similar area of study is preferred.
• Proven organizational skills and change management skills.
• Confident and composed with senior executives both at Apple and at target companies.
• Ability to remain composed given aggressive timelines and a high volume of activities throughout deal process.
• Ability to balance objective and subjective.
• Ability to combine strategic thinking, strong operational execution with solid attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all People elements of Apple’s mergers and acquisitions, globally.
• Lead and work on complex cross-functional projects with multiple partners, including experience working internationally.
• Craft and deliver compelling and informative presentations to audiences large and small.
• Analyze and report data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Ensure acquired employees are well-cared for, concerns are heard, and issues are resolved collaboratively.
• Combine clear business sense with compassion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior