Senior Manager, HR M&A

Labcorp • Durham, NC

5d • $120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Labcorp is seeking a Senior Manager, HR M&A to join its Global HR M&A team. Reporting to the Sr. Director, HR M&A, this role leads HR workstreams for mergers and acquisitions from due diligence through integration. The Senior Manager partners with Division and Functional HR Business Partners, HR Centers of Excellence—including Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, and HR Operations/Workday—as well as Finance, Legal, and the deal team.

The role serves as the primary liaison between Labcorp HR and Seller HR. It develops an understanding of the seller’s HR, payroll, compensation, benefits, leave, and policy practices to assess risks and plan the transition of acquired employees to Labcorp’s plans, policies, pay practices, payroll, and job architecture. The position also supports negotiations, coordinates integration activities and employee communications, and tracks milestones, risks, and decisions through Day 1 and later integration deliverables.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of HR experience, including mergers and acquisitions experience.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in HR or a similar field.
• At least 4–5 years of project or program management experience.
• Hands-on experience leading HR integration of acquired employees, including benefits, payroll, and compensation transitions.
• Broad HR generalist knowledge and understanding of the complete employment lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of U.S. benefit plans, compensation structures, and job architecture or leveling.
• Experience working directly with seller or target-company HR teams.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, including the ability to build consensus on approaches to transitioning acquisition employees to Labcorp.
• Ability to build credibility and influence with Seller HR and leadership, often before close and without formal authority.
• Strong project management skills, including end-to-end thinking and the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines, ambiguous data, and shifting priorities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy, a hands-on mentality, and ability to influence in a global, matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of Workday and best practices for M&A activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in international HR and M&A.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR workstream for assigned M&A projects from due diligence through integration, coordinating with HRBPs and HR Centers of Excellence and identifying and reducing operational HR risks.
• Provide strategic HR consulting and thought leadership to shape people strategies for each deal and inform deal negotiations.
• Analyze target-company data to identify HR-related financial exposures, including compensation and benefits plan exposures.
• Review and provide input on purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, presentation materials, and employee communications.
• Build and manage detailed project plans for M&A transactions, coordinate HR COE activities to meet deal timelines, and manage multiple concurrent deals.
• Lead HR team meetings and HR diligence calls, develop the HR integration plan for the Integration Management Office, and own the HR plan and Day 1 and Day 30 deliverables.
• Contribute HR best practices and continuously improve M&A execution and integration processes using checklists, templates, and project management tools for domestic and international deals.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between Labcorp HR and Seller HR, building trusted relationships and managing information requests, data exchanges, and transition decisions.
• Lead discovery of seller HR, payroll, compensation, benefits, leave, and policy practices; document gaps against Labcorp practices and recommend transition approaches.
• Partner with Total Rewards, Compensation, and Payroll COEs to plan employee transitions to Labcorp benefit plans, pay practices, and payroll, including timing, transition service agreements, and bridge or harmonization strategies.
• Coordinate Workday data conversion, onboarding, and Day 1 readiness for acquired employees.
• Develop employee communications, FAQs, and manager toolkits with HRBPs, and support town halls and change management.
• Track integration milestones, risks, and decisions and report status to HR leadership and the Integration Management Office in partnership with the lead HRBP.

Benefits

• Annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus Plan, based on corporate and/or business segment performance and subject to individual performance modifiers.
• Comprehensive benefits for employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week, including medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k).
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO).
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

What This Job Offers

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