Global People & Culture M&A Project Lead

WebHosting; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Megaport is seeking a Senior Operations professional to lead end-to-end People & Culture integration for acquisitions. The role focuses on pre-deal planning, Day 1 readiness, and seamless integration of new colleagues, systems, and processes across global teams.

You will collaborate with People & Culture, Legal, Finance and IT to ensure milestones are met and change management is effective. The position is hybrid in Australia with exposure to international projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery of people integration for Megaport's acquisitions.
• Pre-acquisition planning: support HR due diligence and translate risks into actionable integration plans.
• Day 1 Readiness: coordinate readiness ahead of acquisition completion, addressing payroll, systems and requirements.
• Drive the delivery of people integration across multiple jurisdictions with milestones and deliverables.
• Develop and manage integration project plans with timelines, milestones, dependencies and responsibilities.
• Coordinate onboarding, employment documents, employee data, payroll and HR systems and change management policies.
• Work with stakeholders to collect, validate and migrate employee information.
• Proactively identify and manage project risks, issues and dependencies with practical solutions.
• Prepare project updates and progress reports for People & Culture leadership.
• Support post-integration reviews, capturing lessons learned and opportunities to improve processes.
• Develop standardised M&A people integration frameworks, templates and checklists.

Job description

Megaport is seeking a Senior Operations professional to lead end-to-end People & Culture integration for acquisitions. The role focuses on pre-deal planning, Day 1 readiness, and seamless integration of new colleagues, systems, and processes across global teams.

You will collaborate with People & Culture, Legal, Finance and IT to ensure milestones are met and change management is effective. The position is hybrid in Australia with exposure to international projects.