Senior Director, HR M&A Strategy & Integration

WTW; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

WTW is seeking a Senior Director to join our European HR M&A team within Integrated & Global Solutions in the Netherlands. Based in Amsterdam, you will lead complex, multi-country engagements and translate client requests into strategic, practical project work for senior stakeholders.

You will shape scopes, mobilise multidisciplinary teams across rewards, retirement, talent and organization, and drive delivery on time and in scope while growing client relationships and expanding WTW’s M&A

Qualifications

• Substantial consulting or corporate HR M&A experience.
• Strong knowledge across due diligence, carve-out, separation, Day 1 readiness and post-deal integration.
• Experience leading multi-country projects and cross-functional teams.
• Credibility with senior client stakeholders and ability to translate analysis into recommendations.
• Commercial experience in originating and selling consulting work, including proposals and pricing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to facilitate workshops.
• Collaborative leadership and ability to network across cultures.
• Willingness to travel within Europe.

Responsibilities

• Support relationships with senior stakeholders across Corporate Development, HR, Finance, Legal and integration or separation teams.
• Shape client needs into clear scopes of work, proposals, workplans and governance arrangements.
• Direct complex, multi-country engagements across the deal lifecycle, including M&A readiness, HR due diligence, people risk assessment, sign-to-close planning, Day 1 readiness, carve-out and stand-up, post-merger integration and benefits harmonisation.
• Identify material people risks, liabilities, costs, dependencies and value opportunities, ensuring conclusions are concise, evidence based and decision useful.
• Support the team who advise on the people implications of transaction structures, including employee transfers, standalone benefit arrangements, transition service dependencies and the design of sustainable future-state programmes.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary WTW teams across reward, retirement, health and benefits, talent, organisation, employee experience, change and communications, drawing on local country expertise where required.
• Support programme governance, senior stakeholder reporting, issue resolution, quality assurance, financial management and delivery against demanding transaction timetables.
• Share your expertise to develop client M&A capabilities through readiness assessments, playbooks, governance models, training and tailored workshops.
• Use WTW data, technology and analytical tools to improve the quality, consistency and speed of insight and decision-making.
• Identify and convert new business opportunities, expand existing relationships and connect clients with relevant capabilities across WTW.
• Contribute to market visibility through thought leadership, client events, conferences and the development of intellectual capital, methodologies and delivery standards.
• Coach project teams, share knowledge and help build a high-performing, inclusive and commercially focused European M&A community.

Skills

HR M&A experience

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Business development / proposals

Communication

English fluency

Job description

WTW is seeking a Senior Director to join our European HR M&A team within Integrated & Global Solutions in the Netherlands. Based in Amsterdam, you will lead complex, multi-country engagements and translate client requests into strategic, practical project work for senior stakeholders.

You will shape scopes, mobilise multidisciplinary teams across rewards, retirement, talent and organization, and drive delivery on time and in scope while growing client relationships and expanding WTW’s M&A