Director M&A Separation & Carve-Out Execution

Rose International; Deerfield (IL); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Rose International is seeking a seasoned M&A Separation Strategy & Planning lead to drive operational carve-outs from pre-sign to close and Day 1 readiness across global functions. You will translate deal strategy into integrated separation plans, governance cadences and executable workstreams.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional separation programs, developing TSAs and interim operating models, and communicating progress to senior executives.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, operations or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex separation programs across functions.
• Extensive experience in carved-out or divestiture contexts.

Responsabilidades

• Lead operational separation planning for divestitures, carve-outs, asset sales and other portfolio transactions from pre-sign through close and post-close.
• Translate transaction strategy and deal requirements into integrated separation plans, workstreams, milestones, dependencies and decision points.
• Conduct operational carve-out assessments across business processes, technology, legal entities, people, regulatory requirements, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial operations.
• Identify separation complexity, stranded-cost considerations, operational risks and resource requirements early to inform transaction decisions.
• Establish governance, decision rights, issue escalation processes and execution cadences appropriate to each transaction.
• Serve as an operational lead on sell-side M&A transactions, partnering with Corporate Development, functional leaders, external advisors and transaction counterparties.
• Support operational diligence and buyer requests, including identification and resolution of separation dependencies.
• Translate deal terms and transaction assumptions into actionable operating requirements.
• Partner with Legal and Corporate Development on operational inputs to transaction documents, schedules and separation agreements.
• Lead sign-to-close readiness and coordinate execution priorities across functional workstreams.
• Develop and manage the overall SMO plan and deal timeline, oversee the development of functional separation plans by business teams covering signing, closing, Day 1 and the post-close transition.
• Establish Day 1 readiness criteria, lead cross-functional assessments and resolve material gaps.
• Oversee development of functional cutover plans and coordinate activities required to maintain operational continuity at close.
• Monitor post-close execution and drive progress toward the defined end state.
• Create dashboards and executive reporting that clearly communicate progress, risks, dependencies and decisions.
• Lead the operational development and implementation of TSAs required to enable a successful separation.
• Partner with functional owners and Legal to define TSA scope, service requirements, duration, service levels, costs, dependencies and exit requirements.
• Establish TSA governance and performance monitoring following close.
• Build TSA exit plans from the outset, identify barriers to exit and drive mitigation actions with accountable functional owners.
• Monitor TSA performance, costs and exit milestones and elevate issues requiring senior-level decisions.
• Design interim operating models that maintain business continuity following an asset sale, carve-out or other separation.
• Define how critical processes, services, systems, resources and decision rights will operate between Day 1 and the targeted end state.
• Determine with functional leaders which capabilities transfer, remain with Vantive, operate temporarily through TSAs or require alternative solutions.
• Develop transition roadmaps from the interim environment to a sustainable standalone or buyer-owned model.
• Pressure-test operating-model assumptions against timing, organizational capacity, cost and execution risk.
• Lead complex separation work across functions without relying on formal reporting authority.
• Connect decisions and dependencies across workstreams and facilitate timely resolution of cross-functional issues.
• Maintain an integrated view of operational risks, decisions and milestones and develop mitigation plans.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented updates to senior executives and transaction leadership.
• Translate complex operational issues into clear options, tradeoffs and recommendations while remaining close to detailed execution.

Conocimientos

Separation Management

Carve-out

Sell-side M&A

Operational due diligence

Day 1 readiness

TSA development

Operating-model design

Cross-functional leadership

Operational risk management

Executive communication

Global operations

Structured problem solving

Hands-on execution

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

None

Descripción del empleo

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, operations or a related field

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, operations or a related field

Required Qualifications

• Significant professional experience across M&A, Separation Management Office, transaction execution, business operations, transformation or related disciplines.
• Approximately five or more years of direct carve-out, divestiture, separation or related transaction execution experience, with meaningful responsibility for operational delivery.
• Demonstrated sell-side M&A experience, preferably involving complex businesses, carve-outs or asset sales.
• Experience across multiple phases of the transaction lifecycle, including pre-sign planning, sign-to-close execution, Day 1 readiness and post-close separation.
• Demonstrated experience developing and executing detailed separation plans involving multiple business functions.
• Direct experience developing, implementing and/or managing TSAs, including governance and exit planning.
• Experience designing or implementing interim operating models associated with asset sales, carve-outs or other business separations.
• Strong operational background and the ability to understand impacts on processes, systems, people, supply chains and business continuity.
• Experience operating effectively across global, matrixed organizations, jurisdictions and time zones.
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional programs and influence senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Strong financial, commercial, analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to structure ambiguous situations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level communication.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a hands-on individual contributor and personally develop analyses, plans, executive materials, issue logs and operating-model documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical devices, MedTech, healthcare or another highly regulated global industry.
• Experience in a Big Four deal practice, strategy consulting firm, corporate development organization, private equity portfolio environment or comparable transaction-intensive setting.
• Experience with transactions involving manufacturing, supply chain, regulated products or complex international operations.
• Experience working directly with buyers, sellers, investment bankers, transaction counsel and third-party advisors.

Required Technical Skills

• Separation Management office
• Carve-out and separation execution
• Sell-side M&A
• Operational due diligence
• Day 1 readiness and cutover
• TSA development, governance and exit
• Interim operating-model design
• Cross-functional program leadership
• Operational risk management
• Executive communication and influence
• Global business operations
• Structured problem solving
• Hands-on execution

Responsibilities

M&A Separation Strategy & Planning:

• Lead operational separation planning for divestitures, carve-outs, asset sales and other portfolio transactions from pre-sign through close and post-close.
• Translate transaction strategy and deal requirements into integrated separation plans, workstreams, milestones, dependencies and decision points.
• Conduct operational carve-out assessments across business processes, technology, legal entities, people, regulatory requirements, manufacturing, supply chain and commercial operations.
• Identify separation complexity, stranded-cost considerations, operational risks and resource requirements early enough to inform transaction decisions.
• Establish governance, decision rights, issue escalation processes and execution cadences appropriate to each transaction.

Sell-side Transaction Execution

• Serve as an operational lead on sell-side M&A transactions, partnering with Corporate Development, functional leaders, external advisors and transaction counterparties.
• Support operational diligence and buyer requests, including identification and resolution of separation dependencies.
• Translate deal terms and transaction assumptions into actionable operating requirements.
• Partner with Legal and Corporate Development on operational inputs to transaction documents, schedules and separation agreements.
• Lead sign-to-close readiness and coordinate execution priorities across functional workstreams.

Day 1 & Separation Execution

• Develop and manage the overall SMO plan and deal timeline, oversee the development of functional separation plans by business teams covering signing, closing, Day 1 and the post-close transition.
• Establish Day 1 readiness criteria, lead cross-functional assessments and resolve material gaps.
• Oversee development of functional cutover plans and coordinate activities required to maintain operational continuity at close.
• Monitor post-close execution and drive progress toward the defined end state.
• Create dashboards and executive reporting that clearly communicate progress, risks, dependencies and decisions.

Transition Service Agreements

• Lead the operational development and implementation of TSAs required to enable a successful separation.
• Partner with functional owners and Legal to define TSA scope, service requirements, duration, service levels, costs, dependencies and exit requirements.
• Establish TSA governance and performance monitoring following close.
• Build TSA exit plans from the outset, identify barriers to exit and drive mitigation actions with accountable functional owners.
• Monitor TSA performance, costs and exit milestones and elevate issues requiring senior-level decisions.

Interim & End-State Operating Models

• Design interim operating models that maintain business continuity following an asset sale, carve-out or other separation.
• Define how critical processes, services, systems, resources and decision rights will operate between Day 1 and the targeted end state.
• Determine with functional leaders which capabilities transfer, remain with Vantive, operate temporarily through TSAs or require alternative solutions.
• Develop transition roadmaps from the interim environment to a sustainable standalone or buyer-owned model.
• Pressure-test operating-model assumptions against timing, organizational capacity, cost and execution risk.

Cross-functional Leadership, Risk & Communication

• Lead complex separation work across functions without relying on formal reporting authority.
• Connect decisions and dependencies across workstreams and facilitate timely resolution of cross-functional issues.
• Maintain an integrated view of operational risks, decisions and milestones and develop mitigation plans.
• Provide concise, decision-oriented updates to senior executives and transaction leadership.
• Translate complex operational issues into clear options, tradeoffs and recommendations while remaining close to detailed execution
• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

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