Employee Success M&A Senior Director

100 Salesforce, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director of Employee Success M&A to lead end-to-end HR due diligence and post-close integration across international acquisitions.

You will partner with Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance to drive talent strategy, retention, and harmonization in global workforces. The role requires a strategic, highly operational leader with deep HR M&A experience, proficiency in Workday, and a collaborative, cross-functional mindset.

Qualifications

• Shows deep HR M&A expertise with end-to-end due diligence and integrations across international transactions.
• Combines strategic vision with operational rigor and data integrity in complex environments.
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication to build trust with leaders and teams.
• Experienced in managing international labor and multi-country deal dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end HR due diligence and integration planning across live global M&A transactions.
• Design and govern HR integration roadmaps with cross-functional teams (Global Rewards, Talent Acquisition, ES BPs).
• Provide executive-level reporting, risk assessments, and governance for deal integration.

Skills

HR M&A expertise

Strategic vision

Operational rigor

Cross-functional collaboration

Global perspective

Excellent communication

Travel flexibility

Workday proficiency

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HR / Business Administration / related field

Tools

Workday

Slack

Google Suite

Job description

Job Category Employee Success Job Details About Salesforce Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

The Experience

The Senior Director, Employee Success M&A is a strategic, operationally disciplined leadership role within Salesforce’s Employee Success (ES) M&A organization. This role provides dedicated deal leadership coverage across live global transactions, driving long-term strategy and operational excellence. In this role, you will direct end-to-end workforce strategy and deal execution across the full transaction lifecycle—from pre-LOI due diligence and talent valuation through post-close integration execution. Reporting to the VP, Employee Success M&A, you will serve as a primary Employee Success single point of contact for deal coverage, leading cross-functional tracks alongside Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and core ES Centers of Excellence (COEs) to deliver an agentic, highly efficient, and seamless integration experience for acquired global workforces.

Strategic Deal Leadership & Due Diligence

• Lead end-to-end HR operational, cultural and financial due diligence across global acquisitions, leveraging agentic frameworks to streamline analysis across varying deal scales and complexities.
• Analyze target company workforce data, organizational structure, compensation models, benefits alignment, labor compliance, and key risks.
• Formulate global talent assessment and retention strategies in collaboration with our Global Rewards M&A lead, Corporate Development and executive leadership, structuring key offers, retention equity pools, and harmonization strategies to achieve both strategic and financial objectives of our acquisitions.
• Synthesize findings into concise executive diligence reports, risk assessments, and mitigation plans for key decision-makers and steering committees.

Post-Close Integration Management & Execution

• Design, govern, and execute comprehensive HR integration roadmaps, managing deliverables and milestones from Day One through full operational harmonization.
• Orchestrate extended cross-functional integration teams across Global Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Employee Success Business Partners (ESBPs), and other Employee Success functions, as well as with cross-functional partners across the company.
• Direct workforce alignment efforts, including organizational design, job mapping/leveling, offer management, international consultation and transfer strategies, and Workday system onboarding workflows.
• Maintain strict governance standards for managing sensitive employee demographic, organizational, and compensation data.
• Act as a trusted advisor and ambassador to acquired company leadership and HR teams, navigating complex talent transitions, cultural integration, and change management.

Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Reporting

• Maintain tight cross-functional alignment within Employee Success as well as across Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and other functional M&A teams.
• Establish metrics, tracking mechanisms, and data-driven reporting to monitor deal integration performance, risk escalations, and budget adherence.

You’re Our Person If…

• Deep HR M&A Expertise: Proven track record leading complex, end-to-end HR due diligence and integrations across international transactions in the tech sector.
• Strategic Vision & Operational Rigor: Combines high-level executive workforce planning with a meticulous approach to data integrity, compliance, and process details.
• Thrives in Dynamic Environments: Adept at navigating complex, matrixed, and ambiguous environments, managing multiple parallel deal tracks under tight timelines.
• Courageous Influencer: Demonstrates outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to build trust with acquired leaders, employees, and internal stakeholders.
• Global Perspective: Experienced in managing international labor complexities, works councils, international consultation processes, and multi-country deal dynamics.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related operational field.
• HR Experience: Minimum 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience across HR Business Partnering, HR Operations, or Global COE roles.
• HR M&A Depth: 5+ years of direct experience leading corporate HR M&A due diligence and post-close integrations in the technology sector.
• Systems & Tools Proficiency: Practical familiarity with enterprise HRIS platforms (specifically Workday) and core project collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, Google Suite).
• Travel Flexibility: Ability and willingness to travel as needed during peak deal and announcement activity thresholds.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

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