People M&A Integration Lead

Anywhere Real Estate; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anywhere Real Estate is seeking a senior Lead, People M&A Integration to shape and execute the people enablement strategy across the M&A lifecycle in Los Angeles. You will translate transaction objectives into integrated plans, drive governance, and deliver hands-on execution through due diligence, integration planning, Day 1 readiness, change management, and post‑close transition.

The role acts as a trusted advisor to People Enablement, Finance, IT, Legal, and HR business partners, balancing

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic advisor to leaders, connecting people-related integration decisions to transaction objectives, business priorities, employee outcomes, and organizational risk.
• Provide subject matter expertise and practical guidance across due diligence, integration planning, Day 1 readiness, stabilization, and post‑integration transition.
• Anticipate business and stakeholder needs, develop proactive recommendations, and frame tradeoffs and decisions for senior leaders.
• Help build and scale the People M&A capability through repeatable standards, policies, playbooks, and operating practices.
• Lead or coordinate people, organizational, cultural, operational, and HR functional due diligence activities.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative information to identify risks, opportunities, dependencies, costs, and integration considerations.
• Translate diligence findings into decision-ready insights, mitigation actions, integration requirements, and readiness plans.
• Maintain confidentiality and apply sound judgment when handling sensitive transaction and employee information.
• Develop and maintain integrated workplans, milestone trackers, decision logs, dependency maps, risk registers, and governance materials.
• Drive critical initiatives from concept through completion, coordinating multiple workstreams and deadlines without unnecessary process.
• Facilitate governance and working sessions, document decisions, clarify ownership, and hold stakeholders accountable for follow-through.
• Prepare executive summaries, status reports, dashboards, and recommendations that provide clear visibility into progress, decisions, risks, and outcomes.
• Serve as a bridge across People Enablement and enterprise partners, including the central M&A team, Legal, Finance, IT, Operations, Payroll, and FP&A.
• Build trusted relationships, navigate competing priorities, resolve issues constructively, and escalap?
• Partner with HR business partners and functional owners to align integration activities and enable an effective transition and post‑integration handoff.
• Communicate complex topics clearly with

Job description

Anywhere Real Estate is seeking a senior Lead, People M&A Integration to shape and execute the people enablement strategy across the M&A lifecycle in Los Angeles. You will translate transaction objectives into integrated plans, drive governance, and deliver hands-on execution through due diligence, integration planning, Day 1 readiness, change management, and post‑close transition.

The role acts as a trusted advisor to People Enablement, Finance, IT, Legal, and HR business partners, balancing