Senior M&A Separation & Carve-Out Lead

Rose International; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

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

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

None

Job description

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.