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WTW is seeking a Senior Director to join our market-leading European Human Resources Mergers & Acquisitions (HR M&A) team within Integrated & Global Solutions (IGS). Based in the Netherlands, you will be part of a global and dedicated M&A team who advises HQ clients on the people implications of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures and other corporate transactions.
Our Global M&A Consulting Team support clients from pre-deal readiness and due diligence through sign-to-close planning, Day 1 readiness, separation, integration and transition to business as usual. Our work spans HR strategy, organisation and talent, rewards, benefits, retirement, employee experience, change and communications.
The team leads complex, multi-country and cross-disciplinary engagements, coordinating WTW specialists and local market expertise to deliver practical, commercially focused advice.
We are a collaborative and entrepreneurial team that shares expertise, develops new solutions and gives colleagues the opportunity to build a distinctive profile in the M&A market. We support flexible working and value sustainable ways of working in a fast-paced environment.
The Role
As a Senior Director, you will be responsible for building client relationships and delivering complex HR M&A engagements across Europe and globally. You will be responsible for developing client solutions, translating a client’s request into project work, working with the senior leadership on the team to mobilise the right multidisciplinary team and provide senior stakeholders with practical advice at pace. The role combines strategic consulting, programme management, building a commercial development skillset and contribution to the continued growth of WTW's M&A practice.
Key responsibilities include:
Support key relationships with senior stakeholders across Corporate Development, HR, Finance, Legal and integration or separation teams.
Shape client needs into clear, commercially sound 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.