Director, People - M&A

About the position

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is seeking a seasoned People Business Partner with deep expertise in M&A to join our People Team. Reporting to the Senior Director of People Business Partners, this high impact Director role will be the strategic center of gravity for all People M&A work.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior People partner and decision-maker across the M&A lifecycle.
  • Lead through influence across a matrixed environment, coordinating across a shared Project Manager, People Business Partners, and COE partners.
  • Partner effectively with a dedicated Project Manager to delegate execution and workstream coordination, while maintaining clear ownership of People strategy, talent decisions, and integration outcomes.
  • Define and drive People integration strategy as the dedicated advisor to the Integration Management Office (IMO).
  • Flex into other high-priority areas of PBP or People Team initiatives as needed.
  • Lead People due diligence efforts, assessing organizational culture, headcount structures, compensation and benefits gaps, employment contracts, and law exposure across geographies.
  • Conduct or oversee talent assessment processes, evaluating leadership bench strength, key person dependencies, and retention risk.
  • Partner with Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance to ascertain People risks, synthesize findings into clear deal recommendations, and inform decisions.
  • Advise senior leadership on org design decisions arising from acquisitions, including role mapping, spans and layers, redundancy management, and leadership selection - connecting org decisions to Lyft's operating model and culture.
  • Partner with People Business Partner and People Team COEs to design workforce integration plans that minimize disruption, retain key talent, and bring acquired teams into Lyft’s culture and ways of working.
  • Drive change management and communications strategies for acquired teams, ensuring clarity, trust, and early, meaningful engagement with Lyft’s people programs.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive HR or People Business Partner experience, with 3+ years focused on M&A integration in a technology, platform, or high-growth company.
  • Demonstrated track record leading end-to-end HR due diligence and workforce integration for deals of varying complexity and size.
  • Strong working knowledge of international employment law, labor relations, and works council requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Exceptional executive presence and consulting skills.
  • Data-fluency with the ability to build and interpret people analytics that inform integration decisions and measure outcomes.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity, managing competing priorities, and adapting quickly.

Benefits

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
  • Mental health benefits
  • Family building benefits
  • Child care and pet benefits
  • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
  • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Subsidized commuter benefits
  • Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program
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