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. Role & Responsibilities: Lead the People M&A Function: 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. Drive Due Diligence: 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. Design & Execute Workforce Integration: 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 Peop
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Set the direction and shape the science behind who gets hired. At Gallup, our pre-hire assessment science is backed by decades of research, millions of data points and a body of work that has influenced how organizations select talent around the world. We are looking for a director to lead the next chapter of that science in close partnership with the researchers, technologists and client teams who carry it to market. The work of our Hiring Analytics practice spans the full range, from building proprietary instruments to curating and validating the best of what already exists. Leading this practice requires exceptional judgment to choose the right solution and strategic vision to modernize and advance assessment science in a rapidly evolving industry. This is a player-coach role in the truest sense: senior enough to set where the portfolio goes, yet close enough to the methods
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What You Need — Requirements A Ph.D; We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law
Department · Talent Consulting

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Gallup
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