At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

***Please note: this role is 100% in-office in our HQ NYC Office

As the Lead, People & Culture M&A Integration, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing Compass’ People & Culture strategy for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This role is critical in supporting the company’s growth by guiding HR integration efforts, ensuring seamless transitions for employee populations, and aligning acquired teams within Compass’ culture, values, and business objectives.

You will act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert, providing leadership, project management, and strategic guidance to business leaders throughout the M&A lifecycle. You will work to support the Director of P&C M&A to uphold best practice and policy to drive successful integrations while championing Compass’ people-first culture.

As part of the People & Culture M&A Integration team, you will collaborate with Compass leadership and cross-functional partners to participate in HR due diligence and integration execution. Your responsibilities will include creating and maintaining HR M&A project plans, decision frameworks, and documentation best practices to ensure efficiency and alignment across teams. You will also collaborate with local P&C Business Partners to ensure a smooth transition of the acquired employees and hand-off post integration.

We are looking for a high-energy, strategic, and solutions-driven HR leader with strong business acumen, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and deep HR M&A expertise to help build and scale Compass’ growing organization.

At Compass You Will:

Be a strategic and trusted advisor to the leadership we support, with client management and relationship building at the forefront of everything you do
Provide leadership with guidance and best practices to support change management as a part of Mergers & Acquisitions
You will serve as a bridge between the P&C department and internal stakeholders (M&A central team, Legal, Payroll, FP&A).
Roll out programs and processes that improve the department’s M&A strategy
Build compliance into all we do, including maintaining in depth knowledge of company policy and processes and legal requirements.

What We're Looking For:

Bachelor’s degree and 4+ year of experience in HR M&A; human capital consulting experience a plus
Self-starters with track records of excellence across strategic, operational, and detail-demanding functional responsibilities
Ability to operate, exercise judgment and solve difficult problems without direct supervision
Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Articulate in both verbal and written communication
Ability to effectively lead meetings
Highly organized; ability to multi-task and handle multiple deadlines simultaneously
High energy and positive attitude
Operational Excellence

Program and project management experience - drives critical projects and initiatives from conception to completion
Leverages data insights in decision making - shares and uses data effectively to demonstrate risk areas within the organization
Strong business acumen - Understands organizational dynamics and can communicate with senior leadership effectively. Anticipates business needs to build out proactive strategic solution
Agile. You’re an expert multi-tasker, independently prioritizing and ensuring all needs are met. You keep calm even when there’s a lot to do.

Risk Mitigation Mindset

Conflict resolution - Critical conduit to managing competing personalities in the organization
Problem solving - Uses critical thinking to evaluate problems, gather information, and seeks to understand root causes
Uses sound judgment - Grounds all decisions in facts, effectively uses data insights and applies rationale common sense thinking to assess situations

Emotional Intelligence

Empathetic and engaging.
Builds and fosters relationships - Purposefully develops networks to build value through collaboration by fostering trust and building credibility with stakeholders. Demonstrates interest in learning more about key stakeholders, seeks to understand by asking questions, sharing pertinent information
Integrity. You understand how to handle confidential information and sensitive issues.

Ownership Mindset

Solutions-driven. You believe there’s a way you can solve any challenge. You understand and are energized by the impact of ensuring employee needs are constantly met. You take pride in delivering timely and thorough service and outstanding follow-up.
Change agent. Has the professional maturity and resilience capability to drive and reinforce change and manage stakeholders and advocate where appropriate
Accountable. Hold yourself accountable for your commitments, actions and decisions, as well as those who report to you. Escalates if something cannot get done in a timely manager, communicate to reset expectations

Compensation:

The salary pay range for this position is a base pay of $123,600 - $141,030; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.

***Please note: this role is 100% in-office in our HQ NYC Office

Perks that You Need to Know About:

Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.

Do your best work, be your authentic self.

At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world — a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in our Compass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.

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