# Director, People M&A at Databricks

- Company: Databricks (databricks.com)
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Places: San Francisco, United States
- Posted: 2026-07-21
- Apply: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8637368002
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/director-people-m-a-databricks-kn76s6n69c5h2wrypgcqwwdp558hd49f

## The posting

Director, People M&A
Databricks · San Francisco, California

GAQ327R268

While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

**The Role**

Databricks continues to grow both organically and through strategic acquisitions. To support our scale, we are elevating our People M&A engine to handle high-volume, and complex global deals. As a player-coach for this function, you will lead the strategic vision, hands-on execution, and continuous evolution of our global People M&A function. Reporting to the Director of People Programs (Global Mobility, M&A, Compliance), you will bridge Corporate Development, People Leadership, and functional business teams to orchestrate end-to-end deal lifecycles—from due diligence through Day 1 execution and multi-year post-merger integration.

We are seeking a strategic builder who blends high-level vision with rigorous execution and a "doer" mentality. You will lead cross-functional deal teams, build scalable operational frameworks, manage senior executive stakeholders, and ensure every acquired employee experiences a world-class transition into Databricks.

**The impact you will have:**

- **Strategic Deal Leadership & Due Diligence:** Serve as the primary People executive on M&A deals. Drive holistic due diligence, organizational design alignment, retention strategies, deal risk mitigation, and employment law strategy globally.
- **Deal Execution & Post-Merger Integration:** Design and execute comprehensive integration strategies across Culture, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, and Systems, balancing aggressive timeline targets with employee experience.
- **M&A Platform & Playbook Strategy:** Architect and mature the enterprise People M&A Playbook, establishing standardized governance, automation roadmaps, and data-integrity frameworks with People Tech.
- **Executive Stakeholder Management:** Partner closely with CorpDev, Legal, Finance, and Business Unit Leaders to present People diligence findings, synergy plans, and integration roadmaps.
- **Functional Governance & Cross-Functional Alignment:** Lead cross-functional People workstreams (TA, Benefits, Total Rewards, Global Mobility, People Partners) to ensure seamless alignment, resource allocation, and program execution across deal phases.

**What We Look For**

- 12+ years of progressive HR/People Operations experience, with 8+ years focused directly on leading end-to-end global M&A deals in high-growth tech environments.
- Proven track record of managing M&A programs across the full deal lifecycle: Due Diligence, Deal Structuring, Day 1 readiness, and Post-Merger Integration.
- Demonstrated ability to influence Founders/C-suite stakeholders, CorpDev leaders, and business executives.
- Deep technical understanding of global People workflows, international employment law, compensation architecture, and system integrations.
- Strategic builder mindset capable of operating at high altitude while maintaining rigor over deal execution and complex operational mechanics.

**Pay Range Transparency**

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skill