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About the role
Own the people's workstream of Payward's M&A activity end to end — from first-pass diligence through close and integration. Build and own People due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) including data requests and questions to the target, follow-ups and deeper-dive workshops.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years across M&A people/HR diligence, integration, total rewards, or corp dev — with hands-on ownership of the people workstream on completed deals
- A track record of running multi-diligence processes in tandem, to a hard timeline: knowing what to prioritize or defer
- Strong analytical depth — comfortable modelling comp, equity, dilution, retention cost and integration spend directly, not briefing someone else to do it
- Global/cross-border deal experience with multi-jurisdiction and/or regulatory change of control employment considerations
- Demonstrated use of AI and automation to review large document volumes, with judgement about where the model's output can and cannot be trusted
- Ability to make and communicate risk calls on incomplete information, and to state a position clearly to executive stakeholders
More about this role
Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.
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Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.
Payward is hiring a HR (People) M&A Lead to own the people side of our M&A activity end to end — from first-pass diligence through close and integration. Reporting directly to our CPO, this is a high-pace, high-volume seat that needs someone who thrives on fast turnarounds and incomplete information. We're looking for an in-house operator with an analyst's mindset who can use AI to move fast through messy data rooms, but whose real edge is judgment — knowing what risks matter and when...
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