M&A Integration & Disentanglement Director

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Job Description

The Global M&A team is located in Amsterdam. The M&A team has global responsibility for all Philips M&A related activities and consists of top-level M&A specialists with wide ranging backgrounds nationalities and competencies. You are expected to work three days a week in our office. Occasional travel and flexibility with regards to working hours is expected as workload fluctuates and projects are spanning global timezones.

Your role:

1. Integration & CarveOut Execution

• Lead integration and disentanglement programs across the transaction lifecycle including signtoclose preparation Day1 readiness stabilization and TSA execution and exit.
• Translate deal objectives synergy assumptions and separation logic into integrated execution plans and realistic timelines.
• Monitor delivery progress dependencies and risks across multiple concurrent initiatives.

2. Governance & Decision Support

• Establish and run appropriate program governance including steering committees and workstream oversight.
• Support timely and wellinformed decision making by senior management through structured analysis clear options and executionfocused recommendations.
• Escalate material risks tradeoffs and execution issues where required.

3. Resource & Project Leadership

• Mobilize and coordinate crossfunctional teams across Finance IT HR Supply Chain Legal Commercial and other functions.
• Ensure programs are adequately resourced using a mix of internal capabilities and external advisors.
• Provide direction and coaching to workstream leads to drive consistent execution quality.

4. DExecution Risk & Value Protection

• Identify key execution risks early and drive mitigation actions to avoid disruption or value leakage.
• Safeguard continuity of operations during Day1 transitions and subsequent separation or integration phases.
• Track execution against agreed assumptions and budgets.

5. Stakeholder Management

• Act as a central coordination point between Business leaders Functional teams Markets and external advisors.
• Manage complex stakeholder interfaces and resolve execution issues across organizational boundaries.
• Communicate clearly and credibly with senior stakeholders on progress risks and required actions.

6. Continuous Improvement

• Capture lessons learned from completed transactions and contribute to continuous improvement of integration and disentanglement practices.
• Support the development of consistent standards templates and ways of working within the central PMI capability.

7. Stakeholder Interaction

• Regular interaction with senior Business and Functional leadership.
• Exposure to executive level discussions on transaction execution progress and risks.
• Close collaboration with external advisors with responsibility for directing and integrating their work into the overall program.

Youre the right fit if:

Experience Requirements

• Significant experience in postmerger integration carveouts or complex transformation programs gained in a corporate M&A consulting or transaction advisory environment.
• Proven ability to lead large crossfunctional programs in complex and timecritical situations.
• Solid understanding of M&A transactions and the operational implications of integrations and separations.
• Experience working with senior leadership and navigating decision making in large organizations.

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong integration and carveout execution experience.

• Program governance and structured problemsolving skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex matrixed organizations.
• Sound commercial judgment and pragmatic risk management.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

What Makes This Role Attractive

• Opportunity to lead complex M&A execution in a large international corporation.
• Direct involvement in decision making rather than an advisoryonly or project manager role.
• Broad exposure across businesses functions and senior leadership.
• Ability to see transactions through from signing into stable operations.

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

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