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Our teams help close skill gaps, modernize HR models, and create engaging employee experiences at scale. Working in HR at IBM means bridging technology and people. Streamlining processes, driving agility, and enabling leaders and employees to thrive. You'll collaborate across the business to shape the future of work. With continuous learning, career growth, and a culture built on empathy and innovation, IBM offers the opportunity to make a real impact on organizations and people worldwide. The HR Business Development Consultant will support global business transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, strategic outsourcing, outbound outsourcing, and joint ventures, as part of the HR Business Development organization. This role offers the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of how M&A and other strategic transactions contribute to IBM's growth and portfolio strategy, while gaining exposure to the business, financial, people, and execution considerations that shape successful transactions. Working as a member of cross-functional deal teams and under the guidance of experienced HR Business Development leaders, the consultant will independently manage assigned projects and HR workstreams. The role will combine business and financial acumen, analytics, problem solving, project management, negotiation support, and stakeholder management to address complex business and HR challenges. The consultant will build an understanding of IBM's businesses, along with the external party's business, financial, and HR objectives, IBM's transaction objectives, and the proposed deal structure. This context will be used to evaluate HR implications, identify risks and opportunities, assess alternative approaches, and develop practical recommendations. As part of the broader deal team, the consultant will collaborate with IBM business leaders, Corporate Development, Business Development, Finance, Tax, Legal, HR functions, external advisers, and other transaction stakeholders. Following deal closure, the consultant may support employee communications, HR integration or transition activities, retention programs, and coordination across HR functional areas. Responsibilities May Include\nOwn or support defined HR workstreams for global transactions, coordinating deliverables, timelines, dependencies, decisions, and stakeholder inputs.\nDevelop an understanding of IBM's business and growth strategy and the role acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions play in shaping IBM's portfolio.\nBuild financial and business acumen and apply that understanding to workforce considerations, transaction analyses, business cases, and recommendations.\nDevelop knowledge of IBM's Software, Consulting, and Sales businesses and consider their different business models, priorities, and workforce needs when supporting transactions.\nAnalyze HR, workforce, financial, and transaction information to identify gaps, risks, trends, issues, and opportunities and develop recommendations.\nPartner across Corporate Development, Finance, Tax, Legal, Business Development, and HR to evaluate transaction considerations and support deal planning, negotiations, approvals, and execution.\nSupport negotiations through analysis, scenario development, issue identification, preparation of materials, and assessment of potential alternatives.\nConduct country- and employee-level analysis of compensation, benefits, employment terms and conditions, and other workforce considerations.\nSupport compensation and equity analysis, including data validation, modeling, and implementation of approved treatment for acquisitions.\nCollect, validate, and consolidate HR costs, risks, assumptions, and resource requirements for deal business cases and HR integration budgets.\nConduct retention analyses and support the design, approval, implementation, and administration of transaction-specific retention programs.\nParticipate in due diligence by reviewing data, documenting findings, identifying potential HR risks, and coordinating follow-up actions.\nDevelop analyses and materials for stakeholder discussions, negotiations, client engagements, and 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deliverables, timelines, and stakeholder coordination.\nExperience working across functions or within a matrixed environment.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex topics into clear, concise materials and recommendations for different audiences.\nAbility to develop effective relationships and collaborate with stakeholders across different businesses, functions, geographies, and levels.\nWorking knowledge of HR policies, programs, and processes.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.\nStrong proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint, with an interest in using analytics, automation, and AI-enabled technologies to solve business problems.\nIntellectual curiosity, continuous-learning mindset, and interest in developing expertise in M&A, corporate strategy, business transactions, and HR Business Development.\nWillingness to travel up to 20%.\nExperience supporting M&A, divestitures, 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