M&A Integration & Disentanglement Director

Job Description

The Global M&A team is located in Amsterdam and has global responsibility for all Philips M&A-related activities. The team 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 regard to working hours are expected, as workload fluctuates and projects span global time zones.

Your role:

1. Integration & Carve-Out Execution

• Lead integration and disentanglement programs across the transaction lifecycle, including sign-to-close preparation, Day-1 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 well-informed decision making by senior management through structured analysis, clear options, and execution-focused recommendations.
• Escalate material risks, trade-offs, and execution issues where required.

3. Resource & Project Leadership

• Mobilize and coordinate cross-functional 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. Execution Risk & Value Protection

• Identify key execution risks early and drive mitigation actions to avoid disruption or value leakage.
• Safeguard continuity of operations during Day-1 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.

You're the right fit if:

Experience Requirements

• Significant experience in post-merger integration, carve-outs, or complex transformation programs, gained in a corporate M&A, consulting, or transaction advisory environment.
• Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional programs in complex and time-critical 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 carve-out execution experience.
• Program governance and structured problem-solving 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 advisory-only 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.

About Philips

Philips is a health technology company.