Job Details

What you will do

As a Senior Lead Specialist, HR M&A Due Diligence in our global Medtech organization, you will play a critical role in evaluating and shaping the human capital aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. With a strong focus on HR-related financial due diligence analysis, you will assess labor cost structures, workforce liabilities, and people-related risks across complex, often international targets—contributing to data-driven decisions that enable business growth and innovation in the healthcare technology space.

 Additional responsibilities:

• ​​​Support the HR due diligence workstream in Medtech M&A transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and integration support

• Analyze HR financials risks such as:

• Executive change in control agreements, equity walk-away values, etc.

• Workforce cost structures (fixed vs. variable costs)

• Compensation and benefits programs (incl. bonus, equity, retirement, pension schemes, health and welfare, time off, severance plans, etc.)

• Global payroll data, FTE trends, and independent contractor spend

• Legal exposures (Change-in-control, severance, 280G risks, works councils, collective agreements, employment litigation)

• Headcount-related liabilities (e.g. accrued vacation, transaction related bonuses as well as accrual of annual bonuses, retention plans)

• Model financial impacts of integration plans, including cost synergies, restructuring expenses, and workforce transition scenarios

• Partner with cross-functional teams from HR, Corporate Finance, Legal, Compliance, and external advisors to support end-to-end M&A processes

• Provide HR finance input for integration plans, TSA agreements, and Day 1 readiness

• Prepare and present executive-level reports and risk assessments

• Contribute to the development of due diligence playbooks, process frameworks, and best practices specific to the medtech environment

What you need

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Human Resources or related and 6 + years of work experience required OR 12+ years of total work experience will be considered in lieu of degree

• HR Controlling/Finance, M&A HR due diligence, corporate financial transactional service, or related experience

Preferred

• Experience within the life sciences or medtech industry

• Deep understanding of global HR cost drivers, compliance risks, and compensation models

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; proficiency with HRIS and reporting tools (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Power BI)

• Fluent in English with the ability to work and write in another language

$87,600-186,700 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.