Post-Acquisition Integration & Change HR Partner in Newport

We are recruiting for a Post-Acquisition Integration & Change HR Partner for a leading Defence organisation based in Newport. Ideally you will have current SC Clearance if not you must be eligible to obtain it. Due to security restrictions you must be a sole British national.

Role Overview 

We are seeking an experienced Post-Acquisition Integration & Change HR Partner to support and drive the successful integration of an acquired business into our organisation.

This role will play a pivotal part in understanding, mapping and aligning existing processes, ways of working and organisational practices across both the acquiring company and the acquired business. The successful candidate will identify similarities, differences, duplication, risks and opportunities for harmonisation, developing clear integration plans that support a smooth and effective transition.

Combining strong post-acquisition integration experience with proven change management expertise, the role will work collaboratively with stakeholders across both organisations to develop and implement sustainable solutions, ensuring that changes are effectively managed, communicated and embedded.

This is a specialist integration role requiring a structured, analytical and delivery-focused individual who can navigate complexity, influence stakeholders and translate integration objectives into practical actions and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

Post-Acquisition Integration

• Coordinate integration activities following the acquisition, ensuring alignment with agreed business objectives, milestones and timelines.
• Work with stakeholders across both organisations to understand existing operating models, processes, policies, systems and ways of working.
• Map and document current-state processes across the acquiring and acquired businesses, highlighting differences, duplication, gaps, dependencies and areas of risk.
• Conduct comparative analysis to identify opportunities for process standardisation, harmonisation, simplification and operational improvement.
• Develop future-state process recommendations and actionable integration plans, ensuring clear ownership, accountability and delivery milestones.
• Track integration progress, maintain action and risk logs, and provide regular updates on progress, issues, dependencies and required decisions.

Change Management

• Develop and deliver structured change management plans to support the successful implementation of integration activities.
• Assess the impact of proposed changes on employees, teams, processes and the wider organisation.
• Identify potential resistance to change and develop appropriate engagement and mitigation strategies.
• Work with leaders, managers and key stakeholders to build understanding, commitment and adoption of new processes and ways of working.
• Develop and coordinate change communications, stakeholder engagement activities, training and implementation support.
• Monitor the effectiveness of change interventions, gathering feedback and taking action to address issues and improve adoption.

Stakeholder Management and Collaboration

• Facilitate workshops and structured discussions to map processes, challenge existing practices and agree future-state approaches.
• Work collaboratively with workstream leads from HR, Finance, IT, Operations, Legal, Communications and other relevant functions to ensure integration activities are aligned and coordinated.
• Influence stakeholders and drive decisions where processes, priorities or organisational approaches differ.

Governance, Risk and Reporting

• Establish and maintain clear integration plans, milestones, dependencies and reporting mechanisms.
• Identify and escalate integration risks, issues and barriers to delivery.
• Maintain accurate process documentation, decision records and implementation plans.
• Define and track appropriate measures to assess integration progress, process effectiveness and change adoption

Skill Set

• Demonstrable experience delivering post-acquisition integration, post-merger integration (PMI) or business integration programmes.
• Strong practical experience of process mapping, process analysis and current-state versus future-state design.
• Proven ability to compare processes across two organisations and identify opportunities for harmonisation, improvement and standardisation.
• Substantial experience in change management, including change impact assessments, stakeholder engagement, communications and implementation planning.
• Experience developing and delivering structured integration and change plans within complex organisational environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge existing practices constructively.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations and actions.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams, competing priorities, risks and dependencies.

Desirable

• Experience supporting the integration of acquired businesses within a large, complex or regulated organisation.
• Experience working across multiple functions or business units during an acquisition or organisational transformation.
• Familiarity with integration governance, operating model design, synergy delivery and benefits realisation.