Senior People Partner – M&A

MoonPay

Senior People Partner specializing in M&A ensuring a positive employee experience during acquisitions at leading crypto payments platform MoonPay. Managing the people workstreams across multiple jurisdictions and legal frameworks.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $170,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in M&A People Integration, including TUPE compliance, employee communications, and organizational design. Proven ability to manage complex integration projects while providing strategic HR advisory support across multiple jurisdictions.

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M&A Transactions ExperienceTUPE Regulations KnowledgePeople Integration PlanningEmployment Law ExpertiseProject Management Skills

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Hard Skills

People Due DiligencePolicy HarmonisationBenefits AlignmentCultural IntegrationCompensation BenchmarkingOrganisational DesignChange ManagementData AnalysisEmployee Lifecycle ManagementRisk Mitigation Strategies

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationEmpathyStakeholder ManagementAnalytical MindsetAdaptability

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Industry Keywords

Employee RelationsTransfer of UndertakingsIntegration CapabilityHigh-Pressure EnvironmentsFast-Paced Organisations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the People due diligence workstream for acquisitions — assessing headcount, employment contracts, compensation structures, benefits obligations, pending litigation, and people risk across target companies.
Manage TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings) and equivalent transfer-of-employment processes across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring full legal compliance and a positive experience for transferring employees.
Design and execute end-to-end integration plans for acquired teams, covering onboarding, policy harmonisation, benefits alignment, payroll transition, and cultural integration.
Partner closely with Legal, Finance, IT and the M&A team throughout the deal lifecycle — from initial stages through to post-close integration milestones — providing people insight that informs deal structure and timelines.
Own employee communications for acquisitions: draft communications, FAQs, and integration updates that are clear, empathetic, and on-brand.
Support compensation and benefits benchmarking for acquired entities, making recommendations on harmonisation and identifying cost or equity risk.
Assess organisational design and reporting structures post-acquisition; support leaders through restructuring, role duplication, and change management decisions.
Partner with Founders to ensure they and their teams are set up for success through integration and beyond.
Enhance and maintain scalable M&A People playbooks, checklists, and frameworks that improve our integration capability as deal volume grows.
Provide expert HR advisory support on employee relations matters arising from acquisitions, including redundancy processes, contract changes, and settlement negotiations.
Maintain a data-driven approach — tracking integration milestones, attrition risk, and engagement signals for acquired populations and reporting to leadership.
Support on generalist operational HR tasks across the full employee lifecycle, as needed.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant experience in a People Partner, HR Business Partner, or People Operations role with direct, hands-on involvement in M&A transactions — including due diligence, TUPE, and post-close integration.
Knowledge of TUPE regulations and equivalent transfer-of-employment frameworks across multiple jurisdictions (UK, EU, US at minimum); confident navigating the legal and practical requirements of each.
Proven track record of designing and executing people integration plans for acquired companies, from policy harmonisation and benefits alignment through to cultural embedding.
Expertise in employment law across multiple geographies, with the ability to identify people risk in a deal and advise on mitigation strategies.
Experience partnering with senior stakeholders in high-pressure, time-sensitive deal environments.
Skilled project manager: able to run multiple integration workstreams simultaneously, prioritising effectively and keeping all parties aligned on timelines and deliverables.
Excellent communicator — able to translate complex people and legal matters into clear, actionable guidance for leaders and empathetic messaging for employees.
Analytical and commercially minded, with the ability to assess headcount cost, benefits liability, and compensation equity across acquired populations.
Generalist people operations experience, across the full employee lifecycle, in particular for USA.
Experience in fast-paced, scaling, or technology-driven organisations; comfortable with ambiguity and change as a constant.
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and automation tools to augment workflows and analyse data, with a forward-thinking approach to AI integration.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary package
Equity package: We believe financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay
Pay for performance equity bonus: Those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards
Moonshot award. We honor exceptional impact - 10 employees twice a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant.
Unlimited holidays: We give you the autonomy to choose when to work (and when to switch off)
Hybrid working schedule: Work fully remotely or your nearest Moonbase, the choice is yours
Private Healthcare benefits: To protect you and your loved ones
Enhanced parental leave: So you can spend more time with your loved ones without a second thought
Annual training budget: We support your training journey every step of the way
Home office setup allowance: Create the home office of your dreams
Remote working allowance: Those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilities
Monthly budget to spend on our products and zero fee crypto transactions: Cultivate your inner DEGEN
Employee referral programme: Great people know great people, refer them to receive 10K in USDC
Regular remote company offsites: Meet your colleagues regularly for high impact in person sessions and hackathons
Working in a disruptive and fast-growing company where excellence is rewarded