Human Resources Business Partner M&A - Atlanta - STORD

Description

HRBP, M&A Integration

Stord is The Consumer Experience Company, powering seamless checkout through delivery for today's leading brands. Stord is rapidly growing and is on track to double our revenue in the next 18 months. To meet and exceed this target, Stord is strategically scaling teams across the entire company, and seeking energetic experts to help us achieve our mission.

By combining comprehensive commerce-enablement technology with high-volume fulfillment services, Stord provides brands a platform to compete with retail giants. Stord manages over $10 billion of commerce annually through its fulfillment, warehousing, transportation, and operator-built software suite including OMS, Pre- and Post-Purchase, and WMS platforms. Stord is leveling the playing field for all brands to deliver the best consumer experience at scale.

With Stord, brands can increase cart conversion, improve unit economics, and drive sustained customer loyalty. Stord's end-to-end commerce solutions combine best-in-class omnichannel fulfillment and shipping with leading technology to ensure fast shipping, reliable delivery promises, easy access to more channels, and improved margins on every order.

Hundreds of leading DTC and B2B companies like AG1, True Classic, Native, Seed Health, quip, goodr, Sundays for Dogs, and more trust Stord to deliver industry-leading consumer experiences on every order. Stord is headquartered in Atlanta with facilities across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Stord is backed by top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton, Founders Fund, Strike Capital, Baillie Gifford, and Salesforce Ventures.

We're looking for a strategic HR professional to join Stord's People team as our dedicated HRBP, M&A Integration. This high-impact role sits at the intersection of People Operations and M&A, ensuring that every acquisition we complete results in a seamless transition for acquired employeesfrom due diligence through their first day at Stord and beyond. As Stord accelerates its M&A strategy, this role is critical to our ability to move quickly while maintaining our culture of employee engagement and operational excellence. You will be the People expert embedded within our M&A Integration team, owning the entire employee lifecycle for acquisitionsfrom initial talent assessment and compensation benchmarking during diligence, through offer negotiations and benefits enrollment, to Workday onboarding and Day 1 readiness.

This is not a traditional HR generalist role. You are a specialist who understands both the rigor of M&A transactions and the empathy required to guide people through organizational change. You'll work alongside our M&A Integration teams during diligence, then shift into full execution mode to bring acquired teams into the #1StordTeam with minimal disruption and maximum retention.

This is a rare opportunity to continue building Stord's M&A People playbook and become the go-to expert for integrating talent across multiple acquisitions. You'll have direct visibility into our most strategic growth initiatives, partner directly with the M&A team, and own outcomes that directly impact employee retention, engagement, and our ability to capture deal value. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love solving complex people challenges, and want to be instrumental in scaling a high-growth consumer experience company through M&A, this role is built for you.

Due Diligence & Pre-Close

• Partner with Business Development and M&A teams during diligence to assess target company's people, compensation structures, benefits programs, and organizational design
• Conduct talent assessments and identify retention risks, key players, and cultural integration considerations
• Benchmark compensation and benefits against Stord standards and develop harmonization strategies
• Build preliminary integration timelines and identify people-related deal risks or value creation opportunities
• Support deal modeling by providing accurate people cost projections and synergy estimates

Integration Planning & Execution (Post-Close)

• Own and execute the people integration plan for each acquisition, serving as the single point of contact for all employee-related workstreams
• Lead job mapping and leveling exercises to align acquired roles with Stord's organizational structure and career framework
• Create customized offer letters for all transitioning employees, ensuring competitive compensation while maintaining internal equity
• Manage offer acceptance process, address employee questions and concerns, and drive high retention rates through the transition
• Coordinate benefits enrollment and ensure seamless transfer or upgrade of benefits packages
• Own Workday onboarding for all acquired employees, including system setup, documentation, and compliance requirements
• Serve as primary liaison between acquired employees and Stord leadership, providing white-glove support through Day 1 and beyond
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on any backfill hiring needs resulting from integration decisions

Retention & Engagement

• Design and execute retention strategies for key talent, including career pathing conversations, and cultural integration programming
• Monitor employee sentiment post-acquisition and proactively address concerns or friction points
• Partner with managers to ensure acquired employees feel welcomed, supported, and set up for success
• Track retention metrics and provide insights to leadership on integration effectiveness

Playbook Development & Continuous Improvement

• Codify learnings from each acquisition into a repeatable M&A People Integration playbook
• Build templates, checklists, and tools that enable faster, more consistent integrations across future deals
• Establish metrics and KPIs to measure integration success from a people perspective
• Share best practices with broader People team and M&A Integration team

HRBP Support (During Non-Integration Periods as time permits)

• Provide generalist HR support to business units as an HRBP, including employee relations, performance management, and organizational design
• Support annual cycles (performance reviews, compensation planning, engagement surveys)
• Partner with functional leaders on workforce planning and talent development initiatives

Required:

• This role is hybrid, working from the Atlanta office once a week or as needed. Travel required for M&A initiatives.
• 5 or more years of HR experience with at least 1-2 years in a business partner role
• Proven experience supporting or leading people integration work in M&A transactions (due diligence, job leveling, benefits harmonization, employee communications)
• Deep knowledge of compensation, job architecture, workforce planning and strong experience in Workday
• Exceptional project management skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent integrations under tight deadlines
• Strong business acumen and ability to balance empathy for employees with commercial realities of deal execution
• Outstanding communication skillsyou can translate complex HR concepts for executives and provide clear, compassionate guidance to anxious employees going through change
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders without formal authority and build trust quickly with new teams
• Meticulous attention to detail and commitment to flawless execution on compliance, documentation, and employee experience
• Bias toward action and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Bonus Points For:

• Experience in supply chain, logistics, or fulfillment operations
• Background in high-growth startups or PE-backed companies with active M&A agendas
• Exposure to multi-state and global employment law and benefits compliance
• Certification in change management or M&A integration methodologies
• Experience building HR playbooks or scaling people operations processes
• PHR or SHRM