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Position Summary:

F5 is seeking an experienced and driven Senior Director of Corporate Development and Merger Integration to lead post-deal strategy and execution for domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and carve-outs. This leadership role is critical to ensuring smooth organizational integration and alignment, advancing F5’s objectives, and supporting complex transactions strategically and effectively across cross-functional teams.

This position requires senior leadership in mergers and acquisition (M&A) integration, with a focus on Human Resources, organizational design, and business transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, bringing a collaborative approach, exceptional project management skills, and strategic depth.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead global post-deal integration efforts for F5 across multiple functional teams, especially in the areas of HR, compensation, and benefits alignment, to ensure seamless transitions for acquired organizations and employees.

Collaborate with internal and external cross-functional integration and transaction teams, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, carve-outs, and other corporate initiatives.

Drive alignment of compensation and benefit platforms, ensuring compliance with applicable health, welfare, and pension-related regulations while fostering employee engagement during transitions.

Serve as the strategic leader for M&A integration projects, responsible for end-to-end execution, including project scoping, budget management, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and timeline adherence.

Create and deliver high-quality client-ready deliverables, presentations, and results to senior leadership, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and continued transparency throughout the integration lifecycle.

Mentor, coach, and develop team members, fostering their career growth and professional development as part of a high-performing integration division.

Partner with corporate leadership on business development initiatives, including identifying synergies, forming integration strategies, and aligning M&A transactions with F5’s growth objectives.

Key Qualifications:

Experience: Minimum of 10 years of consulting or corporate M&A experience, including HR integration expertise and post-deal execution strategy. A background in Fortune 1000 corporations or relevant middle-market enterprises is desirable.

Education: Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Certifications: Professional certifications such as CCP, CEP, CEBS, FSA, or equivalent designations are highly preferred.

Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing corporate compensation and benefit plans, including experience with HR M&A due diligence, workforce planning, and compliance protocols.

Proficient in project and program management leadership, including planning, organizing, resource coordination, risk management, and delivering successful outcomes in complex transactions.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships and lead collaboration across diverse teams and senior leadership levels.

Exceptional communication, analytical, and leadership skills. Prior experience presenting to senior executives and board-level audiences is highly valued.

Enthusiastic self-starter with a results-driven approach and adaptive mindset in dynamic environments.

Willingness to travel globally to support integration efforts as required.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $221,189.00 - $331,783.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.