Director– Strategic M&A & Value Realisation

InMobi Advertising is a global technology leader helping marketers win the moments that matter. Our advertising platform reaches over 2 billion people across 150+ countries and turns real-time context into business outcomes, delivering results grounded in privacy-first principles. Trusted by 30,000+ brands and leading publishers, InMobi is where intelligence, creativity, and accountability converge. By combining lock screens, apps, TVs, and the open web with AI and machine learning, we deliver receptive attention, precise personalization, and measurable impact. Through Glance AI, we are shaping AI Commerce, reimagining the future of e-commerce with inspiration-led discovery and shopping. Designed to seamlessly integrate into everyday consumer technology, Glance AI transforms every screen into a gateway for instant, personal, and joyful discovery.  Spanning diverse categories such as fashion, beauty, travel, accessories, home décor, pets, and beyond, Glance AI delivers deeply personalized shopping experiences. With rich first-party data and unparalleled consumer access, it harnesses InMobi’s global scale, insights, and targeting capabilities to create high impact, performance driven shopping journeys for brands worldwide. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, and by MIT Technology Review, Fast Company’s Top 10 Innovators, and more, InMobi is a workplace where bold ideas create global impact. Backed by investors including SoftBank, Kleiner Perkins, and Sherpalo Ventures, InMobi has offices across San Mateo, New York, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta, Bengaluru and beyond. At InMobi Advertising, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how billions of users connect with content, commerce, and brands worldwide. To learn more, visit http://www.inmobi.com/ Location: Bangalore - In Office  Reports To: CHRO (with strong SIG – Strategic Investment Group / CEO / CFO partnership)  About InMobi Group  InMobi Group has been a pioneer in mobile-first, AI-powered technology for over 18 years, shaping the future of advertising and consumer experiences. With businesses spanning AdTech, Consumer Tech (Glance), and Data Platforms, we’re driving intelligent experiences at scale, powering over 500 million devices across markets like the US, Japan, India, and Brazil. As a profitable and high-growth company, we’re on a bold path towards IPO and redefining global digital engagement through innovation in advertising, AI commerce, connected TV, and more.  As InMobi Group accelerates its next phase of growth through a robust pipeline of global acquisitions planned over the coming year, right M&A will be critical in enabling the organization to scale rapidly while preserving cultural coherence, leadership strength, and operational rigor—making inorganic growth a core lever in achieving our long-term business vision.  Role Overview  We are seeking a Director/VP– Strategic M&A Integration & Value Realisation to own and lead the People charter across global mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments. The role owns the end-to-end integration and value delivery lifecycle for large acquisitions and strategic transactions—starting pre-LOI and extending through Day-1, Day-90, and Year-1 outcomes.  This role exists to ensure that acquisitions are:  Assimilated fast  Organisationally and culturally integrated  Cost- and value-disciplined  Measurably accretive to the core business  The role does not own deal execution. Instead, it ensures that every deal delivers its intended strategic, organisational, and people outcomes, with clear accountability for value realisation.  Operating at the intersection of People, Strategy, Finance, and Business, this is a high-impact role critical to making inorganic growth a repeatable, disciplined value engine for the organisation.  Key Responsibilities  Pre-LOI Integration & Org Due Diligence (Strategic Advisory) Partner closely with SIG Finance, and the CHRO’s office before LOI to assess:  Leadership quality, depth, and succession risk  Org structure, role overlaps, and decision rights  Culture, performance norms, and operating cadence  Workforce cost structures, location leverage, and scalability  Shape integration hypotheses that directly influence:  Valuation ceilings  Retention vs redundancy strategies  Day-1 operating model decisions  Provide clear, decision-oriented inputs that inform deal structure—not retrospective commentary.  Integration Strategy & Execution Ownership Design and own the end-to-end integration strategy across people, org, cost, systems, and culture  Lead Day-1 / Day-30 / Day-90 / Year-1 integration plans  Drive fast, decisive integration choices; escalate trade-offs when required  Ensure integration momentum is sustained without creating prolonged disruption or fatigue  This role acts as the single-threaded owner for integration outcomes.  Org, Talent & Culture Assimilation  Lead future-state org design and leadership mapping  Make strategic calls on:  Role redundancies  Leadership transitions  Retention of truly critical talent  Drive cultural assimilation in close partnership with PBPs, focusing on:  Decision speed  Accountability and ownership  Performance bars and execution rigor  Ensure acquired leaders and teams are fully embedded, not operating as parallel structures.  Synergy & Cost Value Realisation(Core to the Role) Architect and deliver robust synergies across:  Workforce and leadership layers  Vendors, platforms, and infrastructure  Operating model simplification  Partner with Finance to track real P&L and cash impact, not just synergy narratives  Embed cost discipline from Day-1, ensuring value is realised—not deferred  Hold integration teams accountable to committed vs realised value.  Senior Stakeholder & Governance Leadership Act as a trusted extension of the CHRO in driving enterprise-wide change  Partner closely with CEO, CFO, Business Heads, and SIG  Provide transparent, executive-level updates on:  Value realised vs committed  Integration risks and blockers  Org, leadership, and talent implications  Ensure governance is tight, decisions are documented, and trade-offs are explicit.  Playbooks, Governance & Institutional Capability Build and institutionalise M&A integration playbooks, trackers, and governance models  Create repeatable frameworks that scale across multiple concurrent deals  Ensure auditability and readiness for IPO-level scrutiny  Codify learnings to continuously strengthen the organisation’s M&A muscle  What Success Looks Like  Acquisitions are integrated cleanly and quickly  Clear people, org, and cost synergies are measurably delivered  No prolonged “integration fatigue” across the organisation  Acquired leaders and teams operate as one company, not legacy entities  A scalable, institutionalised M&A integration playbook exists across the org  Inorganic growth becomes a predictable value lever, not a risk function  Qualifications & Skills  12–18+ years of experience across People Strategy, M&A, Integration, or Consulting  4–7+ years in consulting or M&A advisory environments (Big 4, Aon, Mercer, WTW, or similar) strongly preferred  Strong, hands-on experience with global acquisitions (US & EMEA mandatory)  Demonstrated experience owning post-deal integration and value realisation  Deep understanding of:  Org design and workforce economics  Rewards, cost structures, and compliance  Change management in high-stakes environments  Exceptional stakeholder management skills and executive presence  Ability to operate with high ambiguity, speed, and accountability  Strategic thinker with a strong execution bias The InMobi Culture At InMobi, culture isn’t a buzzword; it's an ethos woven by every InMobian, reflecting our diverse backgrounds and experiences. We thrive on challenges and seize every opportunity for growth. Our core values — thinking big, being passionate, showing accountability, and taking ownership with freedom — guide us in every decision we make. We believe in nurturing and investing in your development through continuous learning and career progression with our InMobi Live Your Potential program. InMobi is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and in the workplace. 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