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 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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