Available Positions:
Deputy Director - Mergers
Grade:
Assistant Principal Higher (AP1)
Employing Authority:
Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)
Location:
Office in Dublin 1/ Agile (Hybrid) working available
Closing date:
3pm, Friday, 12th September, 2025
Starting Salary:
€89,432
Division Overview:
The Mergers Division delivers the CCPC's merger review function. This involves examining mergers notified to the CCPC to determine if they would result in a substantial lessening of competition in any market for goods or services in the State. As a result of new powers introduced by the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022, the CCPC can initiate merger reviews by calling-in mergers that have not been notified but may have effects on competition in the State. The Mergers Division ensures that mergers which threaten to result in a substantial lessening of competition only proceed where measures are put in place that address the CCPC's competition concerns. Where
that does not happen, the CCPC can prohibit the merger. In any given year, the Mergers Division can consider transactions with a cumulative value of several billion euro.
The Mergers Division represents the CCPC at European Commission Advisory Committee meetings and participates in the European Competition Network (ECN) Merger Working Group. The Mergers Division also leads on engagement with the European Commission on matters relating to the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2022/2560).
For further information on the CCPC's merger review work in 2024, see the CCPC Mergers and Acquisitions Report 2024 available here.
The Role:
The CCPC is seeking to recruit a Deputy Director of Mergers, with excellent strategic leadership skills and proven expertise in the application of competition law and/or economics, to take on a senior management role in the CCPC's Mergers Division. Working with the CCPC's Director of Mergers, the successful candidate will play a key leadership role in the effective delivery of the CCPC's merger review and related functions. This is an opportunity for you to strongly contribute your professional skills and experience to the future enforcement of merger control
in Ireland, at a time of significant change at both national and EU levels.
The Deputy Director will be responsible for directly leading and managing merger review teams efficiently and effectively, in compliance with relevant legislation, guidelines and related procedures, in investigating mergers and delivering robust determinations. As part of the leadership team in the Mergers Division, you will have a consistent focus on securing appropriate outcomes, delivering multiple cases/projects, and ensuring the continuous development of capacity and capability in the division.
Reporting to the Director of Mergers, you will be responsible for leading and managing dedicated case teams undertaking meaningful and impactful work, providing strategic direction to the Division and delivering on its annual divisional workplan. You will have the opportunity to represent the CCPC at national and international fora and conferences. This may include European Commission Advisory Committee meetings, and European and International Competition Network meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
* Assist the Director of Mergers in the strategic management, leadership, and administration of the
* division.
* Assist the Director in delivering on the Merger Division's and the CCPC's objectives by providing strategic and tactical professional inputs across the division's workstreams.
* Ensure the delivery of merger reviews on time, taking into account the need to manage multiple
* complex cases with competing priorities and demands.
* Lead merger review teams to ensure their operational effectiveness, setting high standards and
* implementing strategies to drive team performance, including implementation of project management tools to deliver successful outcomes in merger reviews.
* Assist the Director in monitoring and developing capability and capacity across the Mergers Division through effective delegation, coaching and mentoring and identification of learning/development needs.
* Provide and/or supervise the provision of effective, solution-focused, and timely professional inputs to support the CCPC's investigation of mergers and acquisitions.
* Draft and/or supervise the drafting of various documents including memos, merger assessments, policies and procedures, determinations, etc.
* Take a lead on key Mergers Division and cross-divisional projects as the need arises, build familiarity with the broad remit of the CCPC's mandate, and encourage the team to do the same.
* Engage with internal and external stakeholders on advocacy for necessary policy and legislative change to support the delivery of the CCPC's merger review function.
* Promote the Mission, Vision, and Values of the CCPC and contribute to the development and
* implementation of Divisional strategy and workplans that will pro-actively contribute to achieving CCPC strategic objectives.
* Deputise for the Director and deliver other workstreams as may be required by the Director.