Principal Enterprise Architect - Mergers & Acquisitions

Lifelancer
Any Location, PA
Job Description
Role Overview

Define, govern, and evolve enterprise-wide architecture strategy, standards, and roadmaps across a large, global technology landscape. Partner with Corporate Development, the M&A IT Office, Enterprise Technology Solutions, Information Security, Data Privacy, Legal/IP, Finance, and Business Units to support IQVIA's strong M&A strategy.

What You Will Do

Serve as a senior architectural authority during deal evaluation and pre-LOI assessments, technology due diligence, integration planning and execution, and post-close stabilization and optimization. Define and govern enterprise architecture strategies that enable rapid, scalable M&A integrations, reduce technology risk and complexity, and maximize value realization and synergy targets.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires deep, hands-on experience across pre-close and post-close M&A integrations. You will lead technology landscape assessments, including current-state evaluation of infrastructure, applications, and data, and design integration and migration strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in enterprise or solution architecture roles
  • 4+ years leading technology due diligence and/or integration architecture in M&A environments
  • Proven experience across the full M&A lifecycle, including pre-LOI screening, due diligence, day 1 readiness, post-merger integration and stabilization
  • Deep expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks, application portfolio management, integration and migration strategies
  • Strong working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), hybrid and distributed integration patterns, data architecture and governance
  • Experience with carve-outs and divestitures, including Transition Service Agreements (TSAs)
  • Solid understanding of cybersecurity and risk assessment frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2) as applied to M&A
  • Exceptional executive communication and influence skills, with the ability to present architectural findings and risks to senior and board-level audiences

Benefits

  • health and welfare benefits
  • other benefits
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