Principal Enterprise Architect Mergers & Acquisitions (Remote)

Job Description Summary

IQVIAs AI & Technology Solutions (ATS) organization is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect Mergers & Acquisitions to define govern and evolve enterprisewide architecture strategy standards and roadmaps across a large global technology landscape.

This role sits within the Architecture & Standards (A&S) group and partners closely with Corporate Development the M&A IT Office Enterprise Technology Solutions Information Security Data Privacy Legal/IP Finance and Business Units to support IQVIAs strong M&A strategycovering active integrations backlog acquisitions and future deal pipeline.

You will serve as the architectural authority driving the evolution toward AIagentdriven M&A IT integration transforming complex discovery risk assessment and application rationalization processes into a highvelocity automated and scalable capability. This role requires deep handson experience across preclose and postclose M&A integrations.

Key Responsibilities

The Principal Enterprise Architect M&A is a senior highly specialized role responsible for leading all architectural dimensions of IQVIAs mergers and acquisitions initiatives.

You will:

• Serve as a senior architectural authority during:

  • Deal evaluation and preLOI assessments
  • Technology due diligence
  • Integration planning and execution
  • Postclose stabilization and optimization

• Define and govern enterprise architecture strategies that:

  • Enable rapid scalable M&A integrations
  • Reduce technology risk and complexity
  • Maximize value realization and synergy targets

• Lead technology landscape assessments including:

  • Currentstate evaluation of infrastructure applications and data
  • Identification of gaps risks and compliance issues
  • Architectural boundary definition for carveouts and divestitures

• Design integration and migration strategies roadmaps and targetstate architectures

• Partner with senior leaders to:

  • Influence technology investment and integration decisions
  • Communicate architectural risks and opportunities to executive and Csuite stakeholders

• Drive application portfolio rationalization standardization and system retirement

• Ensure alignment with enterprise security privacy and compliance standards (e.g. NIST ISO)

• Act as a trusted advisor to:

  • Corporate Development
  • CIO and CISO organizations
  • Business and technology executives

Success Measures (First 12 Months)

• Measurably reduce the time required to produce M&A technology assessments through improved playbooks and reusable tooling
• Drive application rationalization initiatives that deliver postmerger synergy targets
• Establish scalable repeatable architecture patterns for M&A integrations
• Mentor and develop at least two senior architects in M&Aspecific architecture practices

Required Qualifications

• 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:

  • PreLOI screening
  • Due diligence
  • Day 1 readiness
  • Postmerger 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 carveouts 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 boardlevel audiences

• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior business technology and product leaders to drive adoption of standardsbased architectures at scale

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