IT M&A Integration Manager

IT M&A Integration Manager
Location: 51 John F. Kennedy Pkwy, Short Hills, NJ 07078 (onsite)
Duration: 12+ months

Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced and technically strong IT M&A Integration Manager to lead technology due diligence, application assessments, and post-merger integration activities across acquisitions and divestitures. The successful candidate will serve as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders, technology teams, and acquired entities, ensuring a seamless transition of applications, infrastructure, and IT services.
This role requires a hands-on technical professional capable of evaluating application landscapes, identifying integration risks, managing micro-applications, coordinating remediation activities, and driving technology integration initiatives from due diligence through execution.

Key Responsibilities

IT Due Diligence & Assessment

• Lead IT due diligence activities for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investments.
• Assess application portfolios, infrastructure environments, data architecture, cybersecurity controls, licensing, and operational support models.
• Evaluate technical debt, application lifecycle maturity, supportability, scalability, and integration complexity.
• Identify technology risks, integration challenges, and cost implications.
• Develop due diligence reports, risk assessments, and executive summaries for stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Support valuation and synergy analysis by providing IT cost, resource, and application insights.

Application Integration & Transition Management

• Own the inventory, assessment, and integration planning for business applications and micro-applications.
• Define application disposition strategies (retain, retire, replace, consolidate, migrate, or integrate).
• Coordinate application onboarding, migration, and decommissioning activities.
• Develop integration roadmaps and transition plans aligned with business objectives.
• Work closely with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business teams to ensure successful integration outcomes.

Technical Ownership & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the single point of contact for application-related integration activities and operational issues.
• Manage and coordinate application support tickets, escalations, and remediation activities during integration phases.
• Facilitate communication between business users, vendors, support teams, and project stakeholders.
• Track dependencies, risks, issues, and action items across multiple workstreams.

Governance & Project Execution

• Establish governance processes, reporting mechanisms, and integration KPIs.
• Lead status reviews, steering committee updates, and stakeholder meetings.
• Ensure compliance with IT standards, security policies, regulatory requirements, and audit controls.
• Support Day-1 readiness, transition service agreements (TSAs), and post-close integration activities.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain detailed application inventories, architecture documentation, and integration plans.
• Produce executive-level reports, dashboards, risk registers, and project updates.
• Document lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of M&A integration methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in IT operations, application management, enterprise architecture, or IT project delivery.
• 3+ years of experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or large-scale technology transformations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, integrations, databases, cloud platforms, and IT infrastructure.
• Experience conducting IT due diligence and application portfolio assessments.
• Strong technical troubleshooting and incident management skills.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, or other enterprise platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience managing Transition Service Agreements (TSAs).
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, identity management, and data governance principles.
• PMP, ITIL, TOGAF, CISSP, or related certifications preferred.

Key Competencies

• IT Due Diligence
• Application Portfolio Rationalization
• M&A Integration Planning
• Technical Assessment & Risk Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Incident & Ticket Management
• Enterprise Applications
• Project & Program Management
• Problem Solving

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