Application Enablement - Senior Staff Architect – Mergers & Acquisitions

Key Responsibilities

• Represent Application Enablement across M&A programs, focusing on integrating applications from acquired companies into our CMDB using ServiceNow and application authentication via Microsoft Entra and Active Directory.
• Lead technical discovery, gap analysis, and integration planning for collaboration, endpoint, and telecom environments.
• Partner with leaders to define and execute technical integration blueprints aligning with Thermo Fisher’s enterprise architecture standards.
• Partner with IMO, PMO, and other CIS teams to ensure on-time, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all integration milestones.
• Drive post-close optimization through standardization, modernization, and automation initiatives.

Architectural Strategy & Design

• Evaluate and design scalable, secure, and compliant application architectures.
• Translate complex business requirements into technical designs and operational plans.
• Partner with platform owners to ensure alignment with corporate standards, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Support modernization initiatives to enhance automation, application management, and user experience.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as the senior technical representative in integration workshops with business, IT, and vendor partners.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity, and Networking teams to ensure end-to-end alignment on identity, compliance, and performance standards.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and architects involved in integration activities.
• Build strong relationships across CIS, ETO, Portfolio Governance, Identity and Access Management, and business leadership to align technology strategy with organizational objectives.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Document and maintain integration standards, playbooks, and documentation for M&A portfolio governance and identity and access management technologies.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement within M&A integration workflows.
• Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement processes to enhance future integrations.
• Establish measurable KPIs and success metrics for M&A endpoint and collaboration outcomes.