Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions - Technology Integration

About the role

The Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions - Technology Integration is a senior executive responsible for leading the technology component of the firm’s merger and acquisition integration program. This role provides enterprise-level leadership and accountability for integrating acquired firms into a centralized, standardized technology environment, including core systems, infrastructure, security, operating models, and support capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Technology Integration Leadership
  • Serve as the executive owner for technology integration across all firm acquisitions.
    • Define and execute the technology integration strategy, aligned to the firm’s target operating model, growth strategy, and risk tolerance.
    • Lead the convergence of acquired firms onto centralized, standardized core platforms, including applications, infrastructure, identity, security, data, collaboration, and end-user services.
    • Ensure integration outcomes prioritize stability, security, scalability, and long-term operational efficiency, minimizing interim solutions and technical debt.
• Leadership of the Technology Integration Team
  • Lead a high-performing, cross-functional technology integration team, inclusive of architecture, infrastructure, applications, security, operations, and delivery leaders.
  • Provide clear direction, accountability, and prioritization across multiple integration initiatives operating in parallel.
  • Establish a culture of disciplined execution, outcome-based delivery, and risk-aware decision-making.
• Integration Program Execution & Governance
  • Own the technology integration roadmap, sequencing integrations across entities while managing inter-dependencies, capacity constraints, and readiness criteria.
  • Establish and enforce integration governance frameworks, including:
    • Target-state architecture and standards
    • Readiness and cutover gates
    • Exception and risk management processes
    • Decision rights and escalation paths
    • Develop repeatable playbooks and tools to accelerate integrations happening in parallel.
    • Ensure technology integration is audit-ready, defensible, and compliant with security, regulatory, privacy, and contractual obligations.
    • Provide executive-level reporting on status, risks, dependencies, and value realization.
  • Centralization & Operating Model Transformation
    • Lead the transition from decentralized, acquisition-specific technology environments to a unified enterprise operating model.
    • Oversee consolidation of:
      • Core business applications
      • Infrastructure and hosting platforms
      • Identity and access management
      • Security tooling and controls
      • Service management and support models
      • Define and implement sustainable post-integration operating models for technology governance, funding, delivery, and support.
    • Executive & Stakeholder Partnership
      • Act as a trusted advisor to Executive Leadership on integration risks, tradeoffs, sequencing, and investment decisions.
      • Partner closely with M&A leadership during due diligence, shaping technology integration assumptions, cost models, and timelines.
      • Collaborate with Risk, Legal, HR, Finance, and Control functions to align integration execution with firm-wide requirements.
      • Partner closely with all stakeholders including the firms we are acquiring to ensure tight alignment.
      • Represent technology integration outcomes confidently to Boards, Steering Committees, and Senior Leadership forums.

    Qualifications

    • 15+ years of experience with at least 5 of those years leading M&A integrations
    • Proven experience operating at Managing Director / Executive Director / VP+ level in a complex enterprise environment.
    • Extensive experience leading large-scale technology integrations resulting from mergers and acquisitions with many running in parallel.
    • Demonstrated success integrating multiple entities into centralized core systems and shared services.
    • Strong command of technology operating models, enterprise architecture, security, and service delivery.
    • Executive presence with the ability to influence at the C-suite and Board level.
    • Deep experience managing risk, compliance, and regulatory considerations within technology integration.

  Skills

  • Technical skills or qualifications as outlined in the job description.