Job Description SummaryIQVIA's
AI & Technology Solutions (ATS) organization is seeking a
Principal Enterprise Architect - Mergers & Acquisitions to define, govern, and evolve enterprise-wide 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 IQVIA's strong M&A strategy-covering active integrations, backlog acquisitions, and future deal pipeline.
You will serve as the
architectural authority driving the evolution toward AI-agent-driven M&A IT integration, transforming complex discovery, risk assessment, and application rationalization processes into a high-velocity, automated and scalable capability. This role requires deep, hands-on experience across
pre-close and post-close M&A integrations.
Key ResponsibilitiesThe
Principal Enterprise Architect - M&A is a senior, highly specialized role responsible for leading all architectural dimensions of IQVIA's mergers and acquisitions initiatives.
You will:
- Serve as a senior architectural authority during:
- Deal evaluation and pre-LOI assessments
- Technology due diligence
- Integration planning and execution
- Post-close 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:
- Current-state evaluation of infrastructure, applications, and data
- Identification of gaps, risks, and compliance issues
- Architectural boundary definition for carve-outs and divestitures
- Design integration and migration strategies, roadmaps, and target-state architectures
- Partner with senior leaders to:
- Influence technology investment and integration decisions
- Communicate architectural risks and opportunities to executive and C-suite 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 post-merger synergy targets
- Establish scalable, repeatable architecture patterns for M&A integrations
- Mentor and develop at least two senior architects in M&A-specific 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:
- 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
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior business, technology, and product leaders to drive adoption of standards-based architectures at scale
The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $118,100.00 - $328,800.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.
