Sr. Director, IT M&A Integration
About The Position
When you’re part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do daring work, and join a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world. Senior Director, IT M&A Integration The IT Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team partners closely with Corporate Development and the Integration Management Office (IMO) to lead technology due diligence, integration strategy, and full life-cycle delivery of IT integration for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures across Thermo Fisher Scientific. The team also establishes IT process governance, strategy development, standard methodologies, and portfolio management practices for M&A activity across Global IT. As Senior Director, IT M&A Integration, you will serve as the senior IT leader fully accountable for the strategy, execution, and successful delivery of IT integration for new acquisitions. You will maintain a dual reporting and governance relationship with IT leadership and the Integration Management Office (IMO), owning the IT M&A portfolio end-to-end — from due diligence through full integration — including the financial management needed to support it. You will apply Practical Process Improvement (PPI) to continuously strengthen our integration methodology and partner with IT functional and business leaders to ensure robust, repeatable processes for system integrations. The key responsibility of this role is to fully own the end-to-end success of IT integration for new acquisitions across Thermo Fisher — from due diligence through complete integration — while managing the overall IT M&A portfolio, including its financials, by applying Thermo Fisher standard methodologies and our project management framework.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related STEM discipline required
- 15+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including significant experience leading large-scale, complex IT integration or M&A programs
- 8+ years of IT people management experience, including leading distributed and matrixed teams
- Manage multi-million dollar IT portfolios and budgets with rigor, balancing the long-term and short-term implications of decisions across multiple concurrent, time-sensitive integrations
- Operate effectively in ambiguity, address conflicts that may arise, and apply strong interpersonal, customer service, and documentation skills
- Lead and influence colleagues, peers, and senior executives at all levels of the organization toward enterprise M&A strategic goals
- Communicate complex technical, operational, and financial information clearly to executive and senior leadership audiences
Nice To Haves
- MBA or other advanced degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior IT leader fully accountable for the end-to-end success of IT integration for new acquisitions, from due diligence through complete integration into Thermo Fisher’s systems, processes, and controls
- Maintain a dual reporting relationship with IT leadership and the Integration Management Office (IMO), ensuring IT integration strategy and execution remain fully aligned with deal objectives and the enterprise M&A portfolio
- Lead IT due diligence for prospective acquisitions, partnering with Corporate Development to assess technology risk, system compatibility, licensing exposure, cybersecurity posture, and integration cost and complexity
- Own and manage the IT M&A portfolio, including budgeting, forecasting, actual-vs-plan financial tracking, and synergy/cost-savings realization, providing full transparency and reporting to IT and executive leadership
- Partner closely with IT Shared Services, Group IT, Corporate Development, and the IMO to plan and execute integration activities across infrastructure, business applications, architecture, cybersecurity, data, and employee experience work streams
- Lead the negotiation and ongoing management of Transition Service Agreements (TSAs), ensuring contractual IT obligations are met and risk is actively managed through transition periods
- Build, lead, and mentor a team of IT M&A program and project managers, developing functional capability, tools, and staffing to scale delivery across multiple concurrent integrations
- Establish governance structures, reporting cadences, and executive dashboards that provide IT leadership full visibility into integration status, risks, milestones, and financials
- Develop and continuously improve IT M&A playbooks, standard methodologies, and the project management framework, applying Practical Process Improvement (PPI) principles
- Lead change management and communications planning for stakeholders across acquired and existing business units to support smooth, low-disruption transitions
- Represent IT in pre- and post-close deal forums, providing integration cost estimates, risk assessments, and delivery timelines to deal teams and senior executives
- Champion and develop strong working relationships with business stakeholders, system users, and company personnel across the organization
Benefits
- bonus
- ESPP
- 401k
- healthcare
- employee assistance program
- paid time off
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- commuter benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- 120 hours paid time off (PTO)
- 10 paid holidays annually
- paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave)
- accident and life insurance
- short- and long-term disability
- competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
