# M&A Integration & Separation Architect **Company**: Infosys Consulting - Europe **Location**: London **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Consulting **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://jobs.workable.com/view/8jc8VGJNAUvaKVewZRLJfG/hybrid-m%26a-integration-%26-separation-architect-in-london-at-infosys-consulting---europe?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_17f36e3c-2c8 ## Description As an M&A Integration & Separation Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering complex transformation programmes driven by mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and execution, translating deal intent into robust, executable blueprints that enable successful business outcomes. You will own the definition of end-to-end integration and separation architectures, including Target Operating Models (TOM), transition states, and the technical and operational roadmap required to achieve them. Working across applications, infrastructure, data, identity, and business processes, you will ensure that solutions are not only strategically aligned but also feasible, scalable, and deliverable within the constraints of the deal. Key Responsibilities: - Define and own the end-to-end integration or separation architecture, including Target Operating Model, transition architectures, and phased delivery roadmap - Translate deal thesis and business objectives into practical, executable architecture designs across applications, infrastructure, data, and processes - Establish guiding principles, standards, and architectural guardrails to drive consistency across complex programmes - Lead pre-deal and pre-close activities, including technology due diligence, feasibility assessments, and identification of critical Day‑1 risks and dependencies - Support post-close execution, including stabilisation, TSA exit acceleration, and transition to target state - Assess feasibility of integration or separation plans across: Enterprise applications and platforms, Infrastructure and cloud environments, Data and analytics architecture - Identify key risks, constraints, and dependencies, and define pragmatic mitigation strategies aligned to deal timelines - Work closely with functional workstream leads (IT, Finance, HR, Operations) to ensure alignment between architecture and business execution - Act as a bridge between strategy and delivery teams, ensuring that designs are effectively implemented across Infosys and client delivery teams - Engage with senior client stakeholders to shape decisions, challenge assumptions, and provide expert guidance - Facilitate workshops to define architecture direction, validate assumptions, and align cross-functional teams - Contribute to the development of Infosys Consulting’s M&A propositions, methodologies, and assets (e.g., Day‑1 toolkits, TSA frameworks, architecture patterns) - Stay at the forefront of industry trends, including cloud transformation, AI-enabled operations, and digital platform integration in M&A contexts Requirements: - Significant experience (6+ years) in M&A integration, separation, or large-scale transformation programmes - Proven track record of defining and delivering end-to-end architecture in complex, multi-workstream environments - Strong experience across multiple architecture domains: Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, industry platforms), Cloud and infrastructure (Azure, AWS, hybrid models), Data and analytics, Identity and access management - Hands-on experience with Day‑1 planning, TSA structures, and post-merger integration or carve-out execution - Strong consulting skillset with the ability to operate across strategy, design, and execution phases - Experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure deal environments, managing ambiguity and fixed timelines - Ability to manage and influence cross-functional and cross-geography teams within large programmes - Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, including CIOs, CTOs, and business leaders - Ability to connect technology decisions to business value, deal rationale, and synergy outcomes Benefits: The Team Our M&A practice is at the forefront of this ambition. We partner with corporate and private equity clients across the full deal lifecycle , from technology due diligence and pre-sign feasibility, through Day‑1 readiness and Transaction Service Agreement (TSA) design, to post-close integration, separation, and value realisation. We act as an execution confidence partner, ensuring that deal intent is translated into practical, deliverable outcomes that maximise value and minimise risk. We bring a distinctive combination of advisory, architecture, and delivery orchestration, supported by Infosys’ global delivery capability. Our teams work across applications, infrastructure, data, and business processes to enable seamless integration or separation, while maintaining business continuity and accelerating synergy realisation. We also leverage emerging technologies, automation, and AI-enabled insights to enhance decision-making and drive efficiency throughout the deal lifecycle. Joining our team means being part of a growing and differentiated M&A capability where you will work alongside experienced practitioners, contribute to building new propositions, and help shape how organisations execute some of their most critical deals. ## Skills ### Required - M&A integration - separation - large-scale transformation programmes - Enterprise applications - Cloud and infrastructure - Data and analytics - Identity and access management - Day-1 planning - TSA structures - post-merger integration - carve-out execution - strategy - design - execution phases - cross-functional teams - cross-geography teams - senior stakeholders - CIOs - CTOs - business leaders - technology decisions - business value - deal rationale - synergy outcomes --- Source: [Apply at jobs.workable.com](https://jobs.workable.com/view/8jc8VGJNAUvaKVewZRLJfG/hybrid-m%26a-integration-%26-separation-architect-in-london-at-infosys-consulting---europe?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)