Senior Architect - Mergers and Acquisitions

Team Overview:
At Trans Union, the Global Technology Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team serves as the technology partner for acquisitions, divestitures, investments, and corporate carve‑outs across the organization. We are seeking a senior technical leader to own the end‑to‑end technology lifecycle of global transactions across buy‑side, sell‑side, and corporate carve‑outs. This role demands a unique blend of deep enterprise architectural expertise, financial acumen, and deal‑velocity execution.

You will lead transactions through two distinct phases: driving technical due diligence pre‑close to inform valuations, and orchestrating complex integration or separation activities post‑close. This role reports to Senior Director, M&A Global Technology. This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in‑person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Role Overview and

Core Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for both pre‑close and post‑close phases of M&A transactions.

1. Pre‑Close:
Due Diligence & Deal Formulation

• Technical Due Diligence
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  Lead deep‑dive architectural assessments of target companies' infrastructure, application stacks, code quality, and data layers to identify technical debt, scalability limits, and operational risks.
• Target State Architecture
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  Define and articulate strategic options to align target companies' applications, data assets, and back‑office systems with Trans Union’s global enterprise architecture and Info Sec standards.
• Cost Modelling & Synergy Capture
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  Build detailed, data‑driven technology cost models during diligence, forecasting the capital expenditures (Cap Ex) and operational expenses (OpEx) required for migration or standalone readiness.
• Deal Team Collaboration
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  Partner closely with Corporate Development and Business Development teams to feed technology risks, integration costs, and runway synergies directly into the final financial deal valuation.

2. Post‑Close:
Integration, Carve‑Outs, & Separation

• Integration Roadmap Execution
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  Design and execute detailed post‑close technology integration schedules, transitioning targets smoothly from Day 1 readiness to full target‑state operations.
• TSA Execution & Exit Management
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  Define, operationalize, and govern technology Transition Service Agreements (TSAs) for divestitures; rigorously track delivery milestones to ensure rapid, secure TSA exits and eliminate stranded costs.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Consolidation
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  Drive the physical and logical consolidation of global cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), legacy data centers, and enterprise back‑office systems.
• Financial Tracking & Governance
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  Manage and track post‑close technology integration budgets, monitoring actual spend against pre‑close forecasts and reporting variances directly to executive leadership.
• Strategic Technical Leadership
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  Act as the primary executive escalation point to unblock engineering teams, resolve complex architectural bottlenecks, and align cross‑functional streams (Legal, HR, Security).

Required Knowledge and Experiences

• Proven M&A Track Record
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  Minimum of 5 years in enterprise architecture, engineering leadership, or technical consulting, with at least 2 years dedicated to leading global M&A transactions.
• Full M&A Lifecycle Ownership
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  Documented success leading transactions from pre‑diligence scoping through to final post‑close integration or complex carve‑out separation.
• TSA Governance Expertise
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  Direct experience creating, negotiating, tracking, and exiting technology TSAs for corporate divestitures.
• Architectural Depth
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  Deep expertise in cloud‑native architectures, enterprise application integration (EAI), software engineering (including code quality and SDLC evaluation), data engineering/analytics pipelines, and modern cybersecurity frameworks.
• Financial Modeling Skills
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  Proficiency in building technology cost models (Cap Ex/OpEx) during diligence and managing multi‑million dollar integration budgets post‑close.

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