Director, IT Mergers & Acquisitions; IT M&A

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

• Provide strategic leadership and end-to-end accountability for all IT work streams related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions, ensuring timely, secure, and value-driven integration execution.

• Lead IT due diligence efforts in partnership with Corporate Development, Security, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership, assessing technical environments, operational maturity, risks, cost structures, and integration complexity to inform deal decisions.

• Develop and maintain a scalable, flexible IT M&A playbook that defines governance models, integration standards, Day 1 readiness criteria, 30‑60‑90 day milestones, and long‑term transformation objectives.

• Own the planning and execution of Day 1, Day 30, and Day 90 integration milestones, ensuring business continuity, secure access provisioning, endpoint and asset visibility, collaboration tooling alignment, and service support readiness.

• Serve as the senior IT integration leader across all acquired entities, acting as the primary liaison between acquired leadership teams and internal IT functions to drive alignment, clarity, and accountability.

• Establish clear integration governance structures including steering committees, workstream cadences, risk logs, decision frameworks, and executive reporting mechanisms.

• Drive rapid stabilization of acquired IT environments, identifying operational gaps, tooling redundancies, contract inefficiencies, and security exposures, and executing remediation plans with urgency and discipline.

• Partner with IT Operations, End User Services, ITAM, Service Management, Security, and Engineering teams to coordinate seamless integration across endpoint management, service desk, collaboration platforms, identity alignment, and vendor transitions.

• Lead IT separation planning and execution for divestitures, including TSA design and negotiation support, transition roadmaps, service carve‑outs, and risk mitigation planning.

• Own post‑close integration budgeting, cost tracking, synergy realization measurement, and financial transparency across all M&A‑related IT initiatives.

• Identify opportunities for platform consolidation, vendor rationalization, process standardization, and operating model optimization to accelerate value realization and reduce long‑term technical debt.

• Ensure acquired environments are aligned to corporate security standards, compliance requirements, asset management policies, and operational controls in partnership with Security and Risk teams.

• Drive organizational readiness planning including communication strategies, onboarding workflows, support model transitions, and change management to ensure minimal employee disruption.
  Build and lead a high‑performing IT M&A team, defining clear roles, expectations, and performance standards while fostering a culture of accountability, urgency, and execution excellence.

• Provide executive‑level reporting on integration progress, risks, resource constraints, and business impact, enabling informed decision‑making and risk ownership.

• Operate effectively in high‑ambiguity, fast‑paced environments where multiple acquisitions may run in parallel and priorities must be dynamically balanced.

• 10+ years of experience in IT leadership roles, with significant experience leading complex technology integrations, enterprise transformations, or large‑scale cross‑functional initiatives.

• 5+ years of experience in people leadership, building and managing…