Associate Director, Technology M&A and Program Management

at Humana in Topeka, Kansas, United States

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The Associate Director, Technology M&A leads technology due diligence and develops integration and separation strategies for acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. This role performs in-depth research, IT financial analysis, and investment modeling to identify technology risks, costs, and synergy opportunities across organization, applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, and operating processes. Serving as the AVP’s right hand, the Associate Director orchestrates integration planning and execution, drives teams through full deployment, manages external delivery partners, and owns financial outcomes associated with technology investments.

The role also advances the maturity of M&A processes, tools, and team capabilities to ensure consistent, scalable execution.

• Develop end-to-end technology integration strategies and detailed execution plans, aligned to the deal thesis, business priorities, and risk tolerance.
• Define Day-1, Day-2, and full deployment roadmaps, including sequencing, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Drive integration teams across all technology domains (applications, data, infrastructure, identity, end‑user, cybersecurity) from planning through full deployment and stabilization.
• Ensure integration outcomes meet business, regulatory, security, and operational readiness requirements.
• Own financial accountability for technology investments related to M&A activity, including one‑time integration/separation costs, run‑rate impacts, synergy realization, and capital allocation.
• Build, manage, and track deal‑level investment cases, forecasts, and actuals; proactively manage variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance and Corporate Development to ensure technology investments support enterprise ROI, valuation assumptions, and post‑close value realization.

• Lead the engagement and management of external contractors, systems integrators, and specialized vendors delivering technical integration or separation work.
• Define scopes of work, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria; manage performance, cost, and quality of delivery.
• Ensure contractors are effectively integrated with internal teams and adhere to enterprise standards, security requirements, and governance expectations.

• Act as the AVP’s delegate for day‑to‑day orchestration of the Technology M&A portfolio, including prioritization, resourcing, and execution cadence.
• Lead managers and highly specialized professionals; provide coaching, remove execution barriers, and ensure accountability for outcomes.
• Support workforce planning, capability development, and succession planning for the Technology M&A function.

• Advance the maturity of Technology M&A processes, tools, and governance, including integration playbooks, financial models, execution dashboards, and risk management frameworks.
• Establish repeatable standards for integration planning, contractor management, financial tracking, and deployment readiness.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, metrics, and adoption of leading practices.
• Provide detailed review and quality oversight of technical M&A deliverables, including due diligence outputs, deal completion documentation, and communications prepared for internal stakeholders and senior leadership.

• Institutionalize repeatable M&A playbooks, stage gates, and templates (diligence checklists, investment models, TSA toolkit, cutover runbooks, synergy trackers, RAID logs).
• Implement portfolio management tooling (e.g., work intake, pipeline visibility, resource capacity, OKRs) and automate reporting dashboards (timeline, costs, risk, benefits).
• Establish measurable KPIs and quality standards; drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, lessons‑learned integration.
• Establish measurable KPIs and quality standards; drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, lessons learned, and data‑driven analysis,…