M&A Integration & Separation Architect

Level: Principal

Location: Germany (travel as required)

About Us

You want to boost your career and collaborate with expert, talented colleagues to solve and deliver against our clients’ most important challenges? Infosys Consulting is a global management consulting firm helping leading organisations navigate complex business and technology transformations. We operate in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment, combining the agility of a boutique consultancy with the scale, engineering depth, and global reach of Infosys.

At Infosys Consulting, we believe that real transformation happens at the intersection of business strategy and technology execution. Our approach brings together deep functional expertise, industry insight, and cutting-edge digital capabilities to deliver measurable outcomes. We work as one team across consulting and technology, enabling our clients to move from strategy to execution with speed, confidence, and accountability.

About Your Role

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.

You will be engaged across the full M&A lifecycle — from pre-deal feasibility and technology due diligence, through Day‑1 readiness and TSA design, to post-close stabilisation and value realisation. You will collaborate closely with client stakeholders, functional leads, and Infosys delivery teams to ensure seamless execution, while maintaining a clear focus on business continuity, risk mitigation, and value capture.

This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, deep architecture expertise, and hands-on delivery leadership, as well as the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, high-pressure environments where timelines are fixed and outcomes are critical

Requirements

Architecture Leadership & Design

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

M&A Lifecycle Delivery

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

Feasibility & Risk Management

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

Cross-Functional Orchestration

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
Support Integration Management Office (IMO) in aligning architecture decisions with programme governance and delivery milestones

Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

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
Articulate complex technical concepts in a clear and compelling way to both technical and non-technical audiences

Practice Development & Thought Leadership

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
Coach and support junior team members, helping to build our growing M&A architecture capability

Requirements

Experience & Expertise

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

Core Consulting Competencies

Excellent problem-solving and structured thinking capabilities
Experience supporting business development activities, including proposals, solution shaping, and client presentations is desirable
Strong facilitation skills, with experience running client workshops and design sessions
Ability to clearly articulate complex ideas through high-quality written and verbal communication
Creative and inquisitive mindset, with the ability to challenge assumptions and develop innovative solutions
Business fluency in English and German

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 and high-stakes transformations.

About Infosys Consulting

Be part of a globally renowned management consulting firm on the front-line of industry disruption and at the cutting edge of technology. We work with market leading brands across sectors. Our culture is inclusive and entrepreneurial. Being a mid-size consultancy within the scale of Infosys gives us the global reach to partner with our clients throughout their transformation journey.