Global Head M&A, CFS TT

Job Description Summary The Global Head M&A Corporate Functions Services (CFS) is accountable for CFS relevant M&A project portfolio within mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships defining and delivering the technology strategy, roadmap and services that enable M&A deals. As a Corporate Functions Solutions domain leadership role, the position partners with CFS leadership, other technology teams and senior business stakeholders to support M&A projects via translation of business priorities into scalable, user-centric and value-driven technology solutions, driving simplification, standardization, service excellence and measurable business impact. Job Description The Global Head M&A Corporate Functions Services (CFS) is accountable for CFS relevant M&A project portfolio within mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships defining and delivering the technology strategy, roadmap and services that enable M&A deals. As a Corporate Functions Solutions domain leadership role, the position partners with CFS leadership, other technology teams and senior business stakeholders to support M&A projects via translation of business priorities into scalable, user-centric and value-driven technology solutions, driving simplification, standardization, service excellence and measurable business impact. Your Key Responsibilities: Your responsibilities include, but not limited to : • Technology Strategy & Business Partnership • Shape and deliver the technology roadmap for M&A Corporate Functions scope, ensuring alignment with M&A roadmaps and Technology Architecture standards and Security guidelines. • Ensure technology decisions support business value realization, integration objectives, and long-term enterprise direction. • Acts as a point of contact for M&A technology team in regards of Corporate Functions deliverables for on-going M&A initiatives. • Act as a strategic technology partner to senior M&A Corporate Functions business stakeholders. • Partner closely with peers within CFS technology teams to develop aligned M&A Corporate Functions technology roadmap and steer it’s smooth deliver. • End-to-end deal lifecycle leadership • Lead CFS participation across deal intake, confidentiality-controlled assessment, due diligence, feasibility evaluation, Scope & Seek, Day-1 and Day-X readiness, integration or separation execution, hypercare, TSA exit, operational handover, and deal closure. • Translate deal assumptions into an executable CFS scope document covering applications, services, data, interfaces, users, vendors, resources, costs, risks, dependencies, timelines, and target-state dispositions. • Accountable for M&A CFS portfolio execution in line with agreed timelines, scope and budgets. • Technology Due Diligence and Assessment • Contribute to technology assessment activities during pre-deal and deal execution phases. • Develop assumptions and estimates based on deal scenarios, including TSA, no-TSA, reverse-TSA, stand-alone build-up, integration, carve-out and site closure as applicable. • Assess each scenario across business continuity, application and data impact, architecture, security, compliance, resource capacity, delivery feasibility, timeline, cost, vendor dependencies, and operational support implications. • Clearly document assumptions, exclusions, sensitivities, unresolved decisions, and deal-specific constraints in recommendations to decision-makers. • Evaluate target organizations' technology landscape for respective M&A deals for Corporate Functions technology scope. • Identify integration complexity, risks, costs, and value creation opportunities. • Support investment decisions through structured technology assessments and recommendations in regards of Corporate Functions scope. • Enterprise Alignment and Architecture Governance • Ensure Corporate Functions Technology M&A initiatives align with enterprise architecture standards, security controls, platform strategies, data governance principles, and technology roadmaps. • Govern target-state architecture decisions across multiple deals and transformation initiatives. • Promote reuse of enterprise platforms, capabilities, and integration patterns where appropriate. • Maintain strategic consistency across transactions to prevent fragmentation of the technology landscape. • Portfolio Governance & Value Delivery • Drive portfolio governance, demand prioritization and investment planning across the M&A Corporate Functions scope. • Ensure solution delivery creates measurable business impact through alignment with M&A roadmap timelines, leveraging technology architecture and security standards. • Vendor, Partner & Ecosystem Management • Manage strategic vendor and partner performance to secure high-quality delivery, contract compliance and cost optimization. • Orchestrate effective collaboration across Technology, business functions, vendors and delivery partners to ensure integrated execution and clear ownership across the M&A Corporate Functions portfolio. • Adoption, Change & Enterprise Enablement • Champion adoption, change enablement and service excellence to ensure technology solutions are embedded effectively, deliver a strong user experience and create sustainable business value. • Contribute technology expertise to M&A integration or separation activities, ensuring continuity, risk mitigation and effective transition within the functional portfolio. • Leadership, Culture & Capability Building • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, simplification, customer focus, continuous improvement and enterprise thinking with business partners and technology stakeholders. • Facilitate executive decision-making through scenario analysis and recommendation papers. • Influence strategic outcomes across organizations without direct authority. • Contribute to the broader Corporate Functions Solutions and Global Technology agenda by enabling cross-functional