IT Manager, M&A Portfolio

Role Overview

• Manage the delivery of IT due diligence and integration activities across acquisitions.
• Overseeing project plans, coordinating IT functional workstreams, tracking milestones, and ensuring timely execution across multiple acquisitions.
• Coordinating with external project managers from the corporate Integration Management Office (IMO) to ensure consistency and alignment across enterprise integration efforts.
• Drives accountability across IT domains, ensuring stakeholders remain aligned and deliverables are achieved on schedule.
• Manage IT due diligence workstreams, ensuring document requests, checklists, and deadlines are delivered across all divisions and business lines (Dx, BLS, Divisions, Enterprise).
• Facilitate sessions with subject matter experts, capture inputs, and validate findings.
• Consolidate financial and operational data to support integration budget planning and pro forma tracking.
• Maintain risk, issue, and action logs with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Build and manage integration plans, timelines, and milestones for multiple acquisitions.
• Partner with IT functional leads (Infrastructure, Security, IAM, Applications, Help Desk, etc.) to monitor progress and identify blockers.
• Drive accountability for outstanding deliverables, escalating risks to leadership as needed.
• Plan and facilitate recurring M&A cadence meetings across IT domains.
• Prepare agendas, document outcomes, and distribute action items with assigned ownership.
• Ensure cross-functional dependencies are communicated and tracked to completion.
• Maintain project workspaces (Teams, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project), ensuring project artifacts are organized and accessible.
• Track approvals and maintain documentation for all phases of due diligence and integration.
• Support onboarding materials and maintain knowledge repositories for ongoing projects.
• Develop and update dashboards, project reports, and executive-level summaries.
• Standardize reporting templates to ensure consistent communication across projects.
• Deliver timely and accurate updates to leadership, escalating gaps where needed.
• Coordinate IT resource allocations and availability across multiple transactions.
• Act as liaison between IT and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on timelines and expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years of IT project management, PMO, or portfolio management experience.
• Highly prefer 2+ years of experience in project management within M&A or other high-change environments.
• PMP, PgMP, or similar project management certification preferred.
• 3+ years of experience working in a healthcare or life sciences company, that is highly regulated.
• Strong knowledge of IT domains such as Infrastructure, Security, Applications, and IT Operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Excel, Teams, and project management tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, Power BI, or similar).

Tech Stack

• PMP

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• STD/LTD
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan