Principal – M&A IT Application - Canada - Business Consulting

Infosys; Toronto; On-site; CAD 153,620 - 211,990; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Health and Dependent Care Reclamation/

Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness,

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Job summary

Infosys Consulting seeks a Principal Consultant specializing in IT Applications separation and integration for its Tech Transformation Advisory Practice in Canada. You will lead strategic IT roadmaps, governance, and execution of complex IT transformation initiatives across multiple functional areas.

Travel up to 100% may be required. The role emphasizes leadership, client engagement, and the ability to drive standardized processes and efficient IT solutions while delivering measurable cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years in IT.
• Consulting or client-facing experience preferred.
• Application implementation and rollout experience or M&A application separation/integration experience is beneficial.
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and present strategic roadmaps for IT applications for transformation workstreams.
• Collaborate with senior leadership ensuring governance, and business continuity.
• Oversee analysis, design, and implementation of IT applications across functional areas.
• Lead separation and integration projects for applications and data migration.
• Manage testing cycles (SIT/UAT) and cutover activities for critical projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and act as trusted advisor.

Skills

IT Leadership

M&A IT Experience

Stakeholder Management

Strategic roadmaps

Communication & Presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Principal Consultant – M&A IT Application - Infosys Consulting

Infosys Consulting's Tech Transformation Advisory Practice is seeking a Principal Consultant specializing in IT Applications separation and integration.

Position Overview:

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic IT Leadership:

• Develop and present strategic roadmaps for IT applications for a workstream including transformation, focusing on standardization, efficiency, and cost savings.
• Collaborate with senior leadership ensuring proper program governance, and business continuity.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in IT applications for a functional areas and lead their adoption where appropriate.
• Oversee the analysis, design, and implementation of scalable and resilient IT application solution, involving COTS or custom applications for at least one functional area.
• Manage projects for separation and integration of applications.
• Lead effort and develop strategies for standardization of business processes and applications.
• Create solutions for business requirements including extension of functionality in existing ERP and non-ERP applications and selection of new best of breed COTS packages.
• Create project plans and manage them. Highlight the risks and issues and creating mitigation plans.
• Identify project dependencies to ensure critical path is managed closely.
• Manage testing cycles (SIT and UAT) for each project.
• Manage cutover activities for separation/ integration projects.

Integration:

• Create high level integration strategy.
• Manage integration activities across systems and guide the teams to ensure scalability and flexibility.
• Ensure end to end testing of integrations across systems.

• Manage coordination with business teams to define data migration criteria.
• Provide leadership for data migration activities from data mapping to extraction, transformation, and upload.
• Ensure data reconciliation and signoff.

Client and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and providing tailored IT solutions.
• Present project updates, findings, and recommendations to client executives in a clear and concise manner.
• Act as a trusted advisor, guiding stakeholders through IT transformation processes.

Team Leadership and Development:

• Lead project teams, ensuring clear communication, effective collaboration, and timely delivery of milestones.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering continuous learning and professional growth.

Project / Program Management:

• Oversee project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to ensure goals and timelines are met.
• Implement and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track project success, including uptime, incident resolution time, and cost savings.

Thought Leadership & Practice Development:

• Collaborate with other service lines to create new joint offerings.
• Share insights through blogs, white papers, and other thought leadership.
• Develop Infosys methodologies and approaches to client delivery.
• Assist in developing IT application related tools and processes.
• Coach and lead other consultants and participate in the performance management process.
• Help recruit and retain top-quality consultants.

Sales Support:

• Lead IT application and business transformation pre-sales and sales activities for M&A, including proposal development and solution presentations.
• Develop execution plans, cost estimates, and risk assessments.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities.
• Conduct market and client research.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years in IT
• Proven experience managing complex IT projects.
• Consulting or client-facing experience preferred.
• Application implementation and rollout experience or M&A application separation/ integration experience is beneficial.
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Proven leadership and team management capabilities.
• Ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• Ability to travel up to 100%.
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in Canada without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid program/project management skills, including interviewing clients, process mapping, project planning, and stakeholder communication.
• Strong presentation skills and experience writing successful project proposals.

TThis job description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties and responsibilities that are required of the employee.

Estimated annual Total compensation range for the candidate based in the below location will be:

• Ontario: CAD 153,620 to CAD 211,990

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

About Us

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

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