M&A Applications Architect & Roadmap Lead — Flexible

Sword Group; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Training and career development

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking an experienced professional to support M&A activities from Discovery through to design and implementation, delivering an essential To-Be state. You will assess applications architecture, craft roadmaps, and prioritize critical systems across diverse business areas.

With strong technical and communication skills, you will guide integration projects, ensure security/compliance, and transfer knowledge to client teams while contributing to continuous improvement across

Qualifications

• Experience with IT infrastructure, integration technologies, and system architecture.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a client-focused approach.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support discovery during M&A activity and move to design/implementation phases.
• Assess applications architecture, strategy and build roadmap.
• Create an application landscape and transitional road map.
• Identify critical applications and set priorities.
• Support system implementation, configuration and integration projects.
• Provide technical expertise to ensure security and operational standards.
• Deliver training and knowledge transfer to client teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and best practices.

Skills

IT architecture

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Security standards

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Job description

Sword Group is seeking an experienced professional to support M&A activities from Discovery through to design and implementation, delivering an essential To-Be state. You will assess applications architecture, craft roadmaps, and prioritize critical systems across diverse business areas.

With strong technical and communication skills, you will guide integration projects, ensure security/compliance, and transfer knowledge to client teams while contributing to continuous improvement across