IT Senior Manager (Mergers & Acquisitions)

INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORP; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Business accident insurance

Group legal insurance

401(k) savings plan

Job summary

Integra LifeSciences is seeking a Senior Manager of IT Mergers & Acquisitions to spearhead IT due diligence and cross‑functional integration across applications, infrastructure, and data. The role, based in Princeton, NJ, leads a matrixed team and partners with Corporate Development, Finance and Legal to quantify IT synergies and risks for multi-year integration programs.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in Life Sciences, strong executive presentation skills, and expertise in IT strategy,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical or Business field; master’s degree desirable.
• Certifications in Process Excellence / Six Sigma / Lean / Organizational Change Management / PMP / ITIL / Business Analyst Training / Green or Black Belt preferred.
• 10+ years of Life Sciences/Pharma/Biotech industry experience.
• 5+ years leading process improvement initiatives.
• 5+ years in digital strategy and transformation.
• 3+ years in business development, integrations, and post-integration processes.

Responsibilities

• Leads IT due diligence workstreams for M&A transactions and divestitures.
• Orchestrates Transition from due diligence to post-merger integration across IT.
• Develop Day 1 readiness plan and End State roadmap.
• Create workplans for AD migrations, ERP consolidations, and cloud integrations.
• Define and manage TSAs to maintain business continuity during integration.
• Ensure regulatory compliance (GxP, HIPAA/GDPR, 21 CFR Part 11).
• Oversee re-validation of systems in the merged environment.

Skills

Executive presentation

Process improvement

Digital strategy

Integrations

Stakeholder management

IT strategy

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Technical or Business field

Master’s degree desirable

Certifications: Six Sigma / Lean / PMP / ITIL / Change Management

Tools

Oracle ERP

Active Directory migrations

Cloud integrations

Job description

Changing lives. Building Careers. Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care. Integra Life Sciences is looking for a Senior Manager of IT Mergers & Acquisitions supporting our global corporate development function with a proven track record of driving alignment across a matrixed organization to desired business outcomes and quantitative KPI improvements related to Pre-Deal Technology Due Diligence.

This role would lead a cross‑functional team through process‑centered discussions that generate integrated technology solutions across the various areas of Integra: Applications, Infrastructure, Project, and Financial planning. This role will be responsible for shaping and designing an IT M&A playbook that organizes a sequential process for integrating new companies over the desired time horizon. By strategically partnering with Corporate Development, Finance, and Legal this role will evaluate IT architecture, cybersecurity, modernization gaps, and IT contracts to quantify synergy opportunities and acquisition risks. Initially there will be a deep focus on ensuring the process and systems critical to day1 of the integrations have been considered into the deal models and access from a risk and IT compliance perspective. This role exists to help translate business requirements into business cases and vetted investments in technology over multiple years while ensuring mandatory companywide priorities are met. The ideal candidate for this role exhibits strong business acumen, executive presentation skills, understanding of corporate finance, and how to write business cases for digital transformation projects. The candidate should exhibit a history of strong project management and stakeholder management.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the technical workstreams for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures focused on IT due diligence.
• Orchestrates the transition from due diligence to post‑merger integration, ensuring that IT infrastructure, networks, emails, applications, and data from both entities are unified without disrupting validated environments or clinical operations.
• Integration Planning & TSA Management: Develop the \"Day 1\" readiness plan and long‑term \"End State\" roadmap.
• Create detailed workplans for Active Directory migrations, ERP consolidations (e.g., Oracle), and cloud integrations.
• Define and manage Transitional Service Agreements (TSAs) to ensure business continuity while the acquired entity is being decoupled from its parent company.
• Regulatory & Compliance: Ensure all IT integration activities comply with GxP (Good Practice), HIPAA/GDPR, and 21 CFR Part 11.
• Oversee the re‑validation of systems in the newly merged environment.

DESIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical or Business field, master’s degree desirable
• Preferred Certifications: Process Excellence / Six Sigma / Lean / Organizational Change Management / PMP / ITIL / Business Analyst Training / Green or Black Belt
• Experience: Minimum 10 years’ experience in the Life Sciences, Pharma, MedTech, or Biotech industries
• 5+ years of experience leading process improvement initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience working in, or supporting digital strategy and transformation
• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in, or supporting business development, integrations, and post integration processes
• Familiarity integrating Quality Management Systems (QMS), Product Lifecycle Management Systems (PLM), and Customer Relationship Management system (CRM)
• Preferred: Executive presentation skills, experience a MedTech quality and regulatory environment.

Additional details: This is a hybrid role, and the ideal candidate will be based out of Princeton, NJ. The hybrid schedule requires in‑office presence on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.

Salary

Salary Pay Range: $125,350.00 - $172,500.00 USD.

Benefits

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• savings plan (401(k))

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following Total Rewards | Integra LifeSciences.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Integra LifeSciences is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of race, marital status, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

Integra LifeSciences is committed to provide qualified applicants and employees who are disabled veterans or individuals with disabilities with needed reasonable accommodations in accordance with the ADA.

Employer Branding

Integra - Employer Branding from Integra LifeSciences on Vimeo Whatever your specialty, you’ll find an ideal setting for building a rewarding career. Along the way, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing your work matters, that it’s making patients’ lives better, making a positive and lasting difference. You’ll find that the pace is exhilarating – because the need is so urgent. You’ll be challenged – and supported – by the most dynamic and inspiring people in your profession. And you’ll grow a career that is more impactful and fulfilling then you thought possible. More than 4,200 Integra employees already know we’re a great place to build a career. Here’s your chance to discover that for yourself.