M&A Cybersecurity Lead: Diligence, Risk & Day-1

MWI Buying Group; Conshohocken, Northern (Montgomery County, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision care

Backup dependent care

Adoption assistance

Infertility coverage

Family building support

Behavioral health solutions

Paid parental leave

Paid caregiver leave

Training programs

Professional development resources

Mentorship programs

Employee resource groups

Volunteer activities

Job summary

Cencora seeks a Secure MA&D Lead to drive cybersecurity due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions. You will identify cyber risks, estimate remediation costs, manage third-party diligence partners, and support Day-1 readiness planning.

The role requires deep expertise across IAM, cloud security, data protection, and GRC, with strong communication to executives and cross-functional teams. Travel of 5–10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• 6+ years of experience in information security analysis, cybersecurity engineering, incident response, vulnerability management, M&A due diligence, or security program leadership.
• Experience leading cybersecurity assessments, risk reviews, diligence activities, or integration planning.
• Strong understanding of core security domains, including IAM, endpoint security, vulnerability management, cloud security, data protection, security operations, GRC, and third-party risk.
• Ability to explain cyber risks in business terms and connect findings to cost, timing, compliance, and operational impact.
• Experience developing high-level remediation, integration, and run-cost estimates.
• Strong vendor-management and stakeholder-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level summaries and decision materials.
• Ability to manage multiple confidential transactions and competing priorities.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, or CCSP are a plus.
• Ability to travel as needed (5% - 10%).

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-close cybersecurity due diligence for assigned MA&D transactions.
• Review target-company security posture, documentation, interviews, and assessment results.
• Identify key cyber risks, control gaps, compliance concerns, and Day 1 readiness issues.
• Translate technical findings into clear business, operational, and financial impacts.
• Manage third-party cybersecurity diligence providers, including scope, timelines, deliverables, and quality of findings.
• Develop preliminary cost estimates for remediation, integration, tooling, licensing, labor, and ongoing run support.
• Partner with Finance, Corporate Development, Legal, IT, and Information Security teams to validate risks, assumptions, and costs.
• Transfer diligence findings, risks, and open items to security capability owners before close.
• Support Day 1 readiness planning by identifying minimum required controls, dependencies, and immediate post-close actions.
• Maintain clear documentation of risks, decisions, assumptions, action items, and handoffs.
• Improve Secure MA&D diligence templates, playbooks, cost models, and reporting materials.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

M&A due diligence

Vendor & stakeholder management

Executive communication

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or related field

Job description

Cencora seeks a Secure MA&D Lead to drive cybersecurity due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions. You will identify cyber risks, estimate remediation costs, manage third-party diligence partners, and support Day-1 readiness planning.

The role requires deep expertise across IAM, cloud security, data protection, and GRC, with strong communication to executives and cross-functional teams. Travel of 5–10% is expected.