Solutions Architect - Mergers & Acquisitions

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Title and Summary

Solutions Architect - Mergers & Acquisitions

Job Role: Mastercard Technology M&A Commercial Architect (CA) – Lead
Overview
The Mastercard Technology Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team supports the lifecycle of M&A activities, from strategic company/partner evaluation, through due diligence, to the guidance and support of integrations. The M&A Commercial Architect (CA) team is accountable for overseeing and driving the commercial technical workstream from an architecture and solutions perspective
RESPONSIBILITIES:
CONSULT TECHNICAL DUE DILIGENCE FOR MASTERCARD ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS
Technical Due Diligence is completed on all potential acquisition target companies. As a M&A CA you will partner with the A&T Program Manager, Technical Architect (TA), M&A TA and ONE M&A Program Manager and be responsible for all things technical from the commercial workstream of this phase.
Due diligence includes partnering with the target company, Mastercard Operations Network & Employee Experience, Architecture and Technology, Security, Developer Tools and Experiences, Business Operations, Global Customer Care, Data Strategy/Compliance, M&A TA and M&A Program Managers to gain a detailed understanding of the technologies, policies, principles and architecture used by the target company within the commercial workshop charter.
These findings are then reconciled with Mastercard’s own policies, principles and technologies to identify where the target company aligns well, and where they fail to meet expected criteria.
Following this assessment you will own and drive all things commercial workstream while partnering with the A&T TA and M&A Program Manager on the observations, recommendations and proposed integration approach, including financials, timeline and headcount requirements to ensure alignment from an integration standpoint.
DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY DESIGNS AND APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS INTEGRATION AND REMEDIATION OF ISSUES FOUND DURING DUE DILIGENCE
You will partner with internal and external SMEs to ensure the integration meets the minimum policy criteria for any commercial activities that is set by the O&T and M&A functional leads. To achieve this you will define infrastructure, employee experience, cloud and developer strategies, standards, principles and architecture for each integration. This includes the remediation of issues and challenges identified during discovery. The final integration approach will align with Mastercard’s own technologies, policies, principles and strategies, whilst also introducing newly acquired tools and processes to Mastercard as appropriate
The integration design will include all resource estimates and will be used as the foundation for the integration execution post deal close.
PROVIDE EXPERT CONSULTANCY TO THE M&A PROGRAM
While you will not be the Program Manager or the Program Technical Architect and may also not lead the hands-on technical integration you will partner with the Program teams, acquired entities and other O&T vertical SMEs as a trusted partner, providing advice and guidance on the technology execution as a commercial SME.
ALL ABOUT YOU:
TECHNICAL RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
Your strong relationships with internal and external technology SMEs are vital to deliver the expert technical consultation required by the M&A commercial workstream. Being the single interface for the M&A commercial workstream to the broader technology functions helps simplify how the M&A program and other functional leads work with anything commercial workshop focused. Your oversight of all commercial activities will allow you to negotiate and steer change on behalf of all of the M&A commercial programs.
Your skills will allow you to proactively drive the expansion of existing relationships and the forging of new relationships.
TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY
Your track record of successfully delivering complex cross-functional projects, teams or committees will be an essential foundation to support technical integration of acquired entities.
You will have a breadth of technical expertise at an architectural level across multiple commercial technology domains including network, data center, monitoring, cloud, compute, data, storage, developer experiences and security. You will be confident working with new technologies and will have an aptitude that allows you to learn new essentials quickly. Your network of specialist vertical SMEs will allow you to dive as deep as required where personal expertise may be lighter.
EXPERT COMMUNICATOR AND PRESENTER
As the M&A technology subject matter expert, you will frequently be the single point of contact for your M&A program and O&T partners on anything commercial workstream related. Your organizational skills and extensive experience creating and delivering presentations across all levels, including senior leadership is critical to success in this role.
Outside of M&A commercial workstream delivery you will use your skills and partner relationships to coach and develop technical talent and project teams across Mastercard and new acquisitions, whilst helping to identify top technical talent.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Travel as required

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.