M&A Integration Lead

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About the Role 

McKesson is seeking aM&A Integration Lead to lead complex, enterprise-scale technology programs that enable mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, integrations, and carve-outs. In this role, you will partner with business, technology, finance, legal, security, compliance, and executive stakeholders to plan and deliver high-impact IT integration strategies that support business value, operational continuity, and enterprise priorities. You will bring structure to ambiguity, lead cross-functional execution, and use data-driven insights to guide investment decisions, manage risk, and support successful deal outcomes in a regulated enterprise environment. 

What You’ll Do 

• Lead complex IT programs supporting M&A due diligence, integration planning, divestitures, and carve-out execution. 

• Develop technology integration roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, governance routines, and executive reporting. 

• Partner with business and technology leaders to assess systems, infrastructure, applications, data, cybersecurity, compliance, and operational impacts. 

• Identify financial opportunities, cost drivers, transition needs, synergies, and risks that inform business cases and integration decisions. 

• Manage cross-functional stakeholders, escalations, dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions across multiple workstreams. 

• Drive portfolio governance, prioritization, resource planning, and delivery transparency using data, analytics, and structured program controls. 

• Communicate program health, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to senior leaders and sponsors. 

• Promote accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and consistent delivery practices across project teams. 

Basic Requirements 

• 10+ years of progressive experience in IT project management, program management, technology delivery, M&A integration, carve-outs, or related enterprise transformation work. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience. 

• Experience leading large, complex technology programs with multiple workstreams, dependencies, stakeholders, and executive-level visibility. 

• Demonstrated experience with M&A due diligence, integration planning, IT separation, divestiture, or carve-out activities. 

• Experience managing risks, issues, timelines, budgets, resources, governance routines, and executive communications. 

• Experience partnering with finance or business teams to support cost analysis, benefit tracking, synergy identification, or business-case development. 

• Experience operating in regulated, compliance-focused, or enterprise-scale technology environments. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams. 

Preferred Skills/Experience 

• Experience in healthcare, supply chain, distribution, life sciences, or other regulated industries. 

• Familiarity with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data migration, ERP, cloud, SaaS, and application rationalization considerations. 

• Experience with portfolio management, scenario planning, predictive analytics, Agile, hybrid, or waterfall delivery methods. 

• Experience using tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Power BI, Smartsheet, or enterprise PPM platforms. 

• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Prosci, ITIL, or related certification. 

• Ability to translate complex technical and financial information into clear executive-level recommendations. 

• Demonstrated strength in change leadership, collaboration, strategic thinking, and continuous improvement. 

Working Conditions:

In office requirement, we are Flex and Connect with 2 days a week in office

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Our Base Pay Range for this position

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