Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri)
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Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Position Summary The Senior Staff Architect for Mergers & Acquisitions serves as a senior technical leader responsible for integrating applications into our Configuration Management Database (CMDB) using ServiceNow and following the Common Service Data Model (CSDM) framework, inclusive of application enablement and identity access management. This position augments the leadership of the Director of Portfolio Governance, including the responsibility of full application mapping and certification, as well as providing guidance on authentication using Active Directory and Microsoft Entra.
This role bridges architectural strategy and execution, enabling business transformation through modern, secure, and scalable solutions that align with CIS M&A goals. The Senior Staff Architect will collaborate across global IT, cybersecurity, enterprise platforms, portfolio governance, and business functions to deliver high-impact integration outcomes that enhance colleague productivity and experience.
Key Responsibilities
M&A Integration Leadership
Represent Application Enablement across M&A programs, focusing on integrating applications from acquired companies into our CMDB using ServiceNow and application authentication via Microsoft Entra and Active Directory.
Lead technical discovery, gap analysis, and integration planning for collaboration, endpoint, and telecom environments.
Partner with leaders to define and execute technical integration blueprints aligning with Thermo Fisher's enterprise architecture standards.
Partner with IMO, PMO, and other CIS teams to ensure on-time, compliant, and high-quality delivery of all integration milestones.
Drive post-close optimization through standardization, modernization, and automation initiatives.
Architectural Strategy & Design
Lead architecture, roadmap, and strategy for application enablement workstreams within M&A programs.
Evaluate and design scalable, secure, and compliant application architectures.
Translate complex business requirements into technical designs and operational plans.
Partner with platform owners to ensure alignment with corporate standards, governance, and lifecycle management.
Support modernization initiatives to enhance automation, application management, and user experience.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Act as the senior technical representative in integration workshops with business, IT, and vendor partners.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Cybersecurity, and Networking teams to ensure end-to-end alignment on identity, compliance, and performance standards.
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers and architects involved in integration activities.
Build strong relationships across CIS, ETO, Portfolio Governance, Identity and Access Management, and business leadership to align technology strategy with organizational objectives.
Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement
Document and maintain integration standards, playbooks, and documentation for M&A portfolio governance and identity and access management technologies.
Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement within M&A integration workflows.
Contribute to lessons learned and continuous improvement processes to enhance future integrations.
Establish measurable KPIs and success metrics for M&A endpoint and collaboration outcomes.
Minimum Requirements / Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Travel Requirement Up to 20-25% travel may be required to support global integration efforts and key business sites.
Compensation and Benefits The salary range estimated for this position based in Maryland is $143,000.00-$185,000.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.
All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.