Tech M&A - Consulting

Experience : 3 - 12 Years Location : Gurgaon & Bangalore About the role: You will lead and drive the technical evaluation, planning, and execution of IT-focused workstreams across the M&A lifecycle. Your responsibilities will include IT due diligence, integration planning, and separation (carve-out) execution. You will work closely with clients (corporate or private equity), cross-functional deal teams, and technical stakeholders to identify technology risks and value levers, recommend strategies, and deliver roadmaps for technology integration or separation. Key Responsibilities: Pre-Deal / Due Diligence Lead technology due diligence for buy-side and sell-side engagements by assessing the target's IT organization, applications, infrastructure, cloud, data, cybersecurity, and technology maturity. Identify and evaluate technology risks, technical debt, hidden costs, and integration complexity. Develop detailed deliverables, including data request lists, interview guides, agendas, architecture assessments, cost models, synergy analyses, Transition Service Agreement (TSA) schedules, and integration or separation roadmaps. Estimate IT cost transformation opportunities, synergies, and post-deal investment requirements. Synthesize findings and present actionable recommendations to executive stakeholders across both technical and business functions. Support proposal development by defining project scope, pricing, and resource plans for prospective clients. Post-Deal / Integration & Separation Lead post-merger IT integration or carve-out separation programs. For carve-outs, establish and manage the IT Separation Management Office; for integrations, lead the IT Integration Management Office (IMO). Define and design the target IT operating model, including organizational structure, governance, processes, and systems alignment. Develop and maintain program governance artifacts such as project plans, status dashboards, risk and issue logs, and resource plans. Lead initiatives to disentangle and rationalize enterprise systems, cloud infrastructure, vendor contracts, and service delivery models (including outsourcing/offshoring where applicable). Ensure successful Day 1 readiness by designing day-zero operating models, TSA arrangements (where applicable), and transition plans. Mentor junior team members by providing technical guidance, project leadership, knowledge sharing, and quality assurance for deliverables. Client Engagement & Business Development Act as a trusted advisor to C-level executives and senior stakeholders on technology risks, dependencies, and opportunities throughout the M&A lifecycle. Contribute to business development by supporting proposals, estimating project effort, defining service differentiators, and identifying cross-selling opportunities. Stay current with industry trends in M&A technology, including cloud, data centers, cybersecurity, and SaaS, and incorporate best practices into client engagements. Qualifications 3 - 12 years of experience in IT/technology consulting, transaction advisory, or consulting with significant exposure to mergers and acquisitions. Strong experience in IT due diligence ( pre-deal) and post-deal integration or separation . Experience with a Big 4 or strategy consulting firm is preferred. Proven track record of managing cross-functional teams on complex M&A technology engagements. Good understanding of enterprise applications (on-premises and cloud), infrastructure (data centers and cloud), data architecture, and cybersecurity. Familiarity with vendor management, outsourcing/offshoring, and IT operating models. Experience with integration strategies, carve-out planning, TSA design, and technology road mapping. Ability to develop and analyze cost models , synergy estimates, and IT financial projections. Experience in benchmarking, risk quantification, and value creation analysis. Strong program management skills, including planning, governance, and risk management. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field. An MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.