Transaction Lead, IT Mergers & Acquisitions

Supporting IT execution during acquisition and divestiture transactions.

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stopsolving foryou.

The ImpactYou’llMakeinthis Role
 

As a Transaction Specialist in IT Mergers & Acquisitions, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world leading acquisition and divestiture activities as part of the broader IT M&A organization at Solventum.

Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading strategy, governance, and execution for complex acquisition, divestiture, integration, and separation transactionsby establishingexecution frameworks, prioritizing activities, managing interdependencies, mitigating risks, and driving successful transaction outcomes across multiple concurrent initiatives.

• DrivingIT due diligence, transaction planning, Transition Services Agreement (TSA) strategy, TSA delivery, and TSA exit activitiesby partnering with IT functional leaders to assess impacts, define transition approaches, identifyrisks, and develop solutions to complex business and technology challenges.

• Driving enterprise-wide alignment across IT, business leadership, IMO, HR, Legal, Finance, Procurement, Cybersecurity, Architecture, Infrastructure, Data, and Applications organizationsto resolve complex issues, influence decisions, remove barriers, and ensure achievement of critical transaction milestones.

• Providing strategic leadership and decision support for complex operational, technical, financial, and organizational challengesby developing recommendations, evaluating options and trade -offs, and advising leadership teams on transaction risks, integration strategies, separation plans, and value realization opportunities.

• Establishing and continuously enhancing IT M&A operating models, governance frameworks, transaction methodologies, playbooks, tools, and reporting mechanismsto improve consistency, scalability, organizational readiness, and execution effectiveness across the M&A portfolio.

• Representingthe IT M&A organization with executive stakeholders, external transaction partners, and acquired/divested entitiesby developing executive communications, governance materials, leadership updates, and decision-support content that enables effective transaction oversight and governance.

• Influencing transaction portfolio priorities, resource plans, and execution strategiesby providing leadership with actionable insights, dependency assessments, resource recommendations, and risk evaluations that support successful transaction delivery and long-term business objectives

Your Skills and Expertise 
 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventumrequires(at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Information Technology, Strategy or a related disciplinefrom atop tier instituteand a minimum of 10years of experience in Information Technology, including 7+ years supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, integration, separation, or business transformation activities

OR

• Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited universityorHigh School Diploma/GED from an accredited institution and a minimum of 12years of experience in Information Technology, including 7+ years supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, integration, separation, or business transformation activities

• Minimum10+years working with global IT organizationsor IT Consulting firmssupporting complex technologyprograms, infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, digital transformation, or enterprise technology initiativesas part ofTransformation/Deal Management office

• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional transaction initiatives involving multiple workstreams, stakeholders, technologies, and external partners.

Additionalqualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Information Technology,Strategyor a related discipline

• Experience supporting IT due diligence, Day 1 readiness, TSA planning, TSA execution, TSA exit, integration, separation, or carve-out activitiesin a Consulting firm or as part of M&A office or transformation office in an organization

• Strong understanding of enterprise IT capabilitiesincluding infrastructure, applications, cybersecurity, architecture, digital workplace, data, and cloud technologies.

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex and ambiguous business challengesthrough structured analysis, stakeholder engagement, and practical recommendations.

• Experience developing executive presentations, status reporting, governance materials, and decision-support contentfor leadership audiences.

• Proven ability to influence stakeholders,facilitatecross-functional alignment, manage competing priorities, and drive execution in highly matrixed organizations.

• Experience serving as an IT M&A subject matter expert and trusted advisor to senior leadership during transaction planning, diligence, integration, separation, and TSA execution activities.Experience providing consultingassistanceand strategic recommendations to senior leadershipregardingtransaction planning, technology risks, and execution strategies.

• Experience leading multiple concurrent transactions and managing enterprise-level dependency, risk, resource, and stakeholder alignment challenges.

• Familiarity with AI tools, Microsoft Power Platform, Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar collaboration and reporting technologies.

Work location:

• Hybrid

Travel: May include up to 10%

Relocation Assistance: Is not authorized.

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Diversity & Inclusion 

(*) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.