M&A Product Tech Diligence Architect

Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.

Technology (tech) Diligence is part of Deloitte’s M&A Transaction Strategy & Diligence Transaction (TS&D) Offering, within our broader Strategy & Transactions practice. Our Technology Diligence practitioners are focused on delivering successful, informed business decisions for our clients by identifying the key product technology risks and opportunities associated with the most challenging M&A transactions. They are seeking a Product Architect Manager to add to their team who will have the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology, product architecture, and M&A strategy. You will play a visible role in high-impact transaction work, helping clients assess technology risk, validating growth readiness, and identifying post-close priorities that shape investment outcomes—apply today!

Recruiting for this role ends on 11/30/2026.

Work You’ll Do

Deloitte’s M&A tech diligence product architecture managers assess the product and technology architecture of acquisition targets, divestiture assets, and portfolio companies to help clients make informed transaction decisions. As a manager, you will serve as a trusted advisor to corporate and private equity (PE) clients. Deloitte’s managers are self-starters who are comfortable in an energetic and dynamic "roll-up-your-sleeves" culture. Manager level responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Synthesize overall technology strategy by analyzing a wide variety of solutions, selecting the most relevant tools/techniques to meet specific client requirements such as business case, pricing, or complex financial and technical analysis, and interpreting and reporting on outputs
• Evaluate software products, digital platforms, engineering environments, and support technology ecosystems to identify strengths, risks, scalability considerations, technical debt, and value creation opportunities
• Evaluate architecture quality, technical debt, engineering maturity, and platform scalability
• Assist in product and technology architecture assessments for buy-side, sell-side, and carve-out due diligence engagements
• Assess product scalability, resilience, maintainability, extensibility, security and operational readiness across R&D organization, SDLC, strategy and roadmap, and underlying infrastructure
• Identify technical debt, legacy constraints, architecture bottlenecks, and other technology risks that may affect valuation or investment thesis
• Review engineering maturity across the software development lifecycle, DevSecOps, release management, testing, observability, and governance
• Assess the feasibility of the product roadmap and the architecture’s ability to support future growth, modernization, and integration
• Analyze third-party dependencies, vendor concentration, platform supportability, and operational vulnerabilities
• Encompass a strong understanding of modern architectural patterns, including microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native platforms, and SaaS environments
• Translate technical findings into concise diligence outputs, including red flags, risk assessments, Day 1 implications, and value creation recommendations
• Present a coherent perspective in verbal, written and analytical formats, as part of a broader M&A diligence effort
• Collaborate with broader diligence teams across commercial, financial, operational, cybersecurity, and data workstreams
• Support post-close planning by advising on integration complexity, separation considerations, modernization priorities, and architecture-related synergies
• Develop work plans for components of engagements, coordinate activities between work streams and identify changes in scope
• Design deliverable content to precisely reflect the engagement contract and client needs and strive to improve deliverable quality through verification and validation of results
• Present findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders, including private equity investors, corporate development teams, CTOs, CIOs, and executive sponsors
• Ability to be resourceful with certain subject matter areas that arise during diligence activities

The successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships 
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor 
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Our M&A team offers expert guidance to corporate and private equity clients in navigating complex growth and divestiture scenarios. Our services encompass M&A strategy and transaction diligence, integration and separation planning and execution, as well as transaction financing.

The M&A TS&D team applies strategy, diligence, value qualification, and structuring advice for Deloitte’s clients to streamline execution and reduce their uncertainty. The team focuses on the value creation potential of each transaction and its inherent operational risks. Embedded in M&A TS&D, the Technology Diligence practice executes across several services through evaluating technology systems and operations of companies, identifying potential risks and helping ensure technology is a successful enabler for an M&A transaction. Each service has a focus across an organization’s people, process, applications and infrastructure, and incorporates unique industry considerations. This is accomplished through an integrated platform which more clearly checks the alignment of the deal macros with our clients’ investment theses, focuses on the foundational maturity of the target company, brings more value creation concepts to the diligence effort, and applies a metrics-driven perspective.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 6+ years of experience in product architecture, software engineering (historical and contemporary technology stacks), enterprise architecture, or platform engineering
• 6+ years of experience evaluating product architecture, platform design, cloud environments, integration patterns, APIs, data flows, and infrastructure dependencies
• 6+ years of experience designing, assessing, or modernizing complex software products and digital platforms
• 3+ years of experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• 3+ years of experience synthesizing data, identifying risks and value-creation opportunities, and developing perspectives and implications as part of an overall concrete assessment of the subject company
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and 6+ years consulting and/or industry experience; alternatively, an MBA with 4+ years relevant work experience
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
• Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
• You must reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required, without the need for overnight accommodations.
• You can expect to co-locate on average 1-2 times a week with variations based on types of work/projects and client locations.

Preferred:

• MBA or technology-related advanced degree with 4+ years relevant work experience with at least 3+ years of consulting experience, 2+ years of M&A consulting, and at least 4+ years of practical IT operational experience
• Experience leading digital transformation efforts across custom-developed technologies, etc.
• Experience leading pre- and post- merger M&A IT activities
• Assisting in the completion and delivery of at least 2 IT due diligence projects for strategic or financial clients
• Assisting in the completion and delivery of at least 5 software assessments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues in business terms.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments with multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments
• Collaborating with practitioners in other practices and businesses
• Experience with B2B SaaS, enterprise software, data platforms, or digital product businesses
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and regulatory considerations relevant to technology-enabled businesses
• Experience with carve-out planning, transition service agreements, and post-merger integration
• Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, or equivalent

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $128,000 to $252,500.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

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