Principal Domain Architect- M&A (Fort Mill)

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Job Overview

The Principal M&A Architect is responsible for leading, analyzing, and designing the Enterprise Data Architecture (EDA) for the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) group, which supports our extraordinary company growth projections and digital experiences vision.

Responsibilities

Strategic M&A Architecture Leader with extensive experience leading technology due diligence, integration strategy, target-state architecture, and business transformation initiatives associated with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic partnerships. Proven ability to align business objectives, technology platforms, data assets, and operating models to accelerate value realization and reduce integration risk.

• M&A Strategy & Technology Due Diligence – Led end-to-end technology assessments for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, evaluating application portfolios, infrastructure, data platforms, cybersecurity posture, technical debt, and integration complexity to inform investment decisions and transaction structuring.
• Integration Architecture & Value Realization – Defined target-state architecture, integration roadmaps, and transition strategies to enable seamless consolidation of business capabilities, applications, data, and technology platforms while accelerating synergy realization.
• Enterprise Architecture Leadership – Directed cross-functional architecture teams across business, application, data, cloud, security, and infrastructure domains to ensure alignment with enterprise standards, modernization objectives, and future-state operating models.
• Application & Platform Rationalization – Led application portfolio assessments, capability mapping, and platform consolidation efforts to eliminate redundancies, reduce operational costs, and improve technology efficiency following acquisitions.
• Data & Business Process Integration – Designed strategies for customer, financial, operational, and regulatory data integration while harmonizing business processes across acquired organizations to support scalable enterprise operations.
• Risk, Governance & Compliance – Evaluated technology, operational, cybersecurity, and regulatory risks during transaction lifecycles and established governance frameworks to ensure compliance, resiliency, and business continuity.
• Stakeholder & Executive Engagement – Partnered with C‑suite executives, business leaders, product organizations, and technology teams to align integration priorities, investment decisions, and transformation roadmaps with enterprise strategic objectives.
• Cloud & Modernization Strategy – Drove post-acquisition modernization initiatives, including cloud migration, platform standardization, API enablement, data transformation, and adoption of strategic enterprise capabilities.
• Operating Model Transformation – Defined future-state organizational, process, and technology operating models to enable scalable growth, improve customer experience, and support long-term business objectives.
• Program Leadership – Managed large-scale integration programs and multi‑year transformation roadmaps, ensuring successful delivery of critical milestones, effective risk management, and measurable business outcomes.

What are we looking for

We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world‑class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast‑paced environment, are client‑focused and team‑oriented, and can execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands‑on design and implementation experience in enterprise architecture landscape
• 5+ years experience migrating legacy platforms to modern data platform
• 5+ years of experience in designing and building SQL, no‑SQL, big data, GraphDB, APIs, Kafka, and streaming solutions.
• 3+ years of experience in the following technical disciplines: application development, middleware, database management or operations, security, integration.

Core Competencies

• Proficiency in defining current and future state Data Architecture models.
• In depth knowledge of cloud data platforms AWS (Primary) and Azure (Secondary). At least one cloud certification is required.
• Experience and expertise in designing, implementing or maintaining the following: Master Data Management solutions, Data Marketplace solutions, Data Science Platforms and Productizing Data, Enterprise Analytics solutions.
• Experience/exposure with one or more Neural Networks, machine learning, deep learning and NLP tools and frameworks.
• Experience migrating monolith on‑prem applications to the cloud using Refactoring, Rearchitecting and Re‑platforming approaches, including 12‑factor. At least one industry‑recognized tool/framework/certification is required.
• Experience in DevOps tools, automated deployments and containerization. At least one industry‑recognized tool/framework/certification is required.
• Excellent communication skills that translate business problems in technical solutions.
• Consult with customers to solve business problems by adapting current technology and/or capitalizing on emerging technology for competitive advantage to meet the strategic objectives of M&A.
• Conduct demonstrations and presentations to executive management of prototypes and proofof‑concepts.
• Understanding of agile methods (SAFe) and processes, and capability of supporting agile product teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt.

Preferences

• More than 5+ years of experience in designing and building SQL, no‑SQL, big data, GraphDB, APIs, Kafka, and streaming solutions is highly preferred.
• Previous proven M&A Enterprise Architecture experience to include contributing to and/or progressing the following: Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology Due Diligence, Enterprise Architecture, Integration Strategy, Application Rationalization, Cloud Transformation, Data Architecture, Target‑State Architecture, Platform Modernization, Operating Model Design, Cybersecurity Assessment, Program Governance, Business Capability Mapping, Stakeholder Management, Value Realization, Practice including Stewardship and Life Cycle Management.
• AWS Certification.

Pay Range

$163,667.00 - $272,847.00. Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

Company Overview

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor‑mediated marketplace, LPL supports over 32,000 financial advisors and the wealth management practices of approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.3 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 8 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses. For further information about LPL, please visit

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Information on Interviews

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