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Product Engineering & Technical Program Management Portfolio/Region Lead (Director)
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Product Engineering & Technical Program Management Portfolio/Region Lead (Director)
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The Role
Leads enterprise product engineering and technical program management across global portfolios. Establishes operating models, governance, architecture and delivery standards; directs distributed engineering, program management and scrum teams; oversees complex product and platform initiatives; manages prioritization, investment, risk, launch readiness, staffing and vendor relationships; and communicates portfolio outcomes and trade-offs to executives.
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Grant Thornton is seeking a Product Engineering & Technical Program Management Portfolio/Region Lead to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below.
The Product Engineering & Technical Program Management Portfolio / Region Lead defines and leads alignment among product strategy, technical architecture, engineering execution, and cross-team program delivery across Grant Thornton’s internal and external product portfolio. This leader ensures that product engineering and technical program management operate as a cohesive system, delivering scalable, secure, reliable platforms and product capabilities that support the firm’s global strategy.
Operating at the executive level, this role leads the product engineering and technical program management functions; establishes the operating model, governance, investment approach, delivery cadence, and performance measures; and provides a clear view of priorities, dependencies, risks, readiness, and outcomes across the portfolio. The role partners with senior leaders across Product, Technology, Architecture, Security, Operations, and the business to make trade-offs, scale reusable capability, and improve execution across geographies.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the enterprise technical vision for product platforms and shared capabilities, aligned with firm objectives, product strategy, and architecture standards.
- Lead and develop distributed product engineering, technical program management, and scrum master teams; set expectations, strengthen capabilities, and build a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Establish and evolve the engineering and technical product operating model, including governance, decision rights, planning standards, delivery cadence, and ways of working across regions.
- Translate roadmap commitments into sequenced, resourced portfolio and program plans with clear owners, dates, dependencies, risks, and user outcomes.
- Lead complex programs across multiple squads and functions from validated concept through build, launch, and stabilization for internal and external users.
- Partner with Product, Technology, Architecture, Security, Operations, and business leaders to align roadmaps, standards, investments, and delivery priorities.
- Drive portfolio prioritization and investment trade-offs using technical return on investment, cost of delay, capacity, risk, and expected value.
- Oversee platform and foundation initiatives, including cloud, data, integration, automation, and AI capabilities, to increase reuse, reduce duplication, and accelerate delivery.
- Establish standards for architecture, telemetry, reliability, integration, security, quality, and operational readiness across the product portfolio.
- Improve engineering flow by strengthening backlog health, estimation, dependency management, work-in-progress controls, demos, and the removal of systemic impediments.
- Set a focused set of measures for delivery health, cycle time, platform stability, quality, adoption, and value realization; provide transparent, executive-ready reporting without creating unnecessary administrative burden.
- Own launch and ship readiness, coordinating product, design, support, market, delivery, and operations activities, including enablement, documentation, communications, rollout, rollback, and post-launch stabilization.
- Maintain a current, quantified view of portfolio risk and present leaders with clear options and implications for scope, timing, cost, quality, and outcomes.
- Guide technical staffing strategy, vendor and outsourced delivery relationships, skills development, and capability maturity across engineering and technical program management roles.
- Plan and govern AI-enabled product work using appropriate discovery, evaluation, data, model, quality, cost, and latency considerations, and apply AI tools to improve planning, risk detection, status synthesis, and reporting.
- Represent Product Engineering and Technical Program Management in executive forums, communicating decisions, trade-offs, risks, progress, and recommendations clearly.
- Operate effectively within a global delivery model, using distributed teams and time-zone coverage to improve collaboration and execution.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- 15+ years of experience in engineering leadership, technical product leadership, technical program management, or a closely related field, including significant experience leading teams.
- Proven success leading distributed engineering and technical program organizations at enterprise scale and delivering software products adopted by internal or external users.
- Demonstrated experience directing complex, cross-functional programs across multiple engineering teams, product management, design, operations, and business stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of modern software delivery practices, including Agile, DevOps, continuous delivery, platform engineering, and flow metrics.
- Strong architectural fluency across scalable system design, integrations, security, reliability, and the relationship between technical decisions and delivery risk.
- Experience establishing operating models, governance, standards, and performance measures across multiple teams or regions.
- Strong strategic judgment in portfolio prioritization, investment allocation, dependency management, and scope or sequencing trade-offs.
- Ability to influence executives and align stakeholders across Product, Technology, Architecture, Security, Operations, and the business.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical and program information into clear decisions and recommendations.
- Experience managing and developing technical program managers, scrum masters, engineering leaders, or comparable roles across distributed locations.
- Working fluency with AI tools and experience planning AI or machine-learning work where evaluation is iterative, quality is measured statistically, and model, data, cost, and latency constraints affect delivery.
Preferred Experience
- Experience delivering enterprise-grade products in professional services or another regulated environment.
- Experience with a platform-plus-solutions model and scaling shared capabilities across products, audiences, tenants, or markets.
- Experience establishing enterprise engineering standards for observability, security, reliability, experimentation, feature management, and progressive rollout.
- Experience using product analytics and adoption measures to evaluate launch outcomes and value realization.
- Experience building global delivery models across the United States, India, and Europe and partnering with external engineering vendors.
The base salary range for this position is between $184,000 and $260,000. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.
About UsAt Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets. About the TeamThe team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
• Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site.
• Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household.
• We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
• When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers
Here’s what you can expect next:
If you apply and are selected to interview, a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to you to schedule a time to connect. We encourage you to also check out other roles that may be a good fit for you or get to know us a little bit better at www.gt.com/careers.
Benefits:
We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits
- Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
- Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave.
Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. Interns and seasonal employees are not eligible for bonus compensation.
Additional Details:
It is the policy of Grant Thornton to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions (including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, working conditions, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, evaluations, and termination) are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or civil union status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, veteran status, disability, handicap, genetic predisposition or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of Grant Thornton to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. To make an accommodation request, please contact [email protected].
For Los Angeles Applicants only: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
For Massachusetts Applicants only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Grant Thornton does not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
- 15+ years of experience in engineering leadership, technical product leadership, technical program management, or a closely related field
- Significant experience leading teams
- Experience leading distributed engineering and technical program organizations at enterprise scale
- Experience delivering software products adopted by internal or external users
- Experience directing complex, cross-functional programs across engineering, product management, design, operations, and business stakeholders
- Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, continuous delivery, platform engineering, and flow metrics
- Strong architectural fluency in scalable system design, integrations, security, and reliability
- Experience establishing operating models, governance, standards, and performance measures across multiple teams or regions
- Strategic judgment in portfolio prioritization, investment allocation, dependency management, and scope or sequencing trade-offs
- Ability to influence executives and align stakeholders across Product, Technology, Architecture, Security, Operations, and business functions
- Exceptional executive communication skills
- Experience managing and developing technical program managers, scrum masters, engineering leaders, or comparable roles across distributed locations
- Working fluency with AI tools
- Experience planning AI or machine-learning work involving iterative evaluation, statistical quality measurement, and model, data, cost, and latency constraints
- Experience delivering enterprise-grade products in professional services or another regulated environment
- Experience with a platform-plus-solutions model and scaling shared capabilities across products, audiences, tenants, or markets
- Experience establishing enterprise engineering standards for observability, security, reliability, experimentation, feature management, and progressive rollout
- Experience using product analytics and adoption measures to evaluate launch outcomes and value realization
- Experience building global delivery models across the United States, India, and Europe and partnering with external engineering vendors
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Parental & Family Support — Paid, gender‑neutral parental leave, backup childcare, and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement are emphasized, with flexible options like intermittent leave and LGBTQ+‑affirming coverage. Feedback suggests these offerings are a distinctive strength and align with external recognition for family‑friendly policies.
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Retirement Support — A firm‑funded retirement plan in addition to a 401(k) match is presented as a differentiating element of the package. Feedback suggests this dual‑vehicle approach is viewed as unusually strong for the sector.
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Flexible Benefits — A firmwide Flexible Time Off policy, hybrid work arrangements, and lifestyle‑focused perks expand how people can tailor benefits to their needs. Feedback suggests this flexibility is a core part of the total‑rewards proposition.
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