Managing Director - Technology Product Management

About the Firm

CohnReznick is one of the nation’s top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, fostering teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration. The firm helps organizations optimize performance, manage risk, and maximize value through CohnReznick LLP (assurance services) and CohnReznick Advisory LLC (advisory and tax services). With deep industry knowledge and relationships, the firm delivers solutions to address clients’ unique business goals and risks, and provides insight on emerging market forces. With offices nationwide, CohnReznick serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia.

About the Role

The Head of Technology Product Management will build, scale, and lead a new, specialized product management organization. Reporting directly to the CTO, this executive will establish product management discipline across the firm's core business units and enterprise-wide practice management platforms: Tax, Advisory, Assurance, and Enterprise Platforms. The successful candidate will assess team resources, determine staffing needs, and lead dedicated Product Managers for each line of business. This leader ensures technology investments, architectures, and AI integrations directly accelerate business growth, streamline compliance, and deliver maximum ROI.

As a hands-on leader and change agent, you will set a high bar for program delivery, lead by example on challenging initiatives, and demonstrate solution-oriented problem solving under pressure. You will influence and collaborate at all levels—from guiding project teams to steering executive discussions on strategy and priorities. This role requires translating complex technical details into business insights, managing stakeholder expectations, and rallying cross-functional teams around common goals. The leader will promote an inclusive, trusting team environment, celebrate successes, provide constructive feedback, and ensure accountability for results.

Why CohnReznick?

At CohnReznick, we’re united by a common mission to create opportunity, value, and trust for our clients, people, and communities. We balance work with everyday life, offering a robust Total Rewards package that includes generous PTO, a flexible work environment, expanded parental leave, extensive learning and development opportunities, and paid time off for volunteering.

Responsibilities

• Organization Building & Leadership
  • Design the firm's inaugural technology product management department from the ground up, establishing standardized methodologies, governance, and product playbooks.
  • Recruit, hire, and onboard dedicated Product Managers to represent each strategic line: Tax, Advisory, Assurance, and Enterprise Platforms.
  • Cultivate a culture of high performance, continuous learning, data-driven prioritization, and user-centric design within the product team.
• Strategic Product Alignment
  • Oversee product strategies that automate compliance, streamline complex filing workflows, and deploy predictive data analytics for tax planning.
  • Drive the delivery of data-heavy, client-facing consulting portals, risk assessment tools, and transaction advisory tools for Advisory.
  • Guide the productization of advanced audit software, secure client portals, and continuous monitoring automated systems for Assurance.
  • Own the technology strategy for core enterprise platforms including SAP, CRM, HRIS, and other key applications.
• Execution & Stakeholder Management
  • Collaborate directly with the CTO and practice leaders to align product roadmaps with the firm’s growth strategy.
  • Balance rapid solution delivery with strict professional services security regulations, data privacy laws, and compliance standards.
  • Establish product KPIs focused on speed to market, operational efficiency gains, and total cost of ownership.

Requirements

• 12+ years in technical product management, with 5+ years of experience building, scaling, and managing a team of product managers.
• Deep expertise within public accounting, corporate finance, SaaS, or professional services environments.
• Proven success delivering cloud-native enterprise software, advanced data analytics platforms, and Gen-AI integrated business workflows.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within a large professional services, consulting, or technology-driven organization, indicating ability to thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused, and regulatory environment.
• Familiarity with governance in highly regulated industries (e.g., finance, accounting, government).
• Demonstrated success in leading organizational change or business transformation initiatives in an enterprise setting.
• Hands-on background in software engineering, systems architecture, or IT operations, enabling deeper technical credibility and problem-solving in complex program contexts.