Product Technology M&A Manager

As a Product Technology Manager, you’ll focus on evaluating software platforms through an integrated commercial, operational, and financial lens. The team provides investment-grade insights that tie product architecture and roadmap credibility directly to valuation, growth, and margin sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Technology Diligence engagements for Private Equity and strategic clients, assessing software platforms across technical architecture, product strategy, operational scalability, and financial sustainability.
• Analyze application architecture and scalability.
• Review cloud infrastructure and cost structure.
• Assess product modularity and extensibility.
• Analyze technical debt and refactoring risk.
• Review SDLC processes and engineering metrics.
• Support analysis of hosting cost models and R&D cost allocation.
• Assist in assessing roadmap investment requirements.
• Link technical findings to growth scalability and margin implications.
• Support development of investment-grade red flag reports.
• Evaluate engineering productivity.
• Assess product governance.
• Identify operational inefficiencies impacting roadmap delivery.

Requirements

• 6–9 years in software engineering leadership, architecture consulting, product strategy advisory, or tech diligence.
• Experience in SaaS, marketplace, fintech, vertical software, or platform environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud cost structures and DevOps environments.
• Strong analytical capability.
• Commercial awareness.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Ability to operate in transaction-speed environments.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $209,431 and $245,854. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity.

Schedule

This is a hybrid position requiring in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a Grant Thornton office or client site.

Benefits

Grant Thornton offers personalized and comprehensive benefits, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs.
• Employee assistance program.
• Paid sick leave (minimum of 72 hours).
• Paid firm holidays.
• Eligibility to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan (for seasonal employees, subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements).
• Discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance (for eligible employees, excluding interns and seasonal employees).
• Work-life integration options, including flexible work location and schedule.

About Us

At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result—for our clients and you. We deliver professional services through two specialized entities in the U.S.: Grant Thornton LLP (a licensed CPA firm providing audit and assurance services) and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (providing non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services). In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland, offering a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and over 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland, and other territories, the platform delivers enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 professionals.

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