Technology Strategy Manager

About the role

As a Technology Strategy Manager, you’ll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Transformation Practice. From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater Transformation team to help clients make strategic moves that achieve their vision.

Responsibilities

• Possess a working knowledge of how a commercial or large non-profit organization functions from an organizational, operating model, process, and technology perspective
• Continually develop professionally, staying up to date on technology trends and solutions in the marketplace to address client challenges
• Assist practice leaders and business development executives with proposal development and presentations
• Identify, quantify, and scope new opportunities for Grant Thornton on existing engagements
• Lead teams performing strategic assessments of client technology environments against best practices and widely accepted maturity model frameworks
• Develop thoughtful, value-add recommendations and roadmaps that meet client needs
• Lead teams performing application package selection, solution design, and implementation planning engagements for mid to large-sized public and private organizations
• Lead teams in the assessment of technology organizations, aligning capabilities to enterprise strategy, cost structure, and operating model
• Develop deep and relevant recommendations and roadmaps for implementation
• Utilize first principles thinking, customizing frameworks and methodologies to solve challenging problems
• Analyze complex quantitative and qualitative data and synthesize output
• Communicate effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner to senior audiences, delivering difficult messages with persuasiveness and sensitivity
• Drive the development of business cases (financial, quantitative, and qualitative) to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or IT transformations
• Build and analyze financial models and complex budgets
• Coach and develop team members
• Demonstrate executive presence
• Contribute to the development of various service offerings and practice thought leadership
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, or related field required; MBA or MIS preferred
• Minimum 5 years of related work experience in Strategy Consulting, servicing Technology-related engagements preferred
• Excellent business writing and communication skills
• Experience in the assessment of IT organizations—capability to strategy alignment, cost structure, and operating model
• Experience in package selection, implementation planning, and application architecture model development
• Experience with strategic IT assessment, enterprise cloud assessments, and roadmap development
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 40%)

Schedule

Consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model, this position requires in-person attendance at least two days per week, either at a Grant Thornton office or client site.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $147,200 and $196,880. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion and based on factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity.

Benefits

Grant Thornton offers personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all identities, roles, and aspirations. For an overview of benefit offerings, visit Grant Thornton’s rewards and benefits page.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs
• Employee assistance program
• Paid sick leave (minimum 72 hours)
• Paid firm holidays
• Eligibility to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan (for eligible employees)
• Discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance (for eligible employees)