Vice President Internal Audit

About the role

PTC is looking for a Vice President, Internal Audit to lead our global internal audit function and serve as a trusted partner to the Audit Committee, executive leadership team, and the broader business. This role is critical to how PTC scales.

Responsibilities

• Audit & Risk Leadership: Lead the global internal audit function, including financial, operational, compliance, and IT audits. Develop and execute a risk-based audit plan aligned to PTC’s strategic priorities with embedded AI and advanced analytics to shift from periodic to continuous risk monitoring. Provide independent and objective assurance to the Audit Committee and executive leadership. Identify emerging risks across the business, including SaaS, cybersecurity, AI, and global operations. Leverage AI-powered tools and predictive analytics to identify anomalies, surface risk patterns, and prioritize audit focus areas before issues materialize.

• Governance & Compliance: Oversee SOX compliance and the internal controls framework, ensuring effectiveness and efficiency while identifying opportunities to automate testing through AI and data analytics. Partner with Finance, Legal, Security, and IT to maintain strong governance and regulatory compliance, including FCPA, GDPR, and evolving global data privacy and AI governance regulations. Evaluate and strengthen controls around data privacy, cross-border data transfers, and data localization requirements across PTC's global operations.

• M&A and Integration Assurance: Lead internal audit's role in M&A due diligence, assessing financial, operational, IT, and compliance risks of acquisition targets. Design and oversee post-acquisition integration controls, ensuring acquired entities are brought into PTC's governance and control framework with speed and rigor. Evaluate inherited third-party relationships, data practices, and IT environments from acquired companies to identify and remediate risk.

• Business Partnership & Impact: Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on risk, controls, and process improvement. Translate audit findings into clear, actionable recommendations that drive measurable improvement. Support business transformation initiatives, ensuring appropriate controls without slowing execution.

• Audit Committee & Executive Engagement: Serve as the primary liaison to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Deliver clear, concise, and high-impact reporting on risk, controls, and audit outcomes. Build strong relationships across the ELT, influencing decision-making and prioritization.

• Team Leadership & Capability Building: Lead and develop a high-performing global audit team with a mindset of curiosity, technical fluency, and business partnership. Build a modern audit technology stack, deploying AI, automation, and continuous monitoring to fundamentally change how audit work is planned, executed, and reported. Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and forward-looking risk intelligence — positioning the audit function as a competitive advantage, not just a compliance requirement.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in internal audit, risk, or finance leadership roles. Proven experience leading a global internal audit function, ideally within a public, global SaaS or enterprise software company. Deep expertise in SOX, internal controls, and enterprise risk management (ERM).

• Experience operating at the executive and Board level, including direct Audit Committee engagement. Strong understanding of global business operations, including international compliance and regulatory environments. Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive change across a matrixed organization.

• Experience building or transforming an audit function's technology capabilities, including adoption of AI, automation, and data analytics. Preferred Experience supporting a SaaS or subscription business model transformation. Background in IT audit, cybersecurity risk, or data/AI governance. Hands-on experience with AI-enabled audit tools, continuous monitoring platforms, or predictive risk analytics.

• CPA, CIA, or equivalent certification.

Preferred Experience

• Supporting a SaaS or subscription business model transformation.

• Background in IT audit, cybersecurity risk, or data/AI governance.

• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled audit tools, continuous monitoring platforms, or predictive risk analytics.

Pay

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is between $225,000 - $335,000. The anticipated annual salary range encompasses both the base salary and the on-target incentive compensation that may be attained in this role.