Product Strategy Portfolio Lead (Director)

Job-ID: 116109Category: Information TechnologyLocation: Dallas, TX, United States; NY, United States; Bellevue, WA, United States; Newport Beach, CA, United States; San Diego, CA, United States; San Jose, CA, United States; San Francisco, CA, United States; Chicago, IL, United StatesSchedule: Full timePosted: 2026-10-08Grant Thornton is seeking a Product Strategy Portfolio Lead to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below. As the Product Strategy Portfolio / Region Lead you will define and lead the Advisory Business's product strategy, portfolio direction, and product management operating model across the US. You are accountable for ensuring that all product investments align to business priorities, deliver measurable outcomes, and scale effectively across a global product organization.In this role, you lead all Product Managers across levels and pods, set strategic direction for the product portfolio, and partner with executive leadership to translate firm strategy into a coherent, outcome-driven product roadmap. You establish the standards, decision rights, and governance that enable Product Managers to operate effectively while ensuring consistency, focus, and value realization at the enterprise level.Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and own the enterprise product strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap across the full product portfolioLead, develop, and manage Product Managers, including hiring, structure, performance management, and career developmentEstablish and govern the product management operating model, including roles, decision rights, standards, and ways of workingOwn portfolio-level prioritization and investment decisions, balancing business value, risk, and capacityPartner with executive leadership to align firm strategy, business priorities, and product outcomesEnsure consistent product discovery, delivery, and measurement practices across pods and regionsOversee product portfolio performance, including progress against outcomes, value realization, and riskDrive alignment and dependency management across products, platforms, and shared capabilitiesRepresent Product Strategy in executive forums, providing clear recommendations and tradeoff decisionsOperate effectively within a global delivery model, scaling product strategy across regions and teamsAdditional Responsibilities for Specialized Product Roles (as applicable)AI & Automation SpecializationDefine enterprise AI and automation product strategy in partnership with Technology, Data, and Governance leadersEnsure AI-enabled products align with firm priorities, responsible AI principles, and regulatory requirementsGuide Product Managers on identifying, prioritizing, and sequencing AI and automation opportunitiesOversee portfolio-level outcomes for AI-enabled products, including adoption, quality, and business impactData Product SpecializationEstablishing firm‑level vision and strategic direction for data and model‑enabled products, ensuring analytics, models, and insights are foundational to enterprise product strategy and long‑term business outcomesDefining and governing firm‑wide standards for data and model quality, consistency, reuse, and scalability, in partnership with Data Science, Architecture, Risk, and Technology leadershipOwning the enterprise approach to model lifecycle management—including development, validation, deployment, monitoring, retraining, and regression testing—ensuring practices are consistently applied across product portfolios and aligned to risk, compliance, and governance expectationsEnabling and holding product leadership accountable for translating business strategy into scalable data and model requirements, success metrics, and quality thresholds, and for incorporating model performance, risk, and ethical considerations into executive‑level product investment and prioritization decisionsQualificationsBachelor’s degree in a relevant field (MBA or advanced degree preferred)15+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, or related leadership rolesDemonstrated experience leading enterprise product strategy and managing large product portfoliosProven experience building and leading senior Product Management organizationsStrong ability to make portfolio-level tradeoff decisions and influence executive stakeholdersExperience defining operating models, governance, and decision frameworks for product organizationsExcellent strategic thinking, judgment, and executive communication skillsExperience operating in complex, matrixed, or professional services environmentsPreferred ExperienceExperience leading AI-, data-, or platform-driven product portfoliosExposure to large-scale digital transformation or modernization initiativesExperience working with global or distributed product organizationsThe base salary range for this position is between $187,500 and $270,000. 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