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Product Strategy Portfolio Lead (Director)

Posted 27 Days Ago
In-Office
Newport Beach, CA, USA
188K-270K Annually
Expert/Leader
In-Office
Newport Beach, CA, USA
188K-270K Annually
Expert/Leader
Leads enterprise product strategy, portfolio direction, roadmap development, and product management governance across a global advisory organization. Manages Product Managers, oversees investment prioritization, establishes operating models, drives executive alignment, and measures portfolio outcomes. May also lead AI, automation, data, and model-enabled product strategies, including responsible AI, model lifecycle management, quality standards, risk, and compliance.
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Grant 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 Responsibilities

  • Define and own the enterprise product strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap across the full product portfolio
  • Lead, develop, and manage Product Managers, including hiring, structure, performance management, and career development
  • Establish and govern the product management operating model, including roles, decision rights, standards, and ways of working
  • Own portfolio-level prioritization and investment decisions, balancing business value, risk, and capacity
  • Partner with executive leadership to align firm strategy, business priorities, and product outcomes
  • Ensure consistent product discovery, delivery, and measurement practices across pods and regions
  • Oversee product portfolio performance, including progress against outcomes, value realization, and risk
  • Drive alignment and dependency management across products, platforms, and shared capabilities
  • Represent Product Strategy in executive forums, providing clear recommendations and tradeoff decisions
  • Operate effectively within a global delivery model, scaling product strategy across regions and teams

Additional Responsibilities for Specialized Product Roles (as applicable)

AI & Automation Specialization

  • Define enterprise AI and automation product strategy in partnership with Technology, Data, and Governance leaders
  • Ensure AI-enabled products align with firm priorities, responsible AI principles, and regulatory requirements
  • Guide Product Managers on identifying, prioritizing, and sequencing AI and automation opportunities
  • Oversee portfolio-level outcomes for AI-enabled products, including adoption, quality, and business impact

Data Product Specialization

  • Establishing 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 outcomes
  • Defining and governing firm‑wide standards for data and model quality, consistency, reuse, and scalability, in partnership with Data Science, Architecture, Risk, and Technology leadership
  • Owning 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 expectations
  • Enabling 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 decisions

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (MBA or advanced degree preferred)
  • 15+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, or related leadership roles
  • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise product strategy and managing large product portfolios
  • Proven experience building and leading senior Product Management organizations
  • Strong ability to make portfolio-level tradeoff decisions and influence executive stakeholders
  • Experience defining operating models, governance, and decision frameworks for product organizations
  • Excellent strategic thinking, judgment, and executive communication skills
  • Experience operating in complex, matrixed, or professional services environments

Preferred Experience

  • Experience leading AI-, data-, or platform-driven product portfolios
  • Exposure to large-scale digital transformation or modernization initiatives
  • Experience working with global or distributed product organizations

The base salary range for this position is between $187,500 and $270,000. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

About UsAt Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better. 

In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.

In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.

Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets. About the TeamThe team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how:
• Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site. 
• Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household. 
• We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers
• When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers

Here’s what you can expect next: 
If you apply and are selected to interview, a Grant Thornton team member will reach out to you to schedule a time to connect. We encourage you to also check out other roles that may be a good fit for you or get to know us a little bit better at www.gt.com/careers. 

Benefits:
We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different, and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. For an overview of our benefit offerings, please visit: https://www.grantthornton.com/careers/rewards-and-benefits
  • Benefits for internship positions: Grant Thornton interns are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Interns also receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave and are paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period.
  • Benefits for seasonal employee positions: Grant Thornton seasonal employees are eligible to participate in the firm’s medical, dental and vision insurance programs and the firm’s employee assistance program. Seasonal employees may also be eligible to participate in the firm’s 401(k) savings plan and employee retirement plan in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. Seasonal employees receive a minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave. 
Grant Thornton employees may be eligible for a discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program. Interns and seasonal employees are not eligible for bonus compensation.

Additional Details:       
It is the policy of Grant Thornton to promote equal employment opportunities. All personnel decisions (including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, working conditions, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, evaluations, and termination) are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or civil union status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, veteran status, disability, handicap, genetic predisposition or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of Grant Thornton to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. To make an accommodation request, please contact [email protected]. 

For Los Angeles Applicants only: We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

For Massachusetts Applicants only:  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Grant Thornton does not require or administer lie detector tests as a condition of employment or continued employment.

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