About this opportunity
Grant Thornton International Ltd lists this Product Technology M&A Director opportunity in fort lauderdale, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
As a Product Technology Director, 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. Lead Product Technology Diligence engagements for Private Equity and strategic clients, assessing software platforms across technical architecture, product strategy, operational scalability, and financial sustainability. This role requires the ability to tie commercial, operational, and financial performance of a software platform directly to its technology architecture and roadmap.
From day one, you’ll be empowered to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.
Your day-to-day may include:
Lead buy-side and sell-side Product Technology Diligence engagements
Assess product architecture, scalability, security, and extensibility
Evaluate roadmap credibility against commercial growth thesis
Analyze technical debt and modernization requirements
Evaluate AI and data platform maturity
Assess DevOps, SDLC maturity, and engineering productivity
Tie product roadmap to ARR growth, NRR expansion, pricing power, and customer acquisition efficiency
Assess technical enablers and constraints impacting margin structure and hosting costs
Evaluate engineering cost base and R&D investment requirements
Develop forward-looking capital investment views and EBITDA impact assessmentsSupport valuation narratives based on platform strength and scalability
Evaluate engineering organization structure and scalability
Assess product management maturity and governance
Analyze release cadence and roadmap execution risk
Identify talent gaps and key person dependencies
Lead management interviews (CTO, CPO, Engineering Leads)
Develop executive-ready reports with investment implications
Present findings to PE deal teams and portfolio leadership
Mentor Managers and Senior Consultants
Support proposal development and commercial structuring
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required
10+ years in product architecture leadership, product tech diligence, CTO advisory, or software platform strategy
Experience in PE-backed or high-growth SaaS environments
Deep understanding of SaaS business models, cloud-native architectures, data platforms, and DevOps
Experience tying technology findings to commercial and financial outcomes
Executive presence
Strong commercial acumen
Ability to translate architecture into valuation impact
Structured and hypothesis-driven thinker
Ability to operate in deal timelines
Ability to travel up to 50%
The base salary range for this position is between$239,160 and $309,412. 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.
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Worksite address
fort lauderdale, FL, 33336, US
Who can apply
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