Plante Moran

Product Manager - Audit Technology

Plante Moran$125K — $206K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Accounting, or related field; advanced degree or CPA preferred.
  • 5+ years product management experience in audit technology or professional services.
  • Proven track record in developing product strategy and managing the product lifecycle.
  • Strong customer discovery and user-centered design capabilities.
  • Data-driven decision-making experience with KPIs and analytics.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Familiar with agile and lean product management methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Define and champion product vision aligned with business goals.
  • Own and communicate the product roadmap and prioritize initiatives.
  • Lead customer discovery to identify pain points and opportunities.
  • Monitor market trends in audit technology and adjacent industries.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable product solutions.
  • Create clarity on priorities, trade-offs, and outcome accountability across teams.
  • Champion modern product management practices and methodologies.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Flexible Time Off and paid holidays.
  • 401(k) plan and flexible benefits plans.
  • Business-related travel expense reimbursement.
  • Pension plan for eligible administrative staff.
  • Discretionary bonus plan for eligible staff.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a strategic, outcome-driven Product Manager to shape the future of technology-enabled audit delivery by owning one or more products within the Audit product line. This role will define product vision and strategy, guide roadmap priorities, and partner across Assurance, technology, data, UX, platform, methodology, and vendor teams to translate practitioner needs and customer insights into scalable solutions. The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of modern product management discipline and assurance domain knowledge, with the ability to understand complex audit workflows, identify practitioner pain points, and shape product decisions that improve quality, efficiency, consistency, and user experience. This individual will help establish and mature product management practices as part of a broader operating model transformation. Your Role. • Define and champion a clear product vision and strategy aligned with Assurance business goals, audit quality priorities, and practitioner needs. • Own and communicate the product roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on customer impact, business value, strategic alignment, feasibility, and measurable outcomes. • Lead customer discovery with audit partners, engagement teams, quality leaders, methodology stakeholders, and operations teams to identify pain points and opportunities. • Monitor market trends across audit technology, accounting software, AI, analytics, automation, and adjacent industries. Use customer feedback, usage analytics, KPIs, experimentation, and business metrics to guide decisions, refine priorities, and measure value realization. • Partner with engineering, architecture, data, UX, platform, vendor, and business teams to deliver cohesive, scalable product solutions. • Create clarity across stakeholders and delivery teams regarding priorities, trade-offs, ownership, success measures, and outcome accountability. • Champion and help mature modern product management practices, including discovery, roadmap management, prioritization, experimentation, adoption planning, and value measurement. The Qualifications. • Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field; MBA, advanced degree, CPA, or equivalent designation is a plus. • 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in audit technology, accounting software, professional services, or workflow-intensive software environments. • Demonstrated ability to develop product strategy, own roadmaps, manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, and translate business needs into scalable solutions. • Strong customer discovery, research, and user-centered design capabilities, with an ability to identify workflow challenges and unmet needs. • Data-driven decision-making skills, including experience using analytics, customer feedback, KPIs, business cases, and experimentation to prioritize and measure outcomes. • Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, influence across levels, and align cross-functional teams. • Familiarity with agile, lean, and modern product operating models, including effective partnership with technology, data, UX, platform, business, and vendor teams. • Strategic thinking, change leadership, vendor and ecosystem awareness, and the ability to lead through influence in complex, cross-functional environments. #LI-ED1 We are pleased to offer eligible staff a robust benefits package. Eligibility and contribution requirements for some of these benefits vary based on the number of hours staff work per week. Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. In addition to this, eligible staff are able to take advantage of our Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays, as well as a 401(k) plan, flexible benefits plans, business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use. A pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff. A discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff. Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time. The compensation range reflects the base salary we reasonably expect to pay for this position across our offices in the following regions: CO, IL, OH, and MA. Please review the position description for the applicable geographic location. Generally, experienced hires are not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions take into account a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to: responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, we offer standardized, market-based starting salaries among individuals within the same hiring group. This approach ensures fairness and reflects current industry benchmarks for entry-level talent. The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is: $125,000.00-206,000.00. This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This deadline will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended.

About Plante Moran

Plante Moran is a professional services firm that provides audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management services to businesses, individuals, and nonprofits. The firm was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. Plante Moran has over 3,000 professionals working in more than 20 offices throughout the United States and internationally. The firm is known for its commitment to client service and has been recognized for its quality of work and workplace culture. Plante Moran is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
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