Grant Thornton

Technology Strategy Director

Grant Thornton$211K — $273K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, or related field required; MBA or MIS preferred.
  • Minimum 10 years of related work experience in Strategy Consulting, preferably with technology engagements.
  • Excellent business writing and communication skills are necessary.
  • Experience in assessing IT organizations, focusing on strategy alignment and cost structure is crucial.
  • Proven experience in application package selection and implementation planning is required.
  • Familiarity with strategic IT assessments and enterprise cloud roadmap development is expected.
  • Willingness to travel up to 40% and work in a hybrid model with in-person attendance required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide advisory and implementation services to meet client business needs.
  • Assist in proposal development and identify new opportunities for growth within existing engagements.
  • Lead strategic assessments of client technology environments, aligning with best practices and maturity models.
  • Develop actionable recommendations and roadmaps tailored to client needs.
  • Oversee teams in application package selection and solution design processes for diverse organizations.
  • Conduct assessments of technology organizations, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and operational models.
  • Utilize first principles thinking to create bespoke frameworks and methodologies for problem-solving.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits that support diverse identities and roles
  • Access to medical, dental, and vision insurance programs.
  • Employee assistance program available.
  • Discretionary annual bonus based on performance.
  • Minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave per year.
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Technology Strategy Director, you'll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Transformation Practice - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Transformation team 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:
  • Possess a working knowledge of how a commercial or large non-profit organization functions from an organizational, operating model, process, and technology perspective
  • Continually strive to develop professionally, staying up to date on technology trends and solutions in the marketplace to address the issues companies and large non-profits face
  • Assist practice leaders and business development executives with proposal development and presentations. Identify, quantify, and scope new opportunities for GT on existing engagements
  • Lead teams performing strategic assessments of client technology environments against best practices and widely accepted maturity model frameworks
  • Develop thoughtful, value add recommendations and roadmaps that meet client needs
  • Lead teams performing application package selection, solution design, and implementation planning engagements for mid to large sized public and private organizations
  • Lead teams in the assessment of technology organizations; the alignment of capabilities to enterprise strategy, cost structure, and operating model. Develop deep and relevant recommendations and roadmaps for implementation
  • Utilize first principles thinking, customizing create frameworks and methodologies to solve challenging problems
  • Analyze complex quantitative / qualitative data and synthesize output
  • Communicate effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner to senior audiences, able to deliver difficult messages with persuasiveness and sensitivity
  • Drive the development of business cases (financial, quantitative, and qualitative) to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or IT transformations
  • Build and analyze financial models and complex budgets
  • Coach and develop team members
  • Demonstrate executive presence
  • Contribute to the development of various service offerings and practice thought leadership
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, or related field required. MBA or MIS preferred
  • Minimum 10 years of related work experience in Strategy Consulting, servicing Technology related engagements preferred
  • Excellent business writing and communication skills
  • Experience in the assessment of IT organizations - capability to strategy alignment, cost structure, and operating model
  • Experience in package selection, implementation planning and application architecture model development
  • Experience with strategic IT assessment, enterprise cloud assessments and roadmap development
  • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%
  • 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

The base salary range for this position is between $211,646 and $273,818. 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.

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.

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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