EY-Parthenon Manager, Software Strategy Group

EY CORPORATE ADVISORS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; Presencial; SGD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

EY is expanding its Software Strategy Group in Singapore, seeking a Manager to evaluate how technology is architected and deployed within target businesses for transactions. You will advise across sectors, lead pre‑deal diligence, carve-outs, and integrations, and work with senior clients and management teams to inform critical investment decisions.

You will interact directly with CTO/CIO and senior leaders, applying a commercial, deal-focused lens to assess technology risks, architecture, and

Formación

• Experience leading project workstreams or small teams in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships independently and drive discussions to actionable outcomes.
• Understanding of modern software concepts, enterprise IT environments, and cybersecurity principles.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and synthesize insights for senior stakeholders.
• Commercial and deal-focused mindset to assess technology risks, investment needs, operating models, and scalability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver end-to-end technology due diligence across a target's technology landscape - including proprietary software, enterprise technology, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, and delivery capability - identifying key risks, value drivers, investment needs, and operational implications.
• Evaluate proprietary software and product technology, assessing feature set, roadmap, architecture, R&D processes, development practices, scalability, security posture, technical debt, and team capabilities to determine the product's ability to support future growth and investment.
• Advise on technology and cybersecurity in separations and integrations, from pre-sign to post-close - mapping dependencies in carve-outs, identifying integration synergies, shaping Day-1 readiness, defining interim and target-state operating models, assessing execution risks, and guiding TSA structures and readiness.
• Conduct rapid value-creation diagnostics, identifying operational bottlenecks, performance gaps, and cost-optimization opportunities, and developing actionable plans to accelerate benefit capture.

Conocimientos

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Software concepts knowledge

Enterprise IT environments

Cybersecurity principles

Communication skills

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About the opportunity

Our Software Strategy Group (SSG) operates within EY's Strategy & Execution (S&E) practice - EY's market leading team delivering technology, operations, and financial advisory services to corporate and private equity clients pursuing acquisitions, divestitures, or business restructurings. The S&E team brings together specialists across commercial, operations, software, technology, cyber, finance, and deal execution, drawing on deep experience from industry, advisory, and audit.

SSG provides top-tier product and technology diligence, strategic guidance, and transaction advisory. Each year, we help hundreds of companies and investors evaluate product architectures, enterprise technology environments, and technical teams to inform critical investment decisions. In every engagement, you will interact directly with the target company's CTO / CIO and broader management team, learning how real decisions are made and how mature tech organizations operate.

The opportunity

We are expanding our Singapore team and seeking a Manager who can evaluate how technology is architected, deployed, and leveraged within a target business - while applying a critical, deal‑focused lens to address core client questions in transactions. You will advise clients across sectors, support executive decision makers, and lead engagement workstreams across pre‑deal software and technology due diligence, carve‑outs and integrations, and portfolio value assessments.

Key strategic focus areas include:

• Product & Technology: Providing investment and acquisition guidance across commercial, product, and technical dimensions to assess software businesses or companies leveraging proprietary technology.
• Enterprise Technology: Evaluating technology risks and opportunities across operating models - including IT organizations, enterprise systems, infrastructure (server, storage, network, cloud), data, spend, strategy, and governance.
• Cybersecurity: Assessing how cyber considerations intersect with business operations, regulatory requirements, and critical assets using our proprietary tools, benchmarks, and operational understanding.

SSG has completed hundreds of successful engagements, offering a unique capability to help clients make confident strategic decisions and execute transactions with clarity and conviction.

Your key responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end technology due diligence across a target's technology landscape - including proprietary software, enterprise technology, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, and delivery capability - identifying key risks, value drivers, investment needs, and operational implications.
• Evaluate proprietary software and product technology, assessing feature set, roadmap, architecture, R&D processes, development practices, scalability, security posture, technical debt, and team capabilities to determine the product's ability to support future growth and investment.
• Advise on technology and cybersecurity in separations and integrations, from pre‑sign to post‑close - mapping dependencies in carve‑outs, identifying integration synergies, shaping Day‑1 readiness, defining interim and target‑state operating models, assessing execution risks, and guiding TSA structures and readiness.
• Conduct rapid value‑creation diagnostics, identifying operational bottlenecks, performance gaps, and cost‑optimization opportunities, and developing actionable plans to accelerate benefit capture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading project workstreams or small teams, including planning, prioritisation, and quality review of deliverables in a fast‑paced, transaction‑driven environment.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships independently, including engaging senior stakeholders, structuring analyses, and driving discussions to actionable outcomes.
• SBasic or strong understanding of modern software concepts (e.g., software development lifecycle, product management, cloud infrastructure, software architecture, APIs, data platforms, etc.), enterprise IT environments (ERPs, CRMs, HRISs, etc.), and cybersecurity principles.
• Demonstrated experience analysing complex business or technical problems and synthesizing insights for senior stakeholders.
• Ability to apply a commercial and deal‑focused mindset to assess technology risks, investment needs, operating models, and scalability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present com