Product Manager - Audit Technology

Plante Moran; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Flexible Time Off

401(k) plan

Pension plan

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Plante Moran seeks a strategic Product Manager to shape technology-enabled audit delivery. You will own one or more Audit products, define vision and roadmap, and partner across Assurance, technology, data, UX, and methodology to translate practitioner needs into scalable solutions.

You bring 5+ years in product management, strong customer discovery, and data-driven decision skills. This role supports an operating model transformation and offers a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience in audit technology, accounting software, or workflow software.
• Strong ability to translate business needs into scalable product solutions.
• Experience with discovery, roadmaps, prioritization, and value measurement.

Responsibilities

• Define and champion a clear product vision and strategy aligned with Assurance goals.
• Own and communicate the product roadmap, prioritizing initiatives by impact and value.
• Lead customer discovery with audit partners and teams to identify pain points.
• Monitor market trends in audit tech, analytics, and AI; use KPIs to guide decisions.
• Partner with engineering, data, UX, platform, and vendor teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Create clarity across stakeholders regarding priorities, ownership, and success measures.
• Champion modern product practices including discovery, experimentation, and value measurement.

Skills

Product management

Customer discovery

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field

MBA or CPA preferred

Job description

Count on us. Our "we-care" culture is more than just a motto; it's a promise. From day one, we prioritize your growth, well-being, and success. You can count on us to support your career journey and help you achieve your professional goals. Join us.

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.

This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.

What makes us different?

On the surface, we’re one of the nation’s largest audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management firms. But dig a little deeper, and you’ll see what makes us different: we’re a relatively jerk-free firm (hey, nobody ‘s perfect) with a world-class culture, consistent recognition as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and an endless array of opportunities.At Plante Moran, diversity, equity and inclusion means that all staff members have equitable and fair opportunities to succeed, in an inclusive environment, with their individual, unique identities.

Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model. We believe that face-to-face interactions are paramount for individual and collective development, but also encourage individuals to work with their supervisor and team to determine their optimal working environment each day.

Plante Moran is committed to a diverse workplace.We strive to create a culture where each person feels accepted and valued. We believe that each person’s ultimate potential begins with first acknowledging their inherent dignity. When we can recognize — and celebrate — our many human differences, we’re able to create a workplace where all staff feel a sense of belonging and an opportunity to succeed. This allows us to attract and retain the best talent, serve clients through diverse thinking, and better represent and support the various communities in which we live and work.Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English.

The specific statements above are not intended to be all-inclusive.

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 can 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 expenses, 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 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 consider 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.

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