Strategic Product Technology Diligence Senior Associate

Grant Thornton (US); New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton seeks a Product Technology Senior Associate to evaluate software platforms through a business-focused lens, linking architecture to valuation and margins. You’ll support diligence engagements, analyze architecture, engineering models, and cost structures, and prepare insights for Private Equity and strategic clients.

You’ll join a hybrid team, travel up to 50%, and help clients move from planning to measurable outcomes across commercial, operational, and financial performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; CS background is a plus.
• 3–6 years software-related work experience; strategy consulting is a plus.
• Experience with technology due diligence and/or strategic value creation.
• 3–6 years in software/tech roles (engineering, cloud, architecture, product development).
• Experience in SaaS or platform businesses preferred.
• Detail-oriented with ability to sift through large data sets to identify patterns.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills; structured problem solving.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Conduct architecture reviews and documentation analysis.
• Support codebase and technical debt analysis.
• Analyze cloud infrastructure configurations.
• Assist in evaluating roadmap feasibility.
• Evaluate engineering operating model (team structure, velocity, DevOps).
• PoV on scalability risks, performance bottlenecks, and security considerations.
• Support hosting cost, SaaS economics and R&D cost analysis.
• Prepare diligence slides, summaries, and deal insights.
• Support management Q&A tracking.

Skills

Architecture reviews

Codebase analysis

Cloud infrastructure

Roadmap feasibility

Engineering operating model

Scalability risks analysis

Hosting cost analysis

Diligence slides

Q&A tracking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS

Job description

Grant Thornton seeks a Product Technology Senior Associate to evaluate software platforms through a business-focused lens, linking architecture to valuation and margins. You’ll support diligence engagements, analyze architecture, engineering models, and cost structures, and prepare insights for Private Equity and strategic clients.

You’ll join a hybrid team, travel up to 50%, and help clients move from planning to measurable outcomes across commercial, operational, and financial performance.