Global Head of Product Innovation

Grant Thornton is seeking a Global Head of Product Innovation (Sr. Director) to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below.

Role Summary

We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to serve as the Global Head of Product Innovation. This executive will lead the global product development lifecycle—from concept to launch—across multiple markets and regions. A key focus will be scaling product development across global centers, driving innovation, speed, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the global product development and engineering strategy.
• Align product and technology roadmaps with business objectives and market opportunities.
• Build and scale product capabilities across international delivery centers (., Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific).
• Standardize processes and governance to ensure consistency and quality across regions.
• Optimize global resource allocation and leverage time zone advantages for continuous development cycles.
• Lead high-performing global teams across product development
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Oversee the full product lifecycle : ideation, design, development, testing, launch, and iteration.
• Drive Agile and Lean methodologies across teams.
• Incorporate low-code / no-code platforms such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Alteryx, and other workflow automation tools to accelerate software development and enhance operational efficiency.
• Set engineering standards for scalability, security, and performance.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies to enhance product capabilities.
• Partner with regional leaders, marketing, sales, and customer success to ensure product-market fit.
• Communicate product vision and progress to executive leadership and board members.

Qualifications

Preferred Experience

The base salary range for this position in the firm’s Chicago, IL, Downers Grove, IL, Denver, CO and Baltimore, MD offices only is between $206,300 and $343,800 per year.

The base salary range for this position in the firm’s Washington, DC, Bellevue, WA, Los Angeles, CA, Newport Beach, CA San Diego, CA, Iselin, NJ and New York, NY offices only is between $222,804 and $371,304 per year.

The base salary range for this position in the firm’s San Francisco, CA and San Jose, CA offices only is between $237,245 and $395,370 per year.