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 lifecyclefrom concept to launchacross 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 (e.g. 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

• 10 years of experience in product development leadership with global scope.
• Proven success in scaling product development across international centers.
• Deep understanding of software development hardware integration (if applicable) and product lifecycle management.
• Strong leadership communication and organizational skills.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or related field; MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Experience of multiple programming languages such as Python Java etc.
• Deep understanding of algorithms data structures and Big-O notions for efficient coding and performance optimization
• Familiarly with software development methodologies like Agile DevOps and CI/CD pipelines to ensure effective collaborative workflows and rapid deployment
• Database expertise and SQL skills for managing and querying relational and non-relational databases
• Understanding of AI and ML frameworks
• Experience in SaaS IoT consumer electronics or enterprise software.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments across regions (e.g. GDPR ISO FDA).
• Multilingual or experience working in multilingual environments.

The base salary range for this position in the firms Chicago IL Downers Grove IL Denver CO and Baltimore MD offices only is between $206300 and $343800 per year.

The base salary range for this position in the firms Washington DC Bellevue WA Los Angeles CA Newport Beach CA San Diego CA Iselin NJ and New York NY offices only is between $222804 and $371304 per year.

The base salary range for this position in the firms San Francisco CA and San Jose CA offices only is between $237245 and $395370 per year.