Grant Thornton (US)

AI, Data & Tech - Technology Strategy Manager

Grant Thornton (US)  •  Chicago, IL (Hybrid)  •  14 days ago
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Job Description

As a Technology Strategy Manager, you’ll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Transformation Practice – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater Transformation team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

  • Possess a working knowledge of how a commercial or large non-profit organization functions from an organizational, operating model, process, and technology perspective
  • Continually strive to develop professionally, staying up to date on technology trends and solutions in the marketplace to address the issues companies and large non-profits face
  • Assist practice leaders and business development executives with proposal development and presentations. Identify, quantify, and scope new opportunities for GT on existing engagements
  • Lead teams performing strategic assessments of client technology environments against best practices and widely accepted maturity model frameworks
  • Develop thoughtful, value add recommendations and roadmaps that meet client needs
  • Lead teams performing application package selection, solution design, and implementation planning engagements for mid to large sized public and private organizations
  • Lead teams in the assessment of technology organizations; the alignment of capabilities to enterprise strategy, cost structure, and operating model. Develop deep and relevant recommendations and roadmaps for implementation
  • Utilize first principles thinking, customizing create frameworks and methodologies to solve challenging problems
  • Analyze complex quantitative / qualitative data and synthesize output
  • Communicate effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner to senior audiences, able to deliver difficult messages with persuasiveness and sensitivity
  • Drive the development of business cases (financial, quantitative, and qualitative) to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or IT transformations
  • Build and analyze financial models and complex budgets
  • Coach and develop team members
  • Demonstrate executive presence
  • Contribute to the development of various service offerings and practice thought leadership
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, or related field required. MBA or MIS preferred
  • Minimum 5 years of related work experience in Strategy Consulting, servicing Technology related engagements preferred
  • Excellent business writing and communication skills
  • Experience in the assessment of IT organizations – capability to strategy alignment, cost structure, and operating model
  • Experience in package selection, implementation planning and application architecture model development
  • Experience with strategic IT assessment, enterprise cloud assessments and roadmap development
  • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%
  • Consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least two days per week, either at a GT office or client site


At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.

In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.

In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.

Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets.

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About Grant Thornton (US)

Forget what you think you know about professional services. We go beyond what’s expected and help others do the same.

Grant Thornton is the brand name for Grant Thornton LLP and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC the U.S. member firms of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the world’s leading independent audit & assurance, tax and advisory firms. That means our network has more than 73,000 professionals in more than 146 countries who are ready to help public and private organizations of all sizes take on today’s challenges. But what sets us apart isn’t just what we do – it’s how we do it. Here, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result. We’re collaborators – obsessed with quality and ready for anything – who understand the value of strong relationships. It’s how we challenge the expectations of business and empower our people and clients to do it, too.

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Industry
Accounting & Tax
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Year Founded
1924
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