Technology Strategy Director

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

From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater AI, Data, & Tech 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 9+ 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 three days per week, either at a GT office or client site

The base salary range for this position is between $211,646 and $264,558. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.