Plante Moran | Product Manager - Audit Technology

Responsibilities

• We are seeking a strategic, outcome-driven Product Manager to shape the future of technology-enabled audit delivery by owning one or more products within the Audit product line.
• This role will define product vision and strategy, guide roadmap priorities, and partner across Assurance, technology, data, UX, platform, methodology, and vendor teams to translate practitioner needs and customer insights into scalable solutions.
• The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of modern product management discipline and assurance domain knowledge, with the ability to understand complex audit workflows, identify practitioner pain points, and shape product decisions that improve quality, efficiency, consistency, and user experience.
• This individual will help establish and mature product management practices as part of a broader operating model transformation.
• This is an exempt position, so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week.
• Own and communicate the product roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on customer impact, business value, strategic alignment, feasibility, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead customer discovery with audit partners, engagement teams, quality leaders, methodology stakeholders, and operations teams to identify pain points and opportunities.
• Monitor market trends across audit technology, accounting software, AI, analytics, automation, and adjacent industries.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, data, UX, platform, vendor, and business teams to deliver cohesive, scalable product solutions.
• Create clarity across stakeholders and delivery teams regarding priorities, trade-offs, ownership, success measures, and outcome accountability.
• Plante Moran enjoys a “Workplace for Your Day” model which, simply put, means we strive for flexibility and balance while staying true to our principally in-person model.
• Plante Moran is committed to a diverse workplace.
• Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace.
• Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions the option to elect health insurance in addition to limited paid sick time.
• Define and champion a clear product vision and strategy aligned with Assurance business goals, audit quality priorities, and practitioner needs.
• Use customer feedback, usage analytics, KPIs, experimentation, and business metrics to guide decisions, refine priorities, and measure value realization.
• Champion and help mature modern product management practices, including discovery, roadmap management, prioritization, experimentation, adoption planning, and value measurement.
• Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field; MBA, advanced degree, CPA, or equivalent designation is a plus.
• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in audit technology, accounting software, professional services, or workflow-intensive software environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop product strategy, own roadmaps, manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, and translate business needs into scalable solutions.
• Strong customer discovery, research, and user-centered design capabilities, with an ability to identify workflow challenges and unmet needs.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, influence across levels, and align cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with agile, lean, and modern product operating models, including effective partnership with technology, data, UX, platform, business, and vendor teams.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship, with the exception of qualified candidates who are bilingual in either Japanese and English or Chinese and English.
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Plante Moran

Plante Moran is an employer hiring in India (sector: Audit / Consulting / Advisory).

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Southfield, Chicago Riverside Plaza, Denver Tech Center and Wakefield.

• Industry: Audit / Consulting / Advisory