Manager of Products

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day for our clients, people, and communities through industry‑focused services. We have more than 8,500 people and 130 U.S. locations worldwide.

As Manager of Products, you will advance innovation across the firm’s product and service portfolio by identifying, validating, and enabling new approaches to product design, delivery, and evolution. You partner with senior product and technology leaders to drive measurable improvements in product outcomes, operating effectiveness, and client value through structured analysis, experimentation, and influence.

• Evaluate and own cross‑portfolio product and service initiatives to identify opportunities for improved differentiation, scalability, and economic impact.
• Apply first‑principles thinking to challenge legacy assumptions and redesign workflows where necessary.
• Identify modernization opportunities that strengthen platform coherence and long‑term scalability.
• Support enhancement of both internal practitioner platforms and external Digital Service Line offerings.

• Establish the experimentation and validation strategy across the product portfolio, including governance, prioritization, and success criteria.
• Define measurable outcome criteria and decision thresholds prior to scaling innovation efforts.
• Partner directly with Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, and Data teams to execute pilots.
• Produce executive‑ready analyses outlining trade‑offs, risks, economic implications, and measurable results.
• Recommend scale, iterate, or sunset decisions based on validated outcomes.
• Ensure experimentation efforts result in observable improvements across product performance, client value, or operational effectiveness.

• Identify systemic improvement opportunities across the product development lifecycle.
• Evaluate automation, intelligent tooling, and AI capabilities that enhance workforce productivity and quality across analysts, designers, developers, and QA professionals.
• Monitor product and delivery metrics to detect portfolio‑level improvement opportunities.
• Reinforce alignment between Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Support to reduce operational friction and rework.

• Leverage strategic platforms and modernization initiatives for alignment to measurable outcomes and platform‑first principles.
• Ensure technology investments strengthen product capability and firm economics.
• Guide responsible integration of automation and AI across both internal and client‑facing product offerings.
• Prioritize client value and product outcomes over technology novelty.

• 8 years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree required (or equivalent combination of experience, education, and training).
• Preferred degrees:
  Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.

CLA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation, please contact myp