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Senior Associate, Product & Technology, Technology Industry Group - Private Equity

Chicago, IL, USFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09

Core

Senior Associate evaluating product strategy, roadmaps, and technology functions for private equity portfolio companies to drive value creation and operational improvement.

Role type

Senior Associate, Product & Technology Advisory

Builds

Performance improvement plans, product integration strategies, and operational assessments for PE portfolio companies

Domain

Private Equity / Technology Industry Group

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Product strategy assessment, roadmap evaluation, product team structure analysis, KPI/OKR framework evaluation, market analysis, competitive benchmarking, system design acumen, cloud architecture knowledge, R&D spend analysis, Agile SDLC familiarity

Preferred skills

Private equity sponsor exposure, M&A integration experience, CTO advisory background, R&D merger integration expertise, SaaS business model understanding, product-led growth strategies

Technologies

Cloud architecture, containerization, event-driven systems, streaming data pipelines, distributed data stores, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, SAST/DAST

Responsibilities

Assess product strategy and roadmap alignment with business objectives; Complete product feature parity assessments for M&A; Evaluate product team structures and interaction models; Analyze R&D spend patterns and link to outcomes; Conduct market analysis and competitive benchmarking

Seniority

Senior Associate, 3-5+ years experience