The Senior Manager will spearhead tax innovation projects, provide strategic leadership, collaborate on AI-enabled services, and drive modernization initiatives, ensuring operational excellence and client engagement.
At PwC, our people in software and product innovation focus on developing cutting-edge software solutions and driving product innovation to meet the evolving needs of clients. These individuals combine technical experience with creative thinking to deliver innovative software products and solutions. Those in software engineering at PwC will focus on developing innovative software solutions to drive digital transformation and enhance business performance. In this field, you will use your knowledge to design, code, and test cutting-edge applications that revolutionise industries and deliver exceptional user experiences.
Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
The Opportunity
As part of the Software and Product Innovation team, you will provide cross-team technical and strategic leadership for major tax innovation platforms. As a Senior Manager, you will lead large projects, innovate processes, and maintain operational excellence while interacting with clients at a top level to drive project success. This role offers the chance to shape the future of tax services through AI-enabled capabilities, collaborating with senior leaders and driving modernization across products.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical leadership for tax innovation platforms
- Oversee large-scale projects and drive process enhancements
- Collaborate with senior leaders to enhance AI-enabled tax services
- Maintain operational excellence in project execution and delivery
- Foster cross-team collaboration to achieve project goals
- Analyze complex challenges and develop innovative solutions
- Maintain elevated client engagement to support project success
- Champion modernization initiatives across product offerings
What You Must Have
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 6 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Master's Degree preferred
- Leading multiple engineering teams in agile environments
- Designing and evolving enterprise or SaaS architectures
- Leading system migrations and legacy modernization
- Possessing knowledge of multi-cloud strategies and security
- Integrating AI and advanced analytics into production systems
- Defining technical standards for AI and data systems
- Mentoring engineering leaders and architects
- Managing uncertainty and competing priorities
The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $335,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
- Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
- Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
- Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
- Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
- Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
- Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
- Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
The Opportunity
As part of the Software and Product Innovation team, you will provide cross-team technical and strategic leadership for major tax innovation platforms. As a Senior Manager, you will lead large projects, innovate processes, and maintain operational excellence while interacting with clients at a top level to drive project success. This role offers the chance to shape the future of tax services through AI-enabled capabilities, collaborating with senior leaders and driving modernization across products.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical leadership for tax innovation platforms
- Oversee large-scale projects and drive process enhancements
- Collaborate with senior leaders to enhance AI-enabled tax services
- Maintain operational excellence in project execution and delivery
- Foster cross-team collaboration to achieve project goals
- Analyze complex challenges and develop innovative solutions
- Maintain elevated client engagement to support project success
- Champion modernization initiatives across product offerings
What You Must Have
- Bachelor's Degree
- At least 6 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Master's Degree preferred
- Leading multiple engineering teams in agile environments
- Designing and evolving enterprise or SaaS architectures
- Leading system migrations and legacy modernization
- Possessing knowledge of multi-cloud strategies and security
- Integrating AI and advanced analytics into production systems
- Defining technical standards for AI and data systems
- Mentoring engineering leaders and architects
- Managing uncertainty and competing priorities
The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $335,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
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