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Job Title: M&A Innovation and Asset Portfolio Manager
Company Name: Deloitte
Location: Tempe, AZ
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 06/10/2026
Expire Date: 07/10/2026
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Job Description
M&A Innovation and Asset Portfolio Manager
Our Deloitte Strategy & Transactions team helps guide clients through their most critical moments and transformational initiatives. We offer comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, covering areas such as valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability. The team works closely with clients at every stage of their journey, helping them navigate challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and implement practical solutions before, during, and after major transformational projects or transactions creating lasting impact.

Are you energized by tracking what's next and helping a business stay ahead of it? Strategy & Transactions is seeking a manager to drive innovation portfolio management, asset lifecycle management, market and competitor intelligence, and vendor and ecosystem engagement across the business. This role sits at the intersection of strategic foresight and practical innovation management. The successful candidate will bring strong experience managing portfolios of tools and initiatives across their full lifecycle, scanning the external landscape for emerging trends and competitive signals, and engaging with vendors and technology partners to assess fit and value. This individual will serve as connective tissue between the outside world and Strategy & Transactions' internal innovation priorities, helping leaders make informed decisions about where to invest, what to pilot, what to scale, and what to sunset.

Recruiting for this role ends on 07/31/2026.

Work You'll Do

As an M&A Innovation and Asset Portfolio Strategy Manager you will be responsible for helping leaders manage and evolve the business's innovation portfolio while maintaining a clear view of the external market, competitive landscape, and vendor ecosystem.
  • Manage the Strategy & Transactions innovation asset portfolio, including tracking the status, performance, and strategic fit of tools, solutions, and pilots.
  • Support lifecycle management for existing tools and solutions by monitoring usage and performance, coordinating updates, and identifying opportunities to invest, scale, replace, or sunset assets.
  • Drive innovation pipeline management by helping leaders prioritize investments and make informed decisions on which initiatives to advance, pause, or scale.
  • Lead pilots for new tools and solutions by establishing evaluation criteria, tracking outcomes, and synthesizing findings and recommendations for leadership.
  • Conduct external sensing activities, including competitor monitoring, market research, and emerging technology scanning, to identify trends and opportunities aligned to business priorities.
  • Develop market briefs, competitive landscapes, vendor assessments, and repeatable frameworks that connect external insights to internal strategy, sourcing, and roadmap decisions.

A successful candidate would posses these skills:
  • Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  • Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  • Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability to mentor and provide clear guidance to others

The Team

M&A advises corporate and PE clients across inorganic growth/divestiture scenarios through M&A strategy, diligence, integration/separation planning and execution, financial and modeling services, and transaction financing.

Strategy & Transactions helps drive enterprise priorities by bringing strategic insight together with disciplined execution. Within this environment, Innovation and Delivery Transformation focuses on enabling leaders and teams to deliver complex initiatives more effectively through strong governance, structured execution, and practical, business-focused solutions.

Qualifications

Required:
  • 6+ years of experience in innovation management, market research, competitive intelligence, product strategy, or venture investing
  • 2+ years of experience managing a portfolio of tools, initiatives, or investments across the lifecycle, including usage tracking, prioritization, and sunset or replacement decisions
  • 2+ years of experience conducting market research, competitive analysis, or emerging technology scanning and developing written intelligence or recommendations
  • 2+ years of experience evaluating vendors, technology solutions, or ecosystem partners and planning or managing pilots or proof-of-concept initiatives, including defining success metrics and documenting outcomes
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:
  • Master of Business Administration or other advanced degree in business, strategy, technology, or finance
  • Experience in professional services, private equity, corporate strategy, venture capital, or product management
  • Experience using generative artificial intelligence tools in research, strategy, or innovation workflows
  • Experience evaluating artificial intelligence tools, enterprise technology platforms, or software vendors
  • Experience supporting internal clients in a large, matrixed organization
  • Experience applying innovation frameworks, portfolio management methodologies, or technology evaluation frameworks

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $128,000 to $252,500.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
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