Associate Director, AI Enterprise Architect, EY-Parthenon
Ernst and Young2 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Advise clients on AI target architectures, technology choices, value creation opportunities, investment constraints, and risks.
- Design end-to-end AI architectures across data foundations, models, orchestration, integration, security, enterprise systems, infrastructure, and operating models.
- Assess enterprise AI, technology, data, application, and infrastructure maturity and translate findings into executive recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
- Define and prioritize AI solutions and complex AI products based on value, feasibility, scalability, and strategic relevance.
- Develop board-ready recommendations and technical and economic cases covering inference costs, token costs, infrastructure, cost-to-serve, margins, and build-versus-buy decisions.
- Advise on AI governance, security, data residency, responsible AI, the EU AI Act, and the UK regulatory environment.
- Guide prototyping teams and use prototypes to test strategic, operational, commercial, and technical assumptions.
- Create architecture standards, reference patterns, assessment frameworks, strategic frameworks, and reusable technical assets.
- Lead executive workshops, client problem-solving sessions, technical workshops, proposals, and pursuit meetings.
- Coach colleagues and build AI architecture capability across EY-Parthenon and EY.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience across technology strategy, AI advisory, enterprise architecture, solution architecture, technology consulting, or related disciplines.
- Hands-on experience designing AI architectures or machine-learning systems that reached and remained in production.
- Experience translating AI opportunities into executive investment priorities, transformation initiatives, and measurable business outcomes.
- Demonstrable enterprise architecture experience across cloud-native or hybrid environments and integration with enterprise systems.
- Practical familiarity with Python, orchestration, agent, retrieval, evaluation, generative AI, machine learning, and foundation-model approaches.
- Experience assessing the scalability, security, reliability, performance, and cost of AI systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting technical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams and deliver high-quality, vendor-neutral advice under tight deadlines.
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related analytical discipline.
- Preferred experience with technology, digital, or AI diligence; AI-enabled products; software businesses; data assets; or technology-led investment theses.
- Preferred sector expertise in Media, Retail and Consumer Products, Industrials, Automotive, Technology, or Software.
- Preferred experience with responsible AI, AI governance, model risk, AI security, regulatory compliance, technology assurance, and enterprise technology platforms.
- Preferred experience developing reusable assessment frameworks, architecture patterns, strategic recommendations, or reference assets and mentoring colleagues.
Benefits
- Flexible working and career development support through the FlexEY benefits program.
- Benefits covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, discounts, offers, and promotions.
- Continuous training, coaching, and mentorship.
- Opportunities to advise senior business leaders and investors on high-priority AI strategy, architecture, and transaction questions.
- Opportunity to shape architecture standards, reusable assets, and EY-Parthenon’s AI capabilities.
- Diverse and inclusive culture with flexibility to define and pursue meaningful impact.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Ernst and Young
Ernst & Young (EY) provides audit/assurance, tax, consulting, strategy and transactions services to enterprises, financial institutions, and public‑sector clients. Structured as a global network of partner‑owned member firms, it sells professional services on a fee basis, including a dedicated Financial Services Organization for banking, insurance, and capital markets. Headquartered in London, EY was formed in 1989 from the merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young, and operates in 150+ countries.