Associate Director, AI Enterprise Architect, EY-Parthenon
Ernst and Young2 days ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Advise clients on AI target architectures, technology options, business value, investment constraints, and risk.
- Design end-to-end AI architectures spanning data, models, orchestration, integration, security, enterprise systems, and operating models.
- Assess enterprise AI, technology, data, application, infrastructure, scalability, security, reliability, performance, and cost maturity.
- Define AI solutions and prioritize use cases based on value, feasibility, scalability, and strategic relevance.
- Develop board-ready recommendations, AI investment cases, transformation roadmaps, and build-versus-buy-versus-partner decisions.
- Advise on AI governance, security, data residency, responsible AI, model risk, and regulatory requirements including the EU AI Act and UK regulation.
- Guide prototyping teams and use prototypes to test strategic, operational, commercial, and technical assumptions.
- Support proposals, technical workshops, pursuit meetings, diligence engagements, and executive client discussions.
- Communicate architecture decisions, technical risks, investment trade-offs, and strategic implications to senior and non-technical stakeholders.
- Define architecture standards, reference patterns, assessment frameworks, strategic recommendations, and reusable technical assets.
- Coach colleagues and build AI architecture capability across EY-Parthenon and EY.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience spanning 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 such as ERP, CRM, supply-chain, or manufacturing platforms.
- Practical familiarity with Python, generative AI, machine learning, foundation models, retrieval, orchestration, agents, and evaluation approaches.
- Experience assessing the scalability, security, reliability, performance, and cost of AI systems.
- Experience presenting technical recommendations to senior stakeholders and working under demanding or transaction-driven deadlines.
- Ability to provide vendor-neutral advice and evaluate competing technologies, platforms, and delivery models.
- Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related analytical discipline.
- Preferred experience in technology, digital, or AI diligence; AI-enabled product and software business evaluation; responsible AI; AI governance; model risk; AI security; regulatory compliance; or technology assurance.
- Preferred experience with SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Snowflake, Databricks, Palantir, and major enterprise technology platforms.
- Preferred sector expertise in Media, Retail and Consumer Products, Industrials, Automotive, Technology, or Software.
- Preferred experience developing reusable frameworks, architecture patterns, reference assets, and coaching or mentoring colleagues.
Benefits
- Attractive performance-based remuneration and a comprehensive Total Rewards package.
- Flexible working and FlexEY benefits covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, discounts, offers, and promotions.
- Continuous training, coaching, mentorship, and career development opportunities.
- Exposure to senior business leaders and investors on high-priority AI strategy, architecture, and transaction questions.
- Opportunity to shape EY-Parthenon's AI architecture standards, reusable assets, and capabilities.
- Diverse and inclusive culture with tools and flexibility to define success and make a 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.