EY-Parthenon - AI Business Solutions - Senior Director

About the role

EY-Parthenon’s unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions and corporate finance delivers real-world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY’s full spectrum of services, we’ve reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the solutioning and deployment of AI solutions, working across various sectors to solve complex problems and improve performance.
• Help clients navigate the AI landscape, developing innovative solutions in support of our EY-Parthenon offerings.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Business, Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience.
• Significant management consulting experience.
• Proven history of developing and deploying AI solutions in real-world settings, ideally across multiple sectors.
• Experience engaging directly with clients to assess their needs and propose AI-driven solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• Experience leading small teams and mentoring junior professionals to ensure project success and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• You must either reside in or be in a commutable distance to your office location for this position.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary. In certain circumstances, travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs.

Skills and attributes for success

• Business consultant: Experience engaging directly with clients to assess their needs, supporting / leading positioning meetings, conduct workshops, and propose AI-driven solutions aligned with business objectives.
• AI and Machine Learning Expertise: Deep knowledge of AI fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and programming languages like Python.
• System Design and Architecture: Competence in crafting scalable, maintainable AI systems, with proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), microservices, and APIs.
• Data Engineering: Expertise in managing large datasets, building data pipelines, and ensuring data quality, preprocessing, and governance for AI applications.
• Project Management: Skills in time management, task prioritization, and leading or contributing to project workstreams under tight deadlines.
• Security and Ethics: Knowledge of AI-related security risks, data privacy, bias mitigation, and compliance with regulations (e.g., GDPR or industry-specific standards).
• Business and Commercially Driven: Work in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients.
• Building Relationships: Cultivate strong working relationships with clients and support to key decision makers.

Pay

The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $250,000 to $290,000. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.

Schedule

We expect most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.