Frontier AI Strategy & Prototyping Lead

EY; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 299,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Frontier AI team seeks an Assistant Director to identify, shape, and scale emerging AI opportunities across EY. You will work with service lines, sectors, alliances, and innovation teams to connect evolving client needs with new technologies and lead initiatives from experimentation through capability development.

You’ll focus on trusted and open-weight models, AI-native software, enterprise knowledge systems, and agentic AI, designing experiments, validating opportunities, and advancing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, AI, machine learning, product development, solution architecture, technical consulting, technical program management, innovation, or related technology disciplines.
• Hands-on experimentation, prototyping, or building with emerging technologies as part of an ongoing practice of learning and exploration.
• Experience leading complex technology initiatives that span technical, business, and stakeholder considerations.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and translating them into business value, technical solutions, or new capabilities.
• Preferred backgrounds include technology startups, TPM, solution engineering, customer engineering, product development, technical consulting, innovation organizations, or related roles.

Responsibilities

• Monitor developments across AI, both externally and across EY, to identify emerging capabilities, market signals, and opportunities relevant to clients and firm strategy.
• Build relationships across service lines, sectors, alliances, regions, and external ecosystems to understand evolving business needs and technology opportunities.
• Identify, shape, and lead Frontier AI initiatives that connect emerging technologies with client challenges and strategic priorities.
• Continuously experiment with emerging technologies to develop first-hand understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and potential applications.
• Design and build experiments, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts to validate opportunities, evaluate technologies, and accelerate learning.
• Assess opportunities across business value, technical feasibility, enterprise readiness, risk, and adoption potential.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to validate, refine, and advance new capabilities.

Skills

AI landscape curiosity

Client needs linkage

Technical credibility

Hands-on experimentation

Learning by doing

Ambiguity tolerance

Stakeholder engagement

Tech-to-business translation

Communication skills

Relationship building

Ecosystem collaboration

Reusable frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

EY’s Frontier AI team seeks an Assistant Director to identify, shape, and scale emerging AI opportunities across EY. You will work with service lines, sectors, alliances, and innovation teams to connect evolving client needs with new technologies and lead initiatives from experimentation through capability development.

You’ll focus on trusted and open-weight models, AI-native software, enterprise knowledge systems, and agentic AI, designing experiments, validating opportunities, and advancing