EY - GDS Consulting - D&A - AI Leader Generative AI- ED

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Job Description
Role title: GDS Consulting AI Leader – Generative AI
Position Summary:
The continued growth of the GDS D&A and IA practice as well as the continued focus by the firm on Analytics as one of the growth accelerators for Consulting, now requires additional Partner roles to help manage and drive the Next Wave of growth in this space. There is a huge impetus on GDS to spearhead in developing and executing strategic roadmap in D&A and IA areas for FS Sector which requires a dedicated PPED role to ensure non-linear growth for the practice over the next 5 years. EY Tech Consulting vision for DnA &IA is to exceed $1 BN in revenues by FY 22 and $2 bn by FY 25, with AI and AI infused revenues will be 25% of total revenue. GDS DnA is expected to grow from current HC 2200 from 6000 by FY 25, and AI being key driver for this current growth. Current AI team of 150 should be scaling to 750 by FY 25 to support this growth and would need PPED for AI to lead this growth.

Essential Functions of the Job:
GDS AI Leader

• Demonstrate strong AI capability in rapidly emerging Generative AI and also with a vision of next gen areas in AI and lead in areas of growth.
• Design and executing the blueprint for hyper growth in key offerings under various FoPs and focus on TT& TI FoP.
• Scale the current AI team of 200 to 750 by FY 25 to support D&A growth story.
• Jointly building offerings with regions, with strong domain & consulting layers, to demonstrate differentiation in the marketplace
• Strategically steer AI investment areas as agreed with global EY leadership and drive the delivery team to achieve strategic goals & objectives defined
• Partner with regions to solution and win large engagements related Generative AI
• Integrate AI component with existing D&A, IA team to build solid capability around AI & ML.
• Initiate infusion of AI into GDS offerings by collaborating with leaders in Technology Consulting & Business Consulting.
• Demonstrate thought leadership by active participation in DnA, AI & IA forums globally, including with analysts (Gartner/IDC)
• Leverage existing global Alliances and establish new (along with global stakeholders)
• Lead Analyst Surveys with leading global analysts like Gartner, Forrester, IDC and local presence through AIM & others.
• Lead the charge to venture into upcoming areas of AI & ML like Explainable AI, ML Ops, Domain based Ontology, Trust in AI, Human Augmentation
• Drive skilling in AI team, including training programs, certifications & POCs. Leveraging cross skilling initiatives between current AI with D&A and IA team.
• Demonstrate strong next gen technology acumen to establish credibility with Area / Regional market leaders in AI & ML

Additionally,

• Drive skilling in current team, including training programs, certifications & POCs. Leveraging cross skilling initiatives between current IA and Advanced Analytics team.
• Coaching and Mentoring – Coaches Managers, Senior Managers, Associate Directors within structured leadership training programs.
• Should be responsible for grooming next generation leaders, including women executives
• Budget and Planning - Responsible for preparing budgetary outlay and its management during the budget cycle

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

• Ability to infuse AI in GDS offering across Business & Technology Consulting
• Focus on Generative AI & steer investment & delivery team for its strategic goal & objective
• Work with Global AI leader and influence both global AI strategy and GDS AI strategy so that they are in alignment with firm’s goals
• Increase penetration in global programs of EY to use GDS as key partner in developing offering / solution / accelerators
• Be the GDS AI representative in key client conversations- typically CIO/CDOs etc.
• Identifies new areas within EY GDS where AI could be infused to enhance their value proposition
• Nurture ecosystem to infuse AI into GDS offerings across domain & sectors.
• Be key influencer for infusing next gen in AI, ML areas.
• Leverage D&A stakeholders & GDS Account centricity program.
• Increase presence in regions with lesser penetration along with regional / global leaders and strengthen its presence in existing stronghold areas like EMEIA, US Commercial & APAC
• Anchor and build solutions and point of views in the next gen technology areas, including white papers / patents / conference presentations

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Demonstrate strong consulting experience, in-depth business knowledge in AI, ML, NLP and Data Science areas of the business, ability to sell and run large scale consulting engagements with distributed delivery mindset.
• Develop newer AI, ML, Automation solution offerings at GDS by collaborate and infusion of AI, ML, and Automation services in EY’s delivery of technology services such as SAP, Cloud, Cybersecurity and Risk through integration at GDS and local market levels.
• Develop capabilities at GDS to support market development and service delivery for AI in technologies such as Cloud, IoT/OT, Cyber and SAP. This would involve recruitment / training of relevant talent, regional integration, and market maker positioning, as well as development of both traditional and pay-per-use services for delivery across all regions.

Technology operations expertise, preferably in data, 20+ years across a variety of roles spanning client delivery, innovation, solution architecting, people, and program management. At least last 5 years in technical leadership roles.

Job Requirements:
Education & Experience:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems Management, Accounting, Finance, or a related field with 20+ years of experience. Graduate from top college known for computer science is a huge plus
• Experience in management consulting and IT advisory consulting organizations is a huge plus

Experience of managing practice/accounts with HC above 500+ would be a huge plus.

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