Senior Strategic Program Leader, Associate Director - Ernst and Young

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Position Summary:

This role drives the successful launch and sustained market performance of AI-driven products and services, ensuring that EY offerings meet market demands and achieve strategic business outcomes. The role will create and execute comprehensive go-to-market strategies that position EY as an AI leader, generate revenue growth, and strengthen customer relationships. Work cross-functionally to align AI vision with market opportunities, deliver impactful launches, and maintain momentum through data-driven optimization and customer-centric approaches.

Essential Functions of the Job:

1. Design and implement comprehensive go-to-market strategies to successfully launch AI products and services, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
2. Define and own KPIs and performance metrics, using insights to refine and optimize GTM strategies. Evaluate progress and results against success metrics. Evolve or re-engineer strategies, processes, and/or messaging to improve results.
3. Partner with service lines and executive leadership to develop sales strategies, set goals, and optimize messaging to support revenue targets.
4. Incorporate customer feedback, market trends, and market research into AI service GTM plans, ensuring market relevance and maintaining a competitive advantage.
5. Develop and deliver training, resources, and support materials to equip service lines with the tools to articulate value propositions effectively and win opportunities.
6. Direct the creation of impactful content such as case studies, white papers, blogs, and product demos to support market education and engagement.
7. Develop clear and compelling messaging that resonates with target customer segments and differentiates EY as an AI market leader.
8. Leverage deep knowledge of AI technologies and industry trends to identify and advise on market opportunities.
9. Champion the use of cutting-edge GTM strategies to expand opportunities and customer engagement.
10. Manage the launch and GTM lifecycle of new AI services, ensuring successful marketing introduction and long-term adoption.
11. Manage the AI pipeline, ensuring accuracy across service lines and maintaining executive level reporting.
12. Collaborate with service lines to identify AI opportunities, and strategically align with AI product and service teams to pursue and win the business.

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities:

1. Requires significant levels of independent judgment and discretion in identifying issues and analyzing risk.
2. Responsibility for coordinating numerous process initiatives or managing processes.
3. Makes recommendations based on firm guidance, professional standards and acquired experience. Requires the ability to reference existing policies to understand complex issues and, through consultation, propose process enhancements and solutions to obstacles.
4. A high level of complex, conceptual problem-solving ability, a wide sphere of influence and a broad-based network are expected.
5. The person is likely to be faced with problems and demanding deadlines routinely and needs to be able to manage conflicting priorities and tight deadlines through creative problem solving and operational dexterity.
6. The individual should be able to identify creative alternatives, digging into issues to surface core pain points, and being persistent is a core requirement for this role.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

1. Expert level analytical skills as well as ability to liaise amongst multiple business units and stakeholders, priorities competing interests and enforce deadlines.
2. Expert knowledge of MS Excel.
3. History of leading successful go-to-market strategies that have significantly impacted businesses.
4. Strong influencing skills are required to work with other functions or leaders.
5. Strong presentation skills; Specifically with C-Suite and Sr. Leadership.
6. Understanding of EY organization including the respective practices and functions.

Supervision Responsibilities:

1. Takes responsibility for complex projects and works independently with periodic feedback.
2. Provides data & benefits tracking and analytics direction and oversight to staff.
3. Mentors and trains junior team members to familiarize the team with firm processes and policies and to enable these team members to handle more complex issues.
4. Position requires the management of process team members or coordination of virtual teams engaged in completing process initiatives including assigning work and reviewing performance.
5. Position drives process initiatives, supports subordinates and colleagues to meet their deadlines, encourages input from and learning between all team members.

Other Requirements:

1. Travel may be required from time to time to complete assignments.
2. Flexibility is needed in order to connect and work with others given that we are a distributed business and often work across time zones and across national borders and language lines.

Job Requirements:

Education:

1. BS/BA in Business or related field or equivalent experience. Advanced Degree preferred.

Experience:

1. 12 years of working experience in related field or equivalent experience.
2. Prior experience managing people / teams that analyze data / metrics, conduct gap analyses, create process maps, develop action plans, and lead cross-functional efforts.
3. Prior experience completing valuation related activities to support the sale of a company.
4. Prior experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering high value projects.

What we offer:

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $134,200 to $258,300. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $161,000 to $293,500. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for 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. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

1. Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
2. Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
3. Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
4. Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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