Responsible AI Advisor Consultant

Accenture•New York, NY

8d•$59,100 - $205,800

About The Position

We Are: Accenture’s Global Responsible AI team within the Global Data & AI Practice. AI is becoming more pervasive, more powerful, and more accessible. With these new opportunities come increased risks. We work with leading organizations to ensure AI is designed, built, and deployed in a manner that engenders trust and adheres to laws, regulations and ethical norms. Our Responsible AI strategy will enable us to embed responsibility into all of Accenture’s data and AI activities. We’re developing and deploying differentiated IP and Responsible AI solutions with our ecosystem partners. We’ll be engaging regulators to help shape the policy agenda, conducting pioneering research with academia and offer training and resources to our clients through the Responsible AI Academy. The risks of AI are real and well- known. Let’s help our clients turn those risks into opportunities. You are: We are seeking experts who have a deep understanding of policy, standards, and regulation of AI, and who can translate this into helping our clients establish their principles, policies, operating model, governance structures and controls for Responsible AI. The ideal candidate will enjoy the breadth and pace of working with clients from different sectors and will also have the capability to step back and help Accenture shape and influence the development of AI standards and policies. You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. The work: Engaging with prospective clients to help sell Responsible AI projects. Shaping and leading client projects for Responsible with a focus on policy, standards and regulatory advisory, operating model, governance structures and controls, and supporting tools and platforms Act as subject matter expert for Responsible AI Supporting client sales conversations and proposals Delivering client projects and managing projects related to Responsible AI Communicating and providing guidance to senior Accenture leadership and client teams Assessing the latest developments in data and AI policy and standards Creating and maintaining an overview of the key developments in AI regulation Engaging with key stakeholders within the policy and regulatory space Presenting and positioning Accenture’s Responsible AI point of view amongst clients and other key stakeholders Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in management consulting.
Consulting experience should include at least one of the following: As a member of a corporate team focused on Responsible AI Experience in government/legislative development bodies, regulators, standards bodies, in designing and implementing operating models, risk management controls, governance structures and controls in any of these areas, or multilateral collaborative groups As an academic focused not just on the theory but also on the practical application of Responsible AI
Exposure to AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI Systems to solve business problems
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Consulting skills designing and implementing operating models, governance structures and controls
Data & AI regulations, compliance, and standards knowledge
Responsible AI
Generative AI risk, controls, and mitigations
Stakeholder Management
Risk assessment
Project management (if manager or above)

Nice To Haves

Published academic papers, white papers, or some form of thought leadership in the field of Responsible / Ethical AI, or closely related areas (advantageous)
Ability to lead project workstreams to completion
Ability to manage resources in a matrix organization

Responsibilities

Engaging with prospective clients to help sell Responsible AI projects.
Shaping and leading client projects for Responsible with a focus on policy, standards and regulatory advisory, operating model, governance structures and controls, and supporting tools and platforms
Act as subject matter expert for Responsible AI
Supporting client sales conversations and proposals
Delivering client projects and managing projects related to Responsible AI
Communicating and providing guidance to senior Accenture leadership and client teams
Assessing the latest developments in data and AI policy and standards
Creating and maintaining an overview of the key developments in AI regulation
Engaging with key stakeholders within the policy and regulatory space
Presenting and positioning Accenture’s Responsible AI point of view amongst clients and other key stakeholders