Senior AI Product Associate, IT
Aprio•Austin, TX
•Hybrid
About The Position
Aprio is seeking an IT Product Owner to drive AI-enabled platform initiatives across the firm as it becomes a tech-enabled accounting and advisory firm. These roles own the day-to-day product lifecycle of custom, generative-AI tools that transform how Aprio delivers services across practice areas. This is a US-based, onshore role central to the AI Council's initiatives and the firm's overall technology strategy.
Requirements
- 5+ years in product management, technology, operations, or consulting, with experience owning multi-stakeholder initiatives end-to-end.
- At least 2-3 of those years working on (internal or external facing) SaaS products.
- Strong product management fundamentals: roadmapping, backlog ownership, sprint planning, acceptance testing, and release coordination.
- Familiarity with generative-AI tools and platforms, including hands-on prompting and testing of AI APIs.
- Ability to quickly learn new domains and translate complex workflows into product requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to convey technical concepts to professionals and executives.
- Experience coordinating software development resources, including offshore or contract developers.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in public accounting or professional services.
- Exposure to agentic AI workflows, RAG architectures, or LLM integration patterns.
- Familiarity with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform).
- Familiarity with relevant domain software ecosystems (e.g., for tax: CCH Axcess, GoSystems, TaxCaddy).
Responsibilities
- Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for assigned AI platforms across various Aprio business lines.
- Translate complex domain and practice requirements into clear, actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and product specifications.
- Lead the full development lifecycle — scoping, sprint planning, QA, and rollout — coordinating onshore and offshore development resources.
- Work closely with Engineering, tax accountants, and other cross functions to deliver and improve the platforms.
- Prioritize features and balance near-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and maintainability.
- Run structured requirements-gathering sessions with subject matter experts across the relevant practice or business area.
- Communicate project status, risks, and decisions clearly to practitioners and firm leadership.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned platforms, owning outcomes with transparency.
- Apply generative-AI capabilities relevant to professional services — LLMs, document intelligence, agentic workflows, and structured output generation.
- Test and validate AI models, APIs, and tooling (e.g., Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Azure AI) for integration into Aprio's platforms.
- Support responsible AI practices, including data privacy, data residency, and client confidentiality considerations (e.g., §7216 consent where applicable).
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
- 401k with Profit Sharing
- 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
- Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
- Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
- Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
- Top rated wellness program
- Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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