Senior AI Product Associate, IT

Position Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Delivery

• 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.

Stakeholder Engagement

• 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.

AI & Innovation

• 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).

Qualifications

Required

• 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.

Preferred

• 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).