Senior AI Product Associate, IT

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for designated AI platforms across multiple Aprio business sectors.

• Convert intricate domain and practice requirements into concise, actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and product specifications.

• Oversee the entire development lifecycle — including scoping, sprint planning, quality assurance, and rollout — while managing both onshore and offshore development resources.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering, tax accountants, and other cross-functional teams to enhance and deliver the platforms.

• Prioritize features, balancing immediate delivery needs with long-term scalability and maintainability of the platform.

• Conduct structured requirements-gathering sessions with subject matter experts in the relevant practice or business domain.

• Clearly communicate project status, risks, and decisions to both practitioners and firm leadership.

• Act as the primary point of contact for designated platforms, ensuring outcomes are managed with transparency.

• Leverage generative AI capabilities pertinent to professional services — including LLMs, document intelligence, agentic workflows, and structured output generation.

• Test and validate AI models, APIs, and tools (such as Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Azure AI) for seamless integration into Aprio's platforms.

• Uphold responsible AI practices, taking into account data privacy, data residency, and client confidentiality considerations (e.g., §7216 consent where applicable).

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years in product management, technology, operations, or consulting, with a proven track record of managing multi-stakeholder initiatives from start to finish. At least 2-3 of those years should involve working on SaaS products (either internal or external facing).

• Solid understanding of product management fundamentals, including roadmapping, backlog ownership, sprint planning, acceptance testing, and release coordination.

• Familiarity with generative AI tools and platforms, including practical experience in prompting and testing AI APIs.

• Capability to swiftly learn new domains and articulate complex workflows into product requirements.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both professionals and executives.

• Experience in coordinating software development resources, including offshore or contract developers.

• Background in public accounting or professional services is preferred.

• Knowledge of agentic AI workflows, RAG architectures, or LLM integration patterns.

• Familiarity with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (including SharePoint, Teams, and Power Platform).

• Awareness of relevant domain software ecosystems (e.g., for tax: CCH Axcess, GoSystems, TaxCaddy).

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance available from the first day of employment

• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account options

• 401k plan with Profit Sharing

• More than 9 holidays along with a discretionary time off structure

• Parental Leave that covers both primary and secondary caregivers

• Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program, with a cash incentive upon completion

• Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group, and individual performance

• Incentive compensation associated with the origination of new client sales

• Highly rated wellness program

• Flexible work environment, including remote and hybrid options