KPMG Ukraine

AI Lead - Partner

KPMG Ukraine  •  Bengaluru, IN (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

AI Strategy Development:

Partner with Audit Technology and Audit leaders to co-create a clear, actionable AI strategy aligned with business goals.

Develop and own a standard AI solution architecture to serve as a guideline/ checklist for all AI developments, covering governance, risk, compliance

Develop roadmap/ pipeline with specific milestones

Build more focus on Multi-Agentic Solutions Development - partner network, customer selling through early engagements and co-design, develop Forward deployment engineers (FDE).

Proven competencies in building business cases and selling and scaling AI solutions in different stakeholder scenarios (e.g. internal functional users/ external customer teams), owning and showcasing outcomes

Implementation & Control – in collaboration with Audit Tech leadership :

Proven network within tech partner ecosystems, examples of working closely with large AI TSPs like OpenAI, Google, Azure leadership and tech teams, co-development, early access

Access to US start-ups and university ecosystems to gain access to test and build audit-specific solutions on their latest algorithms and model stacks, co-create IPs

Implementation & Control – in collaboration with Audit Tech leadership (Continued) :

Coordinate with IT and other stakeholders for successful implementation of AI technology.

Development of standard practices for risk mitigation and taxonomies, along with large TSPs like Google, Azure, OpenAI partner teams

Take inputs from target user groups and customers e.g. on their perceived risks while developing risk taxonomies, to manage agentic misalignment, agent behavior control, risk/ trust in agent orchestrators, AgentOps for continuous autonomous monitoring and observability

Oversee the governance and control mechanisms for AI implementation, ensuring alignment to KPMG compliance and legal controls as needed.

Workforce Development & AI Adoption.

Lead the setup of the offshore AI center—define structure, roles, workflows, and culture.

Hire top talent across AI/ML, engineering, product, and operations.

Establish agile processes and governance to ensure speed, quality, and accountability.

Develop Talent & Capability

Develop and implement training programs to familiarize the workforce with AI concepts and tools.

Training and certification partnerships with large TSPs like latest models from Google, AWS, Axure, OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity etc.

Develop tech talent groups with strategic IT partners, US start-up’s, US and Indian universities,

Mentor emerging leaders and foster a culture of experimentation and excellence.

Foster a culture of innovative thinking and openness towards AI adoption.

Monitor and report on levels of AI adoption across the organizations.



Deliver Products That Matter

Own the full lifecycle of AI products - Identifying & clearly articulating target customers and user groups and developing persona-focused AI solutions business cases, creating alpha/beta user groups within target customer functions, using their early inputs & feedback in design & dev-test- practice forward deployment engineering/ ship2build

Engaging target power-users into developing & testing solutions and creating IPs, as co-designers, co-patenters

Implement robust practices for scalability, reliability, and performance.

Stakeholder Communication:

Develop high visibility for team and leadership internally (Audit Technology Alliance, US Audit, US Digital & AI) and externally, within tech partners and talent supply sides and foster seamless AI integration, alignment of objectives and benefits tracking.

Thought leadership:

Maintain and continue to develop AI thought leadership - Early access programs, first port-of-call for tech providers, developing practice guardrails/ checklists, responsible and trusted AI testcase repositories, EVALS

Publish Whitepapers, file for patents, present at various forums, represent KPMG at various industry/technology forums and initiatives.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

AI Strategy Development:

Partner with Audit Technology and Audit leaders to co-create a clear, actionable AI strategy aligned with business goals.

Develop and own a standard AI solution architecture to serve as a guideline/ checklist for all AI developments, covering governance, risk, compliance

Develop roadmap/ pipeline with specific milestones

Build more focus on Multi-Agentic Solutions Development - partner network, customer selling through early engagements and co-design, develop Forward deployment engineers (FDE).

Proven competencies in building business cases and selling and scaling AI solutions in different stakeholder scenarios (e.g. internal functional users/ external customer teams), owning and showcasing outcomes

Implementation & Control – in collaboration with Audit Tech leadership :

Proven network within tech partner ecosystems, examples of working closely with large AI TSPs like OpenAI, Google, Azure leadership and tech teams, co-development, early access

Access to US start-ups and university ecosystems to gain access to test and build audit-specific solutions on their latest algorithms and model stacks, co-create IPs

Implementation & Control – in collaboration with Audit Tech leadership (Continued) :

Coordinate with IT and other stakeholders for successful implementation of AI technology.

Development of standard practices for risk mitigation and taxonomies, along with large TSPs like Google, Azure, OpenAI partner teams

Take inputs from target user groups and customers e.g. on their perceived risks while developing risk taxonomies, to manage agentic misalignment, agent behavior control, risk/ trust in agent orchestrators, AgentOps for continuous autonomous monitoring and observability

Oversee the governance and control mechanisms for AI implementation, ensuring alignment to KPMG compliance and legal controls as needed.

Workforce Development & AI Adoption.

Lead the setup of the offshore AI center—define structure, roles, workflows, and culture.

Hire top talent across AI/ML, engineering, product, and operations.

Establish agile processes and governance to ensure speed, quality, and accountability.

Develop Talent & Capability

Develop and implement training programs to familiarize the workforce with AI concepts and tools.

Training and certification partnerships with large TSPs like latest models from Google, AWS, Axure, OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity etc.

Develop tech talent groups with strategic IT partners, US start-up’s, US and Indian universities,

Mentor emerging leaders and foster a culture of experimentation and excellence.

Foster a culture of innovative thinking and openness towards AI adoption.

Monitor and report on levels of AI adoption across the organizations.



Deliver Products That Matter

Own the full lifecycle of AI products - Identifying & clearly articulating target customers and user groups and developing persona-focused AI solutions business cases, creating alpha/beta user groups within target customer functions, using their early inputs & feedback in design & dev-test- practice forward deployment engineering/ ship2build

Engaging target power-users into developing & testing solutions and creating IPs, as co-designers, co-patenters

Implement robust practices for scalability, reliability, and performance.

Stakeholder Communication:

Develop high visibility for team and leadership internally (Audit Technology Alliance, US Audit, US Digital & AI) and externally, within tech partners and talent supply sides and foster seamless AI integration, alignment of objectives and benefits tracking.

Thought leadership:

Maintain and continue to develop AI thought leadership - Early access programs, first port-of-call for tech providers, developing practice guardrails/ checklists, responsible and trusted AI testcase repositories, EVALS

Publish Whitepapers, file for patents, present at various forums, represent KPMG at various industry/technology forums and initiatives.



Mandatory technical & functional skills

Skilled on Agentic and Agent GRC

Tech: Multi-agent, multi-protocol, multi-cloud e.g. between AWS Agentcore and Google, Anthropic, Perplexity.

Dev-GRC: Forward engineering, early customer engagement- testing & feedback, agent behavior monitoring, agentic misalignment mgt- checklists, extreme testcase portfolios

Branding & packaging standardized interfaces on agentic solution stacks, with trusted GRC guidelines and reports

Excellent communication skills and the ability to simplify complex concepts.

This role is for you if you have the below

Educational qualifications –

A combination of Degree in business management, computer science, data science or related AI field.

Work experience

7-10+ yrs experience years of proven experience with strong AI solutioning/ selling/ financial services background, with experience building global teams.

Proven success in developing and deploying AI products in enterprise environments with Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies, product development, and agile delivery.

Strong strategic thinking.

Excellent storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and change leadership skills.

KPMG Ukraine

About KPMG Ukraine

KPMG – це міжнародна мережа фірм, що надають аудиторські, податкові та консультаційні послуги. В офісах KPMG у 143 країнах світу працюють понад 273,000 співробітників (FY23). Кожна фірма KPMG є незалежною юридичною особою і представляє себе як таку.

KPMG працює в Україні з 1992 року. KPMG в Україні надає аудиторські, податкові, бухгалтерські та консультаційні послуги для місцевих і міжнародних компаній. Нашою метою завжди було використання глобального інтелектуального потенціалу фірми в поєднанні з практичним досвідом наших українських професіоналів, щоб допомогти провідним компаніям досягти своїх цілей.

Офіси компанії знаходяться у Києві та Львові.

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KPMG is a global network of professional services firms providing audit, tax and advisory services. We operate in 143 countries and territories, and in FY23, collectively employed more than 273,000 people working in member firms around the world.

KPMG in Ukraine provides audit, tax, accounting and advisory services to local and international businesses. KPMG has been working in Ukraine since 1992, and our goal has always been to use the firm's global intellectual potential, combined with the practical experience of our Ukrainian professionals, to help leading companies to achieve their goals.

In Ukraine KPMG has its offices in Kyiv and Lviv.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Kyiv, UA
Year Founded
1992
Website
kpmg.com
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