Responsible AI – Advisor – Specialist

Job Description

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. As of 2023, we have been recognized among Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 20 consecutive years. And that’s just the beginning.   Your career is about what you want to be and who you

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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.

The work:

Supporting the process of selling Responsible AI projects to prospective clients
Helping to shape and lead client projects for Responsible / Ethical AI with a focus on policy, standards and regulatory advisory, operating model, governance structures and controls
Act as subject matter expert for Responsible AI within a data science / data transformation team
Supporting client sales conversations and proposals
Delivering client projects relating 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 point of view amongst clients and other key stakeholders

Qualifications

Here’s what you need:

Minimum of 3 years’ experience with Data and AI Regulation should include, but not limited to:

o Experience in government/legislative development bodies, regulators, standards bodies, or multilateral collaborative groups

o As a member of a corporate team focused on Responsible AI

o As an academic focused not just on the theory but also on the practical application of Responsible AI

Minimum 3 years experience in management consulting or related field. Consulting experience should include:

o Experience in government/legislative development bodies, regulators, standards bodies, in designing and implementing operating models and governance structures and controls in any of these areas, or multilateral collaborative groups

o As a member of a corporate team focused on Responsible AI

o As an academic focused not just on the theory but also on the practical application of Responsible AI

·       Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (minimum 12 years).

·       English is required for this position as this role will be aligned to multi-national teams where English is the common language across our Global Enterprise. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking multi-national teams, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company’s activities to avoid this requirement.

Bonus Points:

·       Has 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

·       Priority skills:

o Data & AI regulations and Standards

o Responsible AI

o Generative AI Data Ethics

o Stakeholder Management

o Consulting skills designing and implementing operating models, governance structures and controls

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired in British Columbia as set in salary range.