Senior AI Product Associate, IT

Work with a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm that Accounts for Anything. Aprio has 40 U.S. office locations, as well as international office locations and more than 3,200 team members that speak 60+ languages across the globe. By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them. Discover a top-rated culture, vast growth opportunities and your next big career move with Aprio.

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).