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This initiative translates advanced capabilities into measurable outcomes, helping clients and EY teams unlock new opportunities through technology-driven capabilities.\nThe opportunity:\nFrontier AI bridges emerging AI capabilities and evolving client needs. We identify high-potential innovations in the market and connect experts across EY and the ecosystem; where breakthroughs meet customer needs, we incubate, validate and deliver new scalable capabilities to the firm and its clients. We are builders, strategists, and innovators focused on turning rapidly evolving AI technologies into trusted business outcomes through evidence, collaboration, and responsible innovation.\nThe Frontier AI Assistant Director helps identify, shape, and scale emerging AI opportunities across EY. 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Areas of focus may include trusted and open-weight models, AI-native software delivery, enterprise knowledge and context systems, specialized AI, and agentic systems.\nYour key responsibilities\nMonitor developments across AI, both externally and across EY, to identify emerging capabilities, market signals, and opportunities relevant to clients and firm strategy.\nBuild relationships across service lines, sectors, alliances, regions, and external ecosystems to understand evolving business needs and technology opportunities.\nIdentify, shape, and lead Frontier AI initiatives that connect emerging technologies with client challenges and strategic priorities.\nContinuously experiment with emerging technologies to develop first-hand understanding of their capabilities, limitations, and potential applications.\nDesign and build experiments, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts to validate opportunities, evaluate technologies, and accelerate learning.\nAssess opportunities across business value, technical feasibility, enterprise readiness, risk, and adoption potential.\nCollaborate with multidisciplinary teams to validate, refine, and advance new capabilities.\nSkills and attributes for success:\nDeep curiosity about the evolving AI landscape and a demonstrated ability to identify meaningful developments before they become mainstream.\nAbility to connect emerging technologies with client needs, business opportunities, and strategic priorities.\nBroad technical foundation with the credibility to evaluate technologies, challenge assumptions, and engage deeply with technical practitioners.\nActively builds, prototypes, and experiments with emerging technologies as part of an ongoing hands-on practice.\nLearns through doing, rapidly testing ideas and developing first-hand perspectives on new capabilities.\nComfortable operating in ambiguity, using experimentation and evidence to inform decisions and recommendations.\nAbility to engage effectively with business leaders, client-serving teams, technologists, startups, and alliance partners to identify opportunities and shape initiatives.\nTranslates technical developments into business implications, strategic recommendations, and actionable next steps.\nStrong communication, influence, and storytelling skills across technical and non-technical audiences.\nExperience bringing together diverse stakeholders to advance new ideas from concept to implementation.\nBuilds relationships across internal and external innovation ecosystems to accelerate learning and capability development.\nCreates reusable assets, frameworks, accelerators, and playbooks that enable successful innovations to scale.\nWhat we look for:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or a related field. 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However, it is not an all-inclusive listing of the required job functions and functions may vary depending on the geographic location of the job and/or the manager. Further, the job description is subject to change at the discretion of management.\nWhat we offer you\nAt EY, we’lldevelop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’llempower you in a flexible environment, andfuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.\nAre you ready to shape your future with confidence? 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