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About the Team

KPMG Delivery Network, KDN, is a global organisation that supports KPMG member firms in delivering priority advisory, audit and tax compliance solutions to clients across industries. KDN helps member firms enable growth, improve economies of scale, and find new ways to collaborate and deliver value globally.

As part of KDN Advisory, you will work alongside highly skilled practitioners across the KPMG network, supporting programs and initiatives that are changing how businesses operate. This role is part of a global environment connected with KPMG member firms in nearly 150 countries, using technology, innovation and collaboration to help clients solve complex business challenges.

The AI team plays a critical role in shaping, scaling and delivering AI-led solutions for KPMG clients and member firms. The team focuses on AI strategy, solution development, delivery excellence, governance, responsible AI practices and long-term business value creation.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for a KDN Solution Lead: AI to provide strategic, technical and commercial leadership across KDN’s AI solution portfolio. This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining the AI offering strategy, shaping the roadmap, driving business growth, scaling delivery capability and ensuring AI solutions create measurable value for clients and member firms.

You will act as a key point of accountability for AI-related offerings, partnering with stakeholders, member firms, customers, alliance teams and delivery teams to evolve the AI portfolio. You will help shape how AI is embedded across industries, guide the development of scalable AI capabilities, and support the responsible adoption of AI across complex business environments.

This is an opportunity to influence the future of AI within a global professional services network, lead high-impact solution development, and build capability across AI, machine learning, generative AI, large language models and responsible AI governance.

How Are You Extraordinary?

• You are a strategic thinker who can connect technology, business priorities and client outcomes. You can define a clear AI vision, identify high-impact use cases, and translate emerging AI trends into practical, scalable solutions.
• You are an influential communicator who can engage confidently with senior stakeholders, clients and cross-functional teams. You can present complex AI concepts in a clear and business-focused way, build trust, and align diverse groups around shared goals.
• You are an inclusive and empowering leader who enjoys building high-performing teams. You create an environment where people can experiment, learn, collaborate and grow, while maintaining a strong focus on delivery excellence, governance and responsible innovation.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Develop and own the long-term strategy, value proposition and differentiation for KDN’s AI solutions and offerings.
• Shape the AI portfolio roadmap by analysing market trends, customer insights and the competitive landscape.
• Provide strategic and technical direction across AI solution development and delivery operations.
• Act as the single point of accountability for key stakeholders, member firms and customers in relation to AI offerings.
• Partner with sales, alliances, customer success and delivery teams to drive adoption and long-term value realisation.
• Engage directly with customers through solution demonstrations, roadmap presentations and escalations.
• Identify the long-term impact of AI across industries and integrate these insights into organisational and client strategies.
• Own the scale-up, utilisation, centre strategy and commercial performance of the AI solution portfolio.
• Manage operational and financial KPIs for the AI solution and service portfolio.
• Build, mentor and scale AI, machine learning and data science teams, creating a culture of innovation, experimentation and continuous learning.
• Oversee the end-to-end AI solution lifecycle, from strategy and architecture through to production deployment.
• Establish and embed responsible AI practices, including ethics, transparency, fairness, bias mitigation, privacy, regulatory compliance and model governance.
• Anticipate and manage ethical, legal, regulatory and delivery risks associated with AI deployment.

Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Significant experience in technology, including senior leadership experience across AI, machine learning or data science.
• Experience building AI businesses, solutions, competencies or practices at scale.
• Strong experience with generative AI, large language models, prompt engineering and AI solution architecture.
• Hands-on experience with machine learning frameworks and a deep understanding of machine learning algorithms, LLMs and AI architecture.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or similar technologies.
• Proven experience deploying AI solutions at scale across industries.
• Experience defining and owning AI roadmaps aligned to business priorities and client outcomes.
• Proven ability to identify high-impact AI use cases across business functions and evaluate emerging technologies for adoption.
• Experience driving AI-first thinking across an organisation or client environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting AI strategy and outcomes to executive and client leadership.
• Knowledge of AI governance frameworks, responsible AI practices, data privacy, regulatory compliance and model transparency.
• Experience building and mentoring technical teams, supporting capability uplift and fostering innovation.
• Commercial leadership experience, including accountability for growth, utilisation, delivery outcomes, operational KPIs or financial performance.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualifications, MBA or business leadership experience will be highly regarded.
• Additional experience or certification in AI governance, cloud platforms, MLOps, data science, machine learning or responsible AI would be advantageous.

KPMG is a professional services firm with global outreach and deep sector experience. We work with clients across an array of industries to solve complex challenges, steer change and enable growth. 

Our people are what make KPMG the thriving workplace that it is and what sets us apart is that we know great minds think differently. Collaborate with a team of passionate, highly skilled professionals who’ve got your back. You’ll build relationships with unique and diverse colleagues who will provide you with the support you need to be your best and produce meaningful and impactful work in an inclusive, equitable culture.

At KPMG, you’ll take control over how you work. We’re embracing a new way of working in many ways, from offering flexible hours and locations to generous paid parental leave and career breaks. Our people enjoy a variety of exciting perks, including retail discounts, health and wellbeing initiatives, learning and growth opportunities, salary packaging options and more.

Diverse candidates have diverse needs. During your recruitment journey, information will be provided about adjustment requests. If you require additional support before submitting your application, please contact the .

At KPMG every career is different, and we look forward to seeing how you grow with us.

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