Director, AI Labs, Assurance, Audit & Assurance Full-time

Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte’s Assurance practice provides a full range of high value assurance services to many of the world’s leading businesses. Our purpose is to protect the public interest and build trust and confidence in business.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for a Director to lead our new AI Lab.

The core purpose of the AI Lab is to support the safe, trustworthy deployment of AI in the UK as organisations transform and realise benefits from these exciting new technologies. This is through two streams:

• Firstly, providing market-leading AI assurance for our clients focused on model risk and data risk (“technical AI assurance”); and
• Secondly, building and deploying AI products to support the transformation of Deloitte’s Audit and Assurance practice.

The role includes:

• Building, leading and nurturing a team of 25 AI specialists.
• Building strong relationships and influence with pivotal stakeholders across the UK AI ecosystem; helping steer the development of the approach to AI assurance in the UK.
• Leading market activation for Deloitte’s technical AI assurance proposition and development of the team’s project pipeline.
• Leading the development of Deloitte’s technical AI assurance playbook.
• Collaborating with colleagues to understand business need and then leading the development, deployment and assurance of AI assets to help transform Deloitte’s Audit and Assurance practice;
• Collaborating with like-minded Deloitte colleagues across the UK and globally.

The AI Lab is in its early stages and we are looking for a Director with the energy, vision and enthusiasm to develop the AI Lab into a £10m business over the next five years. The Director will be able to shape the vision for the role and their team.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of developing and executing business strategy.
• Experience of influencing stakeholders at C-suite and non-executive levels.
• Experience of building and leading technical teams.
• Experience of market activation and winning work in the market.
• Experience of developing AI or ML thought leadership.
• A strong network across the UK’s AI ecosystem.
• End-to-end experience of leading and managing multiple data science and analytics projects in different industries and with different types of data (text, numerical, categorical).
• A strong technical understanding and experience of AI and ML modelling techniques.
• An ability to communicate complex concepts in a simple way.
• A strong understanding and experience of cloud-based analytics platforms.

Connect to your business – Audit & Assurance

We know it’s not just about the numbers. Often, we let the technology take care of those. It’s about the creative and collective thinking or our people. That’s where the true insight is found. We’re redefining the future of audit. Come join us.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your “Immediate Family Members” are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

“I assumed the culture would be very corporate, however, I have worked with people who have different personalities and approaches to the way they work. We do have a clear brand, but everyone is encouraged to be themselves.”

-Alice, Audit and Assurance

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be joining one of our innovative virtual communities based in London with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both an online and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you’ll attend virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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