Own the product vision, roadmap, and delivery for AI-enabled platforms across Aprio. Translate practice requirements into user stories, lead development lifecycles, coordinate onshore/offshore teams, validate and integrate LLMs and AI tooling, and engage stakeholders while ensuring responsible AI, data privacy, and client confidentiality.
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.
Join Aprio's Information Technology team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior AI Product Associate, IT to join their dynamic team.
Aprio is seeking an IT Product Owner to drive AI-enabled platform initiatives across the firm as it becomes a tech-enabled accounting and advisory firm. These roles own the day-to-day product lifecycle of custom, generative-AI tools that transform how Aprio delivers services across practice areas. This is a US-based, onshore role central to the AI Council's initiatives and the firm's overall technology strategy.
Position Responsibilities:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
Product Ownership & Delivery:
Stakeholder Engagement:
AI & Innovation:
Qualifications:
- 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.
- 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).
Required:
Preferred:
The application window is anticipated to close on July 20, 2026 and may be extended as needed.
Why work for Aprio:
Whether you are just starting out, looking to advance into management or searching for your next leadership role, Aprio offers an opportunity to grow with a future-focused, innovative firm.
Perks/Benefits we offer for full-time team members:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
- 401k with Profit Sharing
- 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
- Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
- Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
- Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
- Top rated wellness program
- Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options
What’s in it for you:
- Working with an industry leader: Be part of a high-growth firm that is passionate for what’s next.
- An awesome culture: Thirty-one fundamental behaviors guide our culture every day ensuring we always deliver an exceptional team-member and client experience. We call it the Aprio Way. This shared mindset creates lasting relationships between team members and with clients.
- A great team: Work with a high-energy, passionate, caring and ambitious team of professionals in a collaborative culture.
- Entrepreneurship: Have the freedom to innovate and bring your ideas to help us grow to become the CPA firm of choice nationally.
- Growth opportunities: Grow professionally in an environment that fosters continuous learning and advancement.
- Competitive compensation: You will be rewarded with competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits and a flexible work environment to enjoy work/life balance.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Aprio is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex; pregnancy; sexual orientation; gender identity and/or expression; age; disability; genetic information, citizenship status; military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Aprio, LLP and Aprio Advisory Group, LLC, operate in an alternative business structure, with Aprio Advisory Group, LLC providing non-attest tax and consulting services, and Aprio, LLP providing CPA firm services.
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