About the Role
AI is transforming how organizations operate, create value, and develop talent. As EY Canada accelerates its AI transformation, L&D plays a critical role in helping our people build the skills, mindsets, and behaviours needed to thrive in an AI-enabled future. As the AI Learning Associate Director, you will serve as a strategic advisor and learning capability leader responsible for shaping, scaling and activating EY Canada's AI learning strategy, driving enterprise-wide AI skill development, and enabling our people to adopt AI in ways that create measurable business impact.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior business, L&D, and technology leaders to define capability priorities that support EY Canada's AI transformation strategy.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive AI learning roadmap aligned to evolving business priorities and emerging technology trends.
- Identify opportunities to accelerate AI adoption through innovative learning experiences, performance support tools, and capability-building initiatives.
- Lead the firmwide design, development, and deployment of enterprise AI learning programs, learning paths, campaigns, and experiences.
- Translate emerging AI priorities into scalable learning solutions that drive behaviour change and business impact.
- Curate and integrate learning resources, programs, platforms, certifications, and thought leadership content to support a continuous learning culture.
- Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of strategic AI learning initiatives, ensuring delivery excellence and strong learning outcomes.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, external vendors, and subject matter experts across the business to lead the development of high-quality, business-relevant content and experiences.
- Influence senior stakeholders and navigate competing priorities to achieve program objectives and organizational goals.
- Monitor adoption trends, learner engagement, and business feedback to continuously evolve capability-building strategies.
- Manage select program budgets, vendor relationships, and governance activities to ensure operational excellence.
- Partner with Brand Marketing Communications and leadership teams to develop effective engagement, activation, and reinforcement plans.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in learning and development, talent development, workforce transformation, change management, or related fields.
- Experience working with an LMS (preferably SuccessFactors) a plus.
- Proficient in advanced capabilities in Excel (use of pivot tables and v-lookup) and PowerPoint.
- Proficient in Zoom, MS Teams, Office 360 and SharePoint.
- Demonstrated proficiency using AI and AI-powered productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot and similar solutions) to enhance personal effectiveness, accelerate content creation, synthesize information, support decision-making, and improve business outcomes.
- Experience applying AI to solve business problems, improve ways of working, or drive capability-building and adoption initiatives within an organization.
Skills
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business priorities into innovative learning solutions.
- Strong understanding of emerging AI trends, technologies, and use cases, with the ability to assess implications for workforce capability development and organizational transformation.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast-changing environments, bringing an entrepreneurial, agency-oriented mindset that embraces experimentation, rapid iteration, continuous learning, and adaptation as technologies and business priorities evolve.
- Strong consulting and influencing skills, including experience working with executive stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of adult learning principles, capability development, and organizational change.
- Strong business acumen and curiosity regarding the impact of AI on workforce transformation and future skills.
- Experience using data to guide decision-making and measure program effectiveness.
- Exceptional project leadership, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive progress through collaboration and influence.
Location
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Dieppe
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- Vancouver/Victoria: $126,800 to $211,300
- Dieppe: $114,000 to $190,000
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Support and coaching from engaging colleagues
- Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress career
- Freedom and flexibility to handle role
About the Company
- EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
- Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
- EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions.
- Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
- At EY, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as one element of our recruitment process to enhance efficiency and improve the candidate experience. While AI supports us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain integral in our candidate experience. We are committed to the responsible use of AI, and our practices are continuously reviewed and refined to ensure they align with ethical principles and regulatory requirements.
Equal Opportunity
- Inclusiveness is at the heart of who we are and how we work. We’re committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We embrace diversity and are committed to combating systemic racism, advancing gender equity and women in leadership, advocating for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, promoting our neuroinclusion and accessibility initiatives, and are dedicated to amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) nationally as we strive towards reconciliation. Our diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives make our people unique and help guide us. Because when people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world.
- Learn about our commitment to Inclusiveness at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/about-us/corporate-responsibility/equity
