Associate Director, Enterprise Innovation

Associate Director, Enterprise Innovation

KPMG US

Join KPMG, a leading provider of audit, tax and advisory services, to head the Innovation & Enterprise Solutions organization. This role involves driving innovation initiatives, fostering external partnerships, and ensuring scalable impact across KPMG teams.

• Drive day-to-day operations of the Innovation Network and key University Partnerships programs.
• Support pursuits in university ecosystem expansion, go-to-market client pursuits, and architect unique partnership models for external innovation collaboration.
• Manage cross‑functional coordination, communications, and deliverables across KPMG teams and external partners.
• Manage and advance external university accelerator design, scouting, program operations, and leadership reporting.
• Develop and maintain workflows and reusable assets that enable scale.
• Prepare executive‑ready materials, partner briefs, and meeting/workshop content; conduct research and analysis supporting innovation, emerging tech, and university ecosystem strategy.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment.

• Minimum eight years of recent experience in innovation, ideally in a professional services environment.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Strategic thinker, with strong external innovation network relationships and experience; strong program/project management skills with ability to operate across multiple concurrent work streams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; executive‑ready; ability to work autonomously, anticipate needs, and create structure in ambiguity; professional presence with external partners and senior leaders.
• Strong organizational rigor, documentation discipline, and attention to detail.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H‑1B, L‑1, TN, O‑1, E‑3, H‑1B1, F‑1, J‑1, OPT, CPT or any other employment‑based visa).

KPMG offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401(k), and a broad range of personal well‑being benefits. Depending on job classification, standard work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off and additional breaks each year.

KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Material job duties for this position are listed above. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Recruitment is on a rolling basis. Candidates are considered as they apply until the opportunity is filled.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full‑time

• General Business

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