AI Agent and Application Development Delivery Lead

Overview
At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada's most important challenges. Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage. Join a firm where your career can make a difference.

We are seeking an AI Agent and Application Development Delivery Lead to join our ITS Application Development team. This role is designed for someone with prior hands-on experience in application, automation, or AI agent development who is ready to move into a delivery leadership role supporting developers and contractors.

The role focuses on keeping technical delivery moving: managing the delivery backlog, aligning work to available capacity, supporting contractor onboarding and utilization, resolving blockers, and helping solutions progress from intake through build, release, and sustainment.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day delivery of AI agent, automation, and application development work across internal developers and contractors
• Maintain and prioritize the development delivery backlog, ensuring work items are clear, sequenced, and assigned to the right technical owners
• Manage developer and contractor capacity, including availability, skill alignment, onboarding status, forecasted demand, utilization, and delivery throughput
• Guide intake, triage, and assignment of new AI agent, Power Platform, and application development requests based on business value, complexity, risk, and available capacity
• Provide practical technical oversight by reviewing solution approaches, dependencies, quality expectations, and release readiness with developers
• Partner with architects, security, infrastructure, product owners, business stakeholders, and development teams to remove blockers and maintain delivery momentum
• Support agile delivery routines, including backlog refinement, planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, acceptance criteria, and release coordination
• Oversee contractor-related activities such as onboarding requests, work allocation, timesheet and invoice validation, budget burn, and spend visibility in partnership with internal teams
• Maintain lightweight delivery documentation, handoffs, and decision records to improve consistency, knowledge transfer, and sustainment
• Identify recurring delivery friction points and recommend practical improvements to intake, resource allocation, tracking, and communication

What you bring to the role

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Prior hands-on experience in enterprise application development, AI agent development, intelligent automation, integrations, or Microsoft Power Platform solutions
• Experience guiding developers, contractors, or technical delivery teams while staying close enough to the work to understand effort, blockers, and quality risks
• Strong understanding of agile software delivery and backlog management in a technical development environment
• Ability to translate business needs into clear technical work items and help teams move from intake through build, testing, release, and sustainment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage business users, developers, architects, security partners, and senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple delivery priorities, balance capacity, and make practical trade-offs in a fast-paced environment
• Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to take ownership of outcomes, unblock teams, and improve delivery practices
• Working knowledge of AI agent and application development concepts, with hands-on background to guide developers and assess delivery risks
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, and related solution delivery practices
• Exposure to AI agent tools and generative AI capabilities such as Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, or similar platforms
• Understanding of integrations, APIs, SharePoint Online, ServiceNow, Moveworks Agent Studio, or comparable enterprise platforms
• Familiarity with agile delivery methods, DevOps basics, backlog management, testing expectations, and release readiness
• Ability to evaluate estimates, sequencing, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs for AI agent and application development work
• Relevant Microsoft, Azure, Power Platform, or AI certifications are considered an asset

This position requires written and oral fluency in English. The successful candidate will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking colleagues or stakeholders nationally in our English speaking provinces while at KPMG.

KPMG BC Region Pay Range Information
The expected base salary range for this position is $75,600 to $114,600 and may be eligible for bonus awards. The determination of an applicant's base salary within this range is based on the individual's location, skills & competencies, and unique qualifications. In addition, KPMG offers a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards program.

KPMG Ontario Region Pay Range Information
The expected base salary range for this position is $75,600 to $114,600 and may be eligible for bonus awards. The determination of an applicant's base salary within this range is based on the individual's location, skills & competencies, and unique qualifications. In addition, KPMG offers a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards program.

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
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KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.

Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process
At KPMG, we are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process where all candidates can be themselves and excel. We aim to provide a positive experience and are prepared to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best. Adjustments (informal requests), such as extra preparation time or the option for micro breaks during interviews, and accommodations (formal requests), such as accessible communication supports or technology aids, are tailored to individual needs and role requirements. You will have an opportunity to request an adjustment or accommodation at any point throughout the recruitment process. If you require support, please contact KPMG's Employee Relations Service team by calling View phone number on onjobcentre.ca.

AI Usage
Weembrace the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our recruitment processes. AI tools may help with organizing applications or surfacing relevant qualifications. However, no hiring decisions are made using AI. Every hiring decision is made by our hiring managers and recruitment professionals, who are equipped with training that empowers them to use these tools responsibly. AI technologies used in our recruitment process undergo detailed risk assessments, including security and privacy requirements, that align with KPMG's Trusted AI framework.

We believe technology should empower human judgment, not replace it. It's one of the many ways we're delivering on our vision of being a technology-first, people-driven firm.