Teamhead – AI & Machine Learning
Description
YOUR MISSION
- Define and own the enterprise AI, ML strategy, building a multi-year roadmap aligned to digital and business transformation priorities
- Lead and scale a high-performing team of AI Engineers, MLOps Engineers, Data Engineers, Application Engineers and Data Scientists
- Architect and oversee development of enterprise-grade AI solutions including LLM-based systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), predictive ML models, decision intelligence platforms, and data-heavy applications
- Drive the full AI product lifecycle - opportunity discovery, business case definition, architecture design, development, deployment, monitoring, optimization and value realization
- Establish enterprise AI reference architectures, reusable frameworks, modular ML templates and standardized deployment patterns
- Ensure strong MLOps maturity including CI/CD for ML, model registry, automated retraining pipelines, monitoring for data/model drift, observability and governance
- Lead cloud-native AI platform strategy leveraging Azure / Databricks / AWS / GCP ecosystems with focus on scalability, resiliency and cost efficiency
- Define GenAI standards including prompt engineering frameworks, evaluation pipelines, guardrails, responsible AI controls and security compliance
- Partner with business leaders to translate complex operational challenges into scalable AI and data products with measurable ROI
- Define and track product KPIs including adoption, performance, latency, uptime, cost per inference, business value creation and productivity uplift
- Ensure enterprise-grade security, compliance, and responsible AI practices across all deployed solutions
- Drive continuous innovation by evaluating emerging AI technologies and integrating them into the enterprise ecosystem where strategically relevant
- Act as the single point of accountability for AI & Data product performance, delivery excellence and long-term platform scalability
YOUR TALENT
- University degree (B.Tech / M.Tech / M.S.) in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline; MBA or equivalent business exposure is a plus
- 12+ years of experience across AI/ML, Data Platforms, or Enterprise Product Engineering, with 5+ years leading cross-functional technical teams
- Proven track record of building and scaling enterprise AI/ML products in production environments
- Deep understanding of:
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Machine Learning lifecycle and model governance
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LLMs, transformer architectures, RAG pipelines and prompt engineering strategies
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MLOps frameworks including model monitoring, drift detection, retraining and CI/CD for ML
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Modern data architectures (Databricks, Spark, ETL/ELT, Delta patterns, data orchestration)
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API-driven architectures and distributed systems design
- Strong exposure to cloud ecosystems (Azure, Databricks, AWS or GCP) and cost optimization strategies for large-scale AI workloads
- Experience designing scalable, secure and highly available enterprise data platforms
- Strong strategic thinking with ability to align AI investments to business value, operational efficiency and competitive advantage
- Demonstrated experience influencing senior stakeholders and translating technical trade-offs into business decisions
- Strong leadership and talent development capability, with experience building engineering culture and technical maturity
- Excellent communication skills with ability to operate across business and technical audiences
- Hands-on mindset with ability to dive deep into architecture discussions when required
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth and transformation-driven environment
- Fluent in Business English