Manager, Artificial Intelligence

Overview

Manager, Artificial Intelligence will lead technical delivery and guide client strategy for generative AI projects, while mentoring a cross-functional team.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with clients to identify where AI and data can drive meaningful action.
• Translate client business challenges into rigorous, achievable technical approaches.
• Provide hands-on technical direction for generative AI project architecture and solution design.
• Guide delivery from prototype to production using expertise in LLMs and data science.
• Lead and develop a cross-functional team of data scientists, AI/ML engineers, and software engineers.
• Align AI workstreams with analytics, strategy, and engineering disciplines and support integration into broader execution.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of experience in AI, data science, or ML engineering.
• At least 2 years managing technical teams (data scientists, AI/ML engineers, or software engineers).
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• Proficiency in Python, R, and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, including MLflow, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, or Databricks-native model serving.
• Proven ability to take AI projects from conception through production, including deployment and stakeholder communication.

Nice to have

• Experience with agentic AI frameworks or orchestration tools such as LangChain or AutoGen.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, LLM fine-tuning, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) in production or client contexts.
• Experience in a digital services, consulting, or agency environment delivering AI alongside strategy/creative disciplines.
• Experience in integrated marketing, digital agency, marketing services, or consulting environments (preferred).

Details

• Location: Chennai.