Job description:

Job Description
This is a high-impact leadership mandate for a visionary who thrives on building from scratch, scaling teams, and delivering AI solutions that transform industries. You will have full autonomy to shape the roadmap, architect the ecosystem, and position the organization as a global leader in AI innovation.
Impact & Opportunities
Global Influence: Drive AI strategy that sets industry benchmarks.
Commercialization: Take AI products from research prototypes to market-ready solutions at scale.
Elite Team Building: Recruit and mentor top-tier talent from leading AI labs and research institutions.
Thought Leadership: Represent the organization at global AI conferences, research forums, and strategic partnerships.
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1. AI Strategy & Vision
Define and execute a long-term AI roadmap aligned with business transformation and global expansion.
Champion Generative AI, LLMs, and advanced ML for high-value enterprise applications.
Establish frameworks for ethical AI, bias mitigation, and compliance.
2. Architecture & Innovation




Architect a scalable AI ecosystem, including LLMOps/MLOps pipelines and secure enterprise integration.
Lead development and fine-tuning of proprietary LLMs, multimodal models, and retrieval-augmented systems.
Ensure robust data governance and architecture for AI-driven insights.
3. Delivery & Scaling
Proven track record of delivery: Drive rapid prototyping and transition to production-grade deployments with measurable business impact.
Scale AI COE: Build and expand the AI TIC to support multiple enterprise initiatives simultaneously.
Implement CI/CD for ML, automated monitoring, and performance optimization using ONNX, DeepSpeed, and similar frameworks.
Proven technology transfer from research to products
4. Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Build and scale high-performing teams of AI researchers, engineers, and ML Ops professionals.
Foster a culture of innovation, velocity, and technical excellence.
Collaborate wi

📌 Director - AI Research (Bengaluru)
🏢 Wipro
📍 Bengaluru