We are looking for Director - Data & AI Practice – Guindy, Chennai. This is a fulltime permanent position.
We are looking for a Director - Data & AI Practice who is equal parts technologist, storyteller, and business strategist. This is a senior individual-contributor and leadership role where you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of large, complex Data & AI engagements: from the very first RFP response and presales conversation, through solution architecture and proof-of-concept, to delivery oversight and client success. You will be the face of our Data & AI capability to CXO audiences, while remaining deeply technical and credible with engineering teams.
This role is ideal for someone who has grown through hands-on data engineering, built platforms at scale, and now wants to shape strategy, win clients, and build a world-class practice — not just deliver projects.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
Design and own end-to-end data platform architectures: lakehouse, medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold), event-driven, streaming, and batch patterns on Azure, AWS,



and GCP.
Architect scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT frameworks, and semantic layers integrating diverse sources — APIs, operational databases, Saa S applications, Io T, and files.
Lead the design and execution of Proofs of Concept (Po Cs) and technical pilots in client environments, owning outcomes from scoping to demo.
Define data governance frameworks: Unity Catalog, data lineage, access control, PII classification, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, DPDP, SOC 2).
Guide cloud-native architecture decisions across Azure Databricks, ADLS, ADF, Synapse Analytics, AWS Glue, Redshift, and GCP Big Query.
Drive AI-ready data architecture: feature stores, model-serving pipelines, vector databases, RAG patterns, and LLM integration layers.
Establish and enforce CI/CD best practices, Infrastructure-as-Code (Ia C), and Data Ops standards across client engagements.
Client Partnership & Delivery Oversig

📌 Director - data & ai (Chennai)
🏢 TVS Next
📍 Chennai