Overview

WELCOME TO SITA

At SITA, we keep airports moving, airlines flying smoothly, and borders open. Our technology and communication innovations power the success of the global air travel industry.

You'll find us in 95% of international airports, working closely with over 2,500 transportation and government clients. Each partnership brings unique challenges, and we thrive on delivering fresh solutions and cutting-edge tech to keep operations running like clockwork. We don't just move the world forward-we're proud to be recognized as a Great Place to Work® by 79% of our employees and certified in most of our growing locations. Here, we feel empowered, supported, and inspired to grow.

Are you ready to love your job?

The adventure begins right here, with you, at SITA.

About The Role & Team The AI Tech Lead will establish and lead SITA for Aircraft's AI capability by building a high-performing team, delivering practical AI solutions, and driving AI adoption across the organization.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical expertise, people leadership, and business engagement. The successful candidate will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to identify high-value AI opportunities and convert them into scalable, production-ready solutions that deliver measurable improvements in productivity, efficiency, and automation.

As a key leader in the technology organization, you will drive the development of AI agents, copilots, automation solutions, and reusable AI capabilities while ensuring solutions meet enterprise standards for security, governance, reliability, and operational readiness.

What You'll Do

AI Delivery & Adoption

- Partner with business teams to identify, assess, and prioritize AI use cases with clear business value.
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of AI agents, copilots, and automation solutions.
- Drive successful adoption of AI solutions across teams and functions.
- Track and communicate AI usage, adoption, productivity gains, and business outcomes.
- Promote successful AI implementations and encourage reuse across the organization.

Technical Leadership
- Remain hands-on with AI technologies and contribute directly to solution architecture and development.
- Guide the team in building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and operating AI solutions.
- Support the resolution of complex technical and production issues.




- Establish engineering best practices for AI development, deployment, monitoring, and support.
- Create reusable AI frameworks, components, and accelerators that can be leveraged across multiple initiatives.

Team Leadership
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing AI engineering team.
- Mentor, coach, and support the growth of team members.
- Define required skills, capabilities, and development plans for AI practitioners.
- Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, innovation, experimentation, and delivery.
- Encourage end-to-end accountability for AI solutions and business outcomes.

Governance & Operations
- Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Data, Platform, and Governance teams to enable responsible AI adoption.
- Ensure AI solutions comply with enterprise security, governance, and data management standards.
- Establish operational support and monitoring for production AI systems.
- Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, reliable, maintainable, and cost-effective.

Qualifications

ABOUT YOUR SKILLS

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, technology, automation, or related technical fields.
- 3-5 years of experience working with AI, Generative AI, AI automation, AI agents, copilots, LLMs, or Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.
- Proven hands-on technical leadership experience in leading and developing technical teams.
- Strong hands-on expertise delivering AI solutions from proof of concept through to production deployment.
- Experience working with cloud platforms, APIs, DevOps practices, and enterprise production environments.
- Strong understanding of AI security, governance, data management, and responsible AI principles.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable business outcomes through technology initiatives.
- Experience establishing or scaling an AI or Generative AI capability from the ground up.




- Experience implementing enterprise AI assistants, copilots, or intelligent agents.
- Experience integrating AI solutions into business processes and enterprise platforms.
- Background in automation, DevOps, IT operations, or service management.
- Experience within aviation or other operationally intensive industries.
- Focus on business value and measurable outcomes.
- Pragmatic decision-making and problem-solving.
- Continuous learning and innovation mindset.

NICE TO HAVE

- Spanish and/or French language skills are an advantage.

What We Offer We're all about diversity. We operate in 200 countries and speak 60 different languages and cultures. We're really proud of our inclusive environment. Our offices are comfortable and fun places to work, and we make sure you get to work from home too. Find out what it's like to join our team and take a step closer to your best life ever. ? Flex Week: Work from home up to 2 days/week (depending on your team's needs)

⏰ Flex Day: Make your workday suit your life and plans.

? Flex-Location: Take up to 30 days a year to work from any location in the world.

? Employee Wellbeing: We have got you covered with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), for you and your dependents 24/7, 365 days/year. We also offer Champion Health - a personalized platform that supports a range of wellbeing needs.

? Professional Development: At SITA, we believe growth fuels innovation. Our learning ecosystem offers access to world-class platforms and programs designed to help you thrive. From LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft's Enterprise Skills Initiative, and Airport Council International -available to all employees-to specialized solutions like Pluralsight for technology upskilling, Harvard Business Publishing for people leadership, Stanford for strategic development and many others, we align learning opportunities with your Development Plan and our business priorities.

Your development journey is supported every step of the way.

? Competitive Benefits: Competitive advantages that make sense with both your local market and employment status.

SITA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce. In support of our Employment Equity Program, we encourage women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities to apply and self-identify in the application process.

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📌 AI Tech Lead (Delhi)
🏢 SITA
📍 Delhi