Job Description:

The Tech Innovation Manager is the technical and architectural leader responsible for identifying, shaping, and delivering the next generation of BI and AI capabilities for Global Business Intelligence. This role sits at the intersection of data architecture, machine learning engineering, and platform strategy. It combines deep technical expertise with innovation leadership to advance how Ecolab delivers insights to its internal stakeholders.

This person provides architectural direction, accelerates adoption of current technologies, leads teams that are building conversational agents and BI-integrated applications. The tech innovation manager is the leader of an enabling team.

This person defines patterns, elevates technical talent, and ensures BIs technical tooling evolves in alignment with enterprise data and technology strategies.

This is a technical leadership role that guides BI Architects, ML Engineers, and Developers while collaborating heavily with Data Strategy and Engineering, Enterprise Technology,



and Global Business Intelligence to bring new capabilities to life.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Enablement and Architecture Leadership
- Define patterns for ML operationalization, semantic layer strategy, conversational AI integration, monitoring frameworks, and CI/CD modernization.
- Create reusable accelerators, templates, and frameworks to speed development across Global BI.
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise expectations for reliability, observability, and lifecycle management.

Platform And BI Integration
- Oversee engineering work that embeds BI assets directly into CRM systems or line-of-business tools.
- Guide cross-functional teams through architectural design, data integration patterns, and API/automation opportunities.
- Serve as technical liaison between BI developers and platform teams (DIAS, cloud engineering, security).

Oversight of Technical Innovation Pipeline
- Lead teams building conversational AI agents, advanced BICR

📌 Tech-Innovation Manager (Pune)
🏢 Ecolab Global Services
📍 Pune