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Die Position The Head of RDT Applied AI Engineering, India Center is accountable for defining and executing the engineering strategy, agentic toolkit development, and organizational scaling for the Applied AI department. You will oversee multiple engineering squads, led by Technical Team Leads, focused on building robust, scalable agentic engineering solutions and toolkits. You work closely with your peer in Applied AI, the Head of Applied AI Solutions, to ensure your team's delivery fits the business problem, demonstrates value (proof-of-value) and enables the realization of high-value business outcomes through AI innovation.

You will serve as aStrategic Business Partner for Applied AI Engineering to the Pharma Medicines, Pharma R, Diagnostics and EPIE Leadership Teams.

Your primary objective is to co-create, define, and drive the new Hyderabad location and teams to deliver the unified global Data& AI strategy. You will build a world-class engineering organization that delivers sustainable, secure, and compliant agentic engineering at scale, accelerating the transformation of our business through advanced automation.

Description of the area The Applied AI Engineering function is the foundational accelerator for agentic engineering across our Software Development and AI initiatives. We focus on industrializing AI through the development of an agentic engineering practices, and the integration of AI-driven tools into the software development lifecycle. We accelerate closing the gap between proof-of-concept and production-grade services.





This leadership role focuses on the structural and strategic health of the engineering discipline, fostering a culture of excellence, high-performance, and continuous technical evolution within our multidisciplinary squads.

Job Responsibilities

- Engineering Strategy& Governance

Define the long-term technical roadmap for Applied AI engineering. Establish global engineering standards, governance frameworks, and architectural principles to ensure applicability and scalability across all AI services. Partner with the AI and Data Platform Leads to influence and ensure that AI and Data Platform capabilities are evolving with the frontier engineering demands.
- Organizational Design& Scaling

Design and build high-performing engineering squads. Lead the recruitment and professional development of Technical Team Leads and engineers. Implement organizational structures that optimize for speed, quality, and cross-functional alignment with business consulting teams.
- Platform Development& AI SDLC

Champion the implementation of Agentic SDLC and up-to-date AI/ML engineering practices. Oversee the development of internal AI platforms that provide reusable components, automated testing, and seamless deployment paths for AI models and applications.
- Strategic Leadership& Financial Oversight

Manage the department's engineering budget, including infrastructure costs and vendor relationships. Collaborate with senior leadership to align engineering capacity with the highest-priority business opportunities. Act as a primary technical advisor to executive stakeholders.
- Cross-Functional Partnership

Work in close partnership with the Head of Applied AI Use Case Consulting and Head of Applied AI Solutions to ensure agentic capabilities are integrated into the overall functions demand management process.



Ensure that proof of value and delivered solutions meet the business value requirements defined by your peers. As part of the forward deployed engineering squads, ensure that data as well as AI solution engineering is embedded.

Qualifications

Education / Experience

- 10-15+ years of experience in software engineering and technical leadership, with a strong emphasis on AI/ML and platform engineering and agentic engineering.
- Proven track record of building and scaling large-scale engineering organizations and managing multidisciplinary technical managers.
- Expert-level understanding of cloud architecture, distributed systems, and modern SDLC automation
- Agentic AI project experience (must)
- Shipping product (must)

Leadership& Strategic Skills
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business goals into complex engineering structures and accelerator strategies.
- Leadership& Talent: Proven ability to lead and influence senior leaders, empowering a global team, emphasizing accountability and talent management. Must foster a culture defined by psychological safety and a strong sense of ownership.
- Exceptional executive communication skills, capable of influencing senior leadership and aligning global stakeholders.
- Cross functional influencing/ matrix leadership

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📌 Head of Forward-Deployed Data Engineering, India Center (Hyderabad)
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