Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy perks, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise Data & AI Platform Strategy, ensuring scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-efficient platforms for Analytics, ML, GenAI, and Agentic AI
• Build AI-ready data foundations using semantic layers, metadata management, data lineage, knowledge graphs, and governance frameworks
• Lead data engineering teams responsible for ingestion, transformation, storage, pipelines, APIs, data products, and real-time data solutions
• Establish engineering standards,



reusable frameworks, and drive modernization of legacy systems into cloud-native architectures
• Partner with Data Science and AI teams to operationalize ML, GenAI, and Agentic AI solutions
• Enable capabilities such as feature stores, vector databases, embeddings, RAG, model deployment, monitoring, observability, explainability, and Responsible AI
• Drive enterprise-wide data governance, including data quality, stewardship, cataloging, lineage, master data management, privacy, and compliance
• Govern both AI training datasets and AI-generated outputs
• Promote a Data-as-a-Product operating model with defined ownership, SLAs, and quality standards
• Prioritize platform and data initiatives based on business value, AI readiness, and measurable outcomes
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies including GenAI, Agentic AI, Data Fabric, Semantic Layers, Knowledge Graphs, and Intelligent Au

📌 Director AI/ML Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Chennai