Position: AI Center of Excellence (CoE) Lead

Experience:12 to 15 Years

Notice:Immediate to 15 Days

Job Type: Full time

Work Model: 4 days a week in office

Summary:

We are seeking an experienced AI CoE Lead to build, scale, and run an enterprise-grade AI Center of Excellence. This is a hands-on leadership role where the individual will actively design, develop, and deploy AI/ML solutions while also shaping strategy, governance, and team capability. The role requires deep technical expertise combined with the ability to translate business problems into scalable AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical & Hands-on Leadership:

● Lead end-to-end design, development, and deployment of AI/ML solutions across use cases (NLP, CV, predictive analytics, GenAI, recommendation systems).

● Be hands-on with model development, experimentation, training, evaluation, and optimization.

● Architect scalable AI platforms and pipelines (data ingestion, feature engineering, model lifecycle management, MLOps).

● Drive adoption of GenAI/LLMs (prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG architectures, AI agents).

COE Setup & Governance:

● Establish the AI CoE operating model, standards, and best practices.

● Define AI governance, model risk management, ethics, security, and compliance frameworks.

● Create reusable accelerators, frameworks, and reference architectures.

Business and Stakeholder Colloboration:

● Partner with business leaders, product teams, and engineering to identify high-impact AI use cases.

● Translate business problems into AI roadmaps with clear ROI and measurable outcomes.

● Act as a thought leader and advisor on AI strategy across the organization.

Team and Capability Building:

● Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of data scientists, ML engineers, and AI engineers.





● Review code, models, and solution design to ensure quality and scalability.

● Upskill teams and drive an AI-first culture across the organization.

● Experience

● 12–15 years of overall experience, with at least 7–10 years in AI/ML, data science, or advanced analytics roles.

● Proven experience setting up or leading an AI CoE or large-scale AI programs.

● Strong track record of delivering production-grade AI solutions.

● Technical Skills (Must-Have)

● Solid hands-on expertise in Python, ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).

● Deep understanding of ML algorithms, deep learning, NLP, and generative AI.

● Experience with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source models), fine-tuning, and RAG.

● Solid experience in MLOps, CI/CD for ML, model monitoring, and lifecycle management.

● Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and scalable architectures.

Nice to have:

● Experience in building AI solutions for BFSI, retail, healthcare, or enterprise platforms.

● Exposure to AI governance, regulatory compliance, and responsible AI frameworks.

● Prior startup or GCC experience is a plus.

● Strong hands-on mindset with the ability to go deep into code and models.

● Strategic thinker with execution focus.

● Excellent communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

● Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building from zero to scale.

Why Join

● Opportunity to build and lead a high-impact AI CoE from the ground up for a PE backed firm

● Work on cutting-edge AI and GenAI use cases with real business impact.

● High ownership, visibility, and growth potential.

Suitable candidates share your resume to [email protected] or DM Directly.

Regards,

Priya C The Whiteboard

📌 AI Center of Excellence-Navi Mumbai-12 to 15 Years-Immediate to 15 Days
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