ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a senior Head of Project to own our AI initiatives end to end — knowing each project,

its goals and its people, and making sure they deliver. You will be the dedicated owner of our AI platform and the shared AI services built on it, with scope to take on additional initiatives as the portfolio grows.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN

- AI platform roadmap — including shared personalization and companion AI services.
- Delivery — planning, prioritization, timelines and quality across multiple concurrent AI workstreams.
- Cross-product alignment — making sure each consuming application gets what it needs from shared services.
- Team — leading and growing the AI engineering team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Translate business goals into transparent project scopes, milestones and success metrics.
- Run planning and delivery cadence across a distributed, multi-time-zone team.
- Act as the single point of contact for AI projects with internal stakeholders and clients.
- Manage risks, dependencies and trade-offs between shared platform work and product-specific needs.
- Report status and outcomes clearly to leadership; flag issues early.
- Hire, mentor and set standards for the AI team.
- Keep project documentation and status current and accessible.

TECH STACK

- AI / ML — working knowledge of LLMs, RAG,



vector databases and recommender systems.
- Engineering — Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, cloud platforms (AWS / GCP), CI/CD.
- Front ends — familiarity with mobile and web app integration (REST APIs, React / React Native).
- Delivery tools — Jira / Linear, Notion / Confluence, GitHub, Slack.

MUST HAVE

- 7+ years in software / tech, with 3+ years leading projects or teams.
- Track record delivering AI / ML or data-heavy products to production.
- Enough technical depth to challenge estimates and discuss architecture with engineers.
- Experience managing several parallel projects and multiple stakeholders.

Excellent communication in English; comfortable with clients and leadership.
- Experience leading distributed / remote teams.

NICE TO HAVE

- Hands-on background as an engineer or ML practitioner.
- Experience with LLM products, recommender systems or conversational AI.
- Exposure to multi-product platforms or shared-service models.
- Spanish language skills.
- Experience with consumer-facing mobile or web products.

WHY JOIN

- Own a strategic, fast-growing area of a multi-product ecosystem.
- Direct partnership with leadership and real decision-making authority.
- Build and shape the AI team and how it works.

📌 Head of project - AI (India)
🏢 Swordfield Technologies
📍 India