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This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Min Experience: 14 years Location: Mumbai JobType: full-time We are seeking an accomplished and forward-thinking Associate Director - Generative AI to lead our AI innovation efforts and drive strategic initiatives across products and platforms. This role is ideal for a seasoned AI professional with a deep understanding of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies, strong business acumen, and a proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our AI strategy, fostering collaboration across departments, and ensuring that AI-driven solutions deliver business impact at scale. Requirements Key Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership: Develop and lead the organization's Generative AI roadmap, aligning with broader business goals and innovation strategies. Partner with senior leadership to drive AI-driven digital transformation across functions. Team Management: Build, mentor, and manage cross-functional teams of AI scientists, ML engineers, data scientists, and product managers. Foster a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and continuous learning. AI Solution Design & Delivery: Lead the design, development, and deployment of GenAI-powered solutions using technologies such as LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, LLaMA), transformers, diffusion models, and prompt engineering. Ensure models are scalable, secure, ethical, and production-ready. Research & Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest developments in the GenAI space. Identify emerging trends, assess their applicability, and integrate them into the AI strategy. Encourage adoption of cutting-edge research into practical solutions. Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, marketing, compliance, and legal teams to ensure AI solutions meet both functional and regulatory requirements. Translate complex technical concepts into strategic insights for business stakeholders. Governance & Risk Management: Establish responsible AI frameworks and standards to ensure compliance with data privacy, fairness, transparency, and model interpretability. Monitor risk and ensure alignment with ethical AI principles. Requirements: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field; a Ph.D. is a plus. 14-18 years of industry experience in data science, machine learning, and AI, with at least 3-5 years focused on Generative AI. Deep expertise in LLMs, NLP, transformer architectures, and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow). Proven experience in building and deploying GenAI applications (chatbots, content generation, code generation, etc.) at scale. Strong understanding of MLOps, model lifecycle management, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP). Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders. Excellent communication and storytelling abilities to articulate complex AI topics to non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in scaling AI initiatives within large organizations or high-growth tech companies. Publications or patents in the field of Generative AI or related areas. Prior experience in working with open-source LLMs and fine-tuning models for domain-specific use cases. Show more Show less
