Entrepreneur in Residence

Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)-AI Platform & Business

This role is designed for a true builder—someone who thrives in ambiguity, bridges deep technology with commercial opportunity, and has the leadership maturity to operate a startup within a global enterprise.

strategy, product, engineering execution, go-to-market, customer adoption, P&L, and market expansion

Key Responsibilities

Vision, Strategy & Business Ownership

• Define and own the long-term vision for an enterprise AI platform and solutions portfolio.
• Develop a multi-year business strategy encompassing investment planning, market positioning, revenue models, and a clear scale roadmap.
• Own P&L accountability, platform monetisation, growth outcomes, and investor-style business metrics.
• Identify whitespace opportunities, new product lines, and sustainable differentiation in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Product & Platform Leadership

• Lead the design and development of an enterprise-ready AI platform with a multi-use-case foundation, modular architecture, and built-in governance, observability, and security-by-design.
• Own product roadmap definition, feature prioritisation, value articulation, and customer-backed solution frameworks.
• Drive platform capabilities across generative AI, multi-model orchestration, LLMOps, vector stores, domain-specific AI accelerators, and API-first ecosystem design.
• Ensure platforms are scalable, cost-efficient, measurable, and seamlessly integrable within complex global enterprise environments.

Engineering & Technical Execution

• Build and lead high-trust engineering teams across product engineering, MLOps, data engineering, and platform reliability.
• Accelerate execution across the full lifecycle: PoC → MVP → enterprise rollout → market-scale adoption.
• Enforce strong standards around quality, security, responsible AI, compliance, and governance.
• Champion a culture of experimentation while balancing enterprise-grade rigor and delivery discipline.

Go-to-Market, Sales & Ecosystem Growth

• Own the go-to-market architecture, including ICP definition, pricing, packaging, commercial models, and partner strategies.
• Hire, mentor, and scale sales teams, solution architects, customer success leaders, and forward deployment engineers (FDEs).
• Build and convert enterprise pipelines, lead strategic customer engagements, and influence C-suite stakeholders to drive recurring revenue.
• Establish and grow strategic alliances with hyperscalers, AI model providers, SaaS platforms, system integrators, and industry partners.

Leadership, Talent & Culture

• Build a startup-within-the-enterprise culture that is bold, fast-moving, experimentation-driven, and learning-oriented.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop product leaders, engineering managers, solution leaders, and GTM owners.
• Drive strong alignment and execution velocity across Product, Sales, FDE, and Services organizations.
• Lead by example—remaining hands-on when needed, from customer conversations and sprint reviews to investor-style strategy formulation.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 12–15 years of experience in senior product, engineering, or business leadership roles.
• Demonstrated track record of launching and scaling technology businesses, preferably in

  AI/ML, platform software, or SaaS

  .
• Strong understanding of

  LLMs, Generative AI, vector databases, RAG architectures, security, cloud platforms, and enterprise-grade system design

  .
• Prior experience with

  P&L ownership, fundraising or board exposure

  , or high-growth incubation within startups or large organizations.
• Ability to operate with high autonomy, make bold decisions, and lead multi-disciplinary teams at scale.
• Strong technical education in

  Computer Science, AI/ML, or Software Engineering

  from

  IITs, IISc, or equivalent elite global institutions

  (e.g., MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU).
• Experience building and scaling businesses;

  ex-startup founders are strongly encouraged to apply

  .
• Deep curiosity and passion for AI and its transformative impact on enterprise businesses.