Senior Technical Director, Application Architect (GenAI & Product)

Company Overview

Accordion is a global private equity-focused financial consulting firm specializing in driving value creation through services rooted in Data & Analytics and powered by technology.

Accordion works at the intersection of Private Equity sponsors and portfolio companies’ management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide hands-on, execution-oriented support, driving value through the office of the CFO by building data and analytics capabilities and identifying and implementing strategic work, rooted in data and analytics.
Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide. Join us and make your mark on our company.

Data & Analytics (Accordion | Data & Analytics)

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) practice in India delivers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.

D&A team members deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.

Working at Accordion in India means joining 800+ analytics, data science, finance, and technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment to transform how portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.
Join us and experience a better way to work!

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Role Overview:
Accordion is looking for an experienced Senior Director to lead the Generative AI initiatives, drive the strategy, design, and implementation of cutting-edge architectures. (S)he would be collaborating with clients and internal teams to design and recommend scalable and resilient Gen AI architectures, and work with engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment in cloud-based environments. The Senior Director will be a Gen AI evangelist, driving research and development efforts to enhance the team’s expertise in Generative AI and lead knowledge dissemination activities across the organization, serving as an advocate for best practices in AI architecture and development. This role spans Data Science, Generative AI, and Application Development, integrating these disciplines to foster innovation and technological advancement.

What You will do:

• Architect scalable and efficient Gen AI solutions that can handle large volumes of data, adapt to changing business requirements, and ensure systems are flexible, robust, and future proof.
• Lead the end-to-end implementation of Gen AI applications, overseeing the entire development process from concept to deployment, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely delivery.
• Develop prototypes and proof of concepts (PoCs) to validate Gen AI solutions, iterating on models to gather feedback and refine the solution before full-scale implementation.
• Ensure seamless integration of Gen AI models with existing enterprise systems and data sources, working closely with technical teams to facilitate efficient data flow and compatibility with enterprise applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, DevOps, and business stakeholders, to align Gen AI development with strategic goals and address both technical and business challenges effectively.
• Provide technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring high performance, reliability, and successful delivery through proactive monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Establish best practices for application development that focus on maintainability, scalability, and security, ensuring that Gen AI solutions are secure, easy to maintain, and capable of growing with business demands.
• Research and track the latest developments in the field to maintain expertise about the latest best practices and techniques within the industry.
• Develop accelerators and best practices across various technology stacks to drive efficiency and consistency in project delivery.
• Ensure excellence in delivery across projects, maintaining high standards and meeting client expectations.
• Lead knowledge management initiatives by developing and maintaining a repository of best practices, case studies, and learning materials.
• Conduct webinars, talk shows, and training sessions to share knowledge and expertise, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the organization.

Ideally, you have:

• Undergraduate degree (B.E/B.Tech.) from tier-1/tier-2 colleges are preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in related field.
• Strong experience in developing and implementing Gen AI based applications, demonstrating expertise in addressing real-world business use cases.
• Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art LLMs such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google PaLM 2, and Meta LLaMA2, applying these models to build advanced Gen AI solutions across various domains.
• Proficient in software architecture principles, including microservices, API management, and data integration, with experience designing microservices-based systems and integrating Gen AI models into enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and experience in automating testing, building, and deployment processes to optimize development workflows for Gen AI applications.
• Familiarity with caching strategies, containerized environments, and orchestration tools, applying these techniques to improve Gen AI system performance and reduce latency.
• Proficiency in AI/ML frameworks and tools such as LangChain and Llama Index, enabling efficient development, indexing, retrieval, and chaining of models in Gen AI applications.
• Experience with ML Ops and LLM Ops best practices, ensuring smooth deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of large language models in production environments.
• Familiarity with hyperscale cloud platforms and their AI/ML offerings, leveraging these services to build scalable, high-performance Gen AI solutions.

Why Explore a Career at Accordion:

• Collaborate with Prominent Private Equity Firms: Develop deep understanding of the intricacies of the Private Equity landscape, setting you on a path to excel in the dynamic world of finance and analytics
• High growth environment: Semi-annual performance management and promotion cycles coupled with a strong meritocratic culture, enables fast track to leadership responsibility
• Cross Domain Exposure: Interesting and challenging work streams across industries and domains that always keep you excited, motivated, and on your toes
• Entrepreneurial Environment: Intellectual freedom to make decisions and own We expect you to spread your wings and assume larger responsibilities.
• Fun culture and peer group: Non-bureaucratic and fun working environment; intellectual environment that will challenge you and accelerate your learning curve
• Other benefits to full time employees
• Health and wellness programs that include employee health insurance covering immediate family members and parents, term life insurance for employees, free health camps for employees, discounted health services (including vision, dental) for employee and family members, free doctor’s consultations, counsellors, etc.
• Corporate Meal card options for ease of use and tax benefits
• Team lunches, company sponsored team outings and celebrations
• Robust leave policy to support work-life balance. Specially designed leave structure to support woman employees for maternity and related requests
• Reward and recognition platform to celebrate professional and personal milestones
• A positive & transparent work environment which includes various employee engagement and employee benefit initiatives to support personal and professional learning and development