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AI Transformation Leader

Gen AILLMsAI orchestrationmodel integrationGCPBigQueryVertex AIdata pipelinesanalyticsdecision scienceapplied AIcreative workflowsmedia planningcommerceP&LAI solutionsproduction deployment

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

5-10

Location

Bengaluru, India

Full job description

Seeking a senior leader with proven experience in owning or leading a P&L-backed analytics or AI practice. Must have a strong background in analytics, decision science, or applied AI, with hands-on experience in Gen AI systems including LLMs, orchestration, and model integration. Experience building AI solutions for marketing, creative, media, or commerce is required. Candidate should be able to sell, solution, deliver, and scale AI solutions, and operate effectively in ambiguous environments. Strong engineering mindset and familiarity with modern AI/data stacks preferred, especially GCP technologies such as BigQuery and Vertex AI. Understanding of LLMs, multimodal models, AI orchestration, production deployment, data pipelines, analytics layers, and performance systems is essential. Must have a genuine understanding of creative workflows and media ecosystems, and experience applying AI to creative operations, media planning, optimization, and commerce. Leadership qualities include builder mentality, commercial sharpness, accountability for results, clear communication, and a bias for action.

What you'll do

  • Own or lead a P&L-backed analytics / AI practice
  • Build AI solutions for marketing, creative, media, or commerce
  • Sell, solution, deliver, and scale AI solutions
  • Operate effectively in ambiguous environments
  • Collaborate with creative, media, and strategy teams
  • Translate AI capabilities into business outcomes
  • Move fast and deliver results

Requirements

  • Proven experience owning or leading a P&L-backed analytics / AI practice
  • Strong background in analytics, decision science, or applied AI
  • Hands-on exposure to Gen AI systems (LLMs, orchestration, model integration)
  • Experience building AI solutions for marketing, creative, media, or commerce
  • Ability to sell, solution, deliver, and scale—not just advise
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity
  • Strong engineering mindset
  • Experience with modern AI/data stacks
  • Understanding of LLMs and multimodal models
  • Understanding of AI orchestration and production deployment
  • Understanding of data pipelines, analytics layers, and performance systems
  • Knows the difference between demos, pilots, and production systems
  • Genuine understanding of creative workflows and media ecosystems
  • Experience applying AI to creative operations, media planning, optimization, and commerce
  • Ability to collaborate with creative, media, and strategy teams
  • Builder mentality with commercial sharpness
  • Comfortable being accountable for numbers
  • Clear communicator who can translate AI into business outcomes
  • Bias for action, moves fast, learns fast, delivers faster

Tech stack

Gen AILLMsAI orchestrationmodel integrationGCPBigQueryVertex AIdata pipelinesanalytics layersperformance systems

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