Director AI Practice & Solutions, India

Director - AI Practice & Solutions India

Location: Hyderabad India

Experience: 1218 years

Role Overview

We are looking for a high-impact Director - AI Practice & Solutions to build scale and lead our AI capabilities in India. This role demands a strong technical leader who can drive solutioning guide engineering teams engage with customers and contribute to business growth.

This is not a project/program management roleit is a hands-on technical leadership practice building role with ownership across delivery capability development and market expansion.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Solutioning

• Act as a Strong Technical Capability Lead for AI/ML and related technologies
• Drive end-to-end solution architecture for AI-led engagements
• Provide hands-on technical guidance to teams on design development and deployment
• Review and ensure high-quality scalable and production-ready solutions
• Stay current with evolving AI trends (GenAI LLMs MLOps etc.) and apply them in delivery

2. Practice Building (AI)

• Build and scale the AI Practice in India aligned with Oteemos global vision
• Define capabilities offerings accelerators and reusable assets
• Develop AI service lines (e.g. GenAI AI/ML Data Science MLOps)
• Mentor and grow a high-performing AI engineering team
• Drive hiring strategy capability development and certifications

3. Delivery Oversight (Hands-on)

• Work closely with teams on technical problem-solving and execution
• Ensure best practices in AI engineering DevOps and cloud are followed
• Step in as a technical anchor in critical engagements
• Balance architecture coding guidance and delivery excellence

4. Account Management & Customer Engagement

• Build strong relationships with key customer stakeholders
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients
• Participate in account planning solution discussions and technical workshops
• Support pre-sales proposals and client presentations

5. Business Growth & Market Presence

• Contribute to revenue growth through AI-led opportunities
• Identify and drive upsell and cross-sell opportunities
• Collaborate with leadership on go-to-market strategies
• Represent Oteemo at industry events conferences and client forums
• Build strategic partnerships and ecosystem relationships

6. Cross-Practice Collaboration

• Work across Oteemo service offerings such as:
• Cloud & DevOps
• Platform Engineering
• SRE / Infrastructure
• Bring AI-led enhancements into existing offerings
• Leverage experience/exposure to multi-domain capabilities

Key Skills & Qualifications

Technical Expertise

• Strong experience in AI/ML GenAI and Data Engineering ecosystems
• Hands-on expertise in:
• Python ML frameworks (TensorFlow PyTorch etc.)
• LLMs prompt engineering vector databases
• Cloud platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• MLOps & scalable AI deployment
• Proven ability to design and lead complex AI solutions

Leadership & Business Skills

• Demonstrated experience in building and scaling practices/COEs
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in account management and revenue growth
• Ability to blend technology with business outcomes

Experience

• 1218 years in technology with recent focus on AI/ML
• Experience in IT services / consulting environment
• Prior exposure to global delivery models
• Experience working across multiple service offerings (preferred)

Success Metrics

• Growth of AI practice (team size capabilities offerings)
• Revenue contribution from AI initiatives
• Customer satisfaction and account expansion
• Quality and scalability of delivered solutions
• Thought leadership and market presence

What We Are Looking For

• A builder mindset not just an executor
• A hands-on technical leader not a pure manager
• Someone who can scale Oteemo in India through capability relationships
• A leader who can balance technology depth with business growth

Qualifications :

• 1218 years in technology with recent focus on AI/ML
• Any Post Graduate relevant to IT Industry

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time