AI and Innovation Manager

Manager - AI & Innovation

Job Description Summary

The AI Engineer will lead a team of analysts and engineers to design, develop, and deploy AI-driven solutions that address complex business challenges. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership skills to ensure successful delivery of AI projects and alignment with organizational goals.

Job Description

Location – Hyderabad  #LI Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee technical delivery of AI projects, ensuring best practices in engineering and sustainable solutions.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into actionable AI strategies.

• Identify and mitigate risks across project lifecycles, ensuring compliance and quality standards.

• Stay ahead of emerging technology trends and assess their applicability for business innovation.

• Represent the AI team in executive discussions and external forums as needed. Guide the team on data sourcing strategies and ensure robust data governance.

• Should have experience in testing AI products from AI landscape of Risk, Compliance, Jail breaking, Performance etc. Ensure high-quality outputs and timely delivery of AI solutions.

• Drive innovation by researching market trends and proposing new AI-driven approaches to business problems.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.

• Experience: 5–7 years in AI/ML, data engineering, or analytics, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.

• Strong proficiency in Python/R, SQL, and ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch).

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and tools like Databricks, SageMaker.

• Proven track record in deploying AI models as services using Azure ML, Kubernetes, and GitHub for version control.

• Deep understanding of either of Azure AI services or Microsoft Bedrock, NLP, computer vision, and generative AI models (e.g., GPT).

• Ability to work and collaborate with enterprise architects.Strong business acumen to identify areas where AI can deliver measurable impact.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills to bridge technical and business teams.

• Experience in MLOps practices and model lifecycle management.

• Familiarity with transformers and LLMs for advanced AI applications. Ability to mentor and develop team members, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Why Novartis: Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture 

You’ll receive: You can find everything you need to know about our benefits and rewards in the Novartis Life Handbook. https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards 

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:  
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.  

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Skills Desired

Agility, Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Marketing, Waterfall Model

Experience Level

Mid Level