2 days ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Set the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery and AI-era operating models across the enterprise.
- Co-design AI transformation strategies and enterprise transformation blueprints with C-suite client stakeholders.
- Define frontier-model evaluation frameworks, red-team protocols, safety benchmarks, and responsible-AI standards.
- Govern adversarial-AI risk and AI safety policy and lead enterprise-perimeter incident-response strategy.
- Own the direction of a Frontier practice and help structure outcome-based commercial models.
- Maintain the Frontier learning community, methodologies, and gold standards.
- Build, ship, and permanently own AI-native systems end to end within a small Frontier pod.
- Guide teams toward customer outcomes and influence across service lines, clients, practices, and senior leadership communities.
Requirements
- 20+ years of experience with demonstrated enterprise AI leadership and recognized authority in AI delivery or AI-era operations.
- Deep expertise in AI transformation strategy, frontier-model evaluation, red-team governance, adversarial machine learning, and AI safety policy.
- Proven ability to engage C-suite and board-level stakeholders and translate complex AI themes into enterprise transformation strategies and business outcomes.
- Experience leading or shaping an advanced AI, frontier technology, delivery transformation, or AI-era operating model practice.
- Strong capability in multi-agent coordination strategy, cross-business influence, standards-setting, and outcome-based commercial structuring.
- Track record of building Frontier talent, learning communities, methodologies, and reusable gold standards for enterprise-scale adoption.
- External recognition as a thought leader or domain authority in AI delivery, responsible AI, AI safety, or AI-era operations.
- Ability to earn and sustain the Frontier Principal designation through sustained Frontier leadership, external authority, and Principal panel readiness.
- Strategic and externally credible leadership with strong understanding of enterprise governance, safety, and operating-model implications of frontier AI deployment.
- Embodiment of Cognizant’s leadership behaviors and values.
Benefits
- Hybrid position in India requiring four days per week in a client or Cognizant office.
- Wellbeing programs intended to support work-life balance.
- Work arrangements may change based on project and business or client requirements.
Categories
AI Research
About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.