Data & AI Engineering Head @ Chennai/90L+/Need from Ecommerce/Retail/someone working in a Services orgs for Ecommerce/Retail clients

The role needs someone who has demonstrated usecases in AI and have the ability to drive an AI adoption.

AsK:

Need 15+yrs of experience in IT delivery management, with a focus on Data & AI projects. Should have demonstrated usecases in AI and have the ability to drive an AI adoption

Proven experience managing multiple teams and delivery leads in an offshore/onshore model.

Strong understanding of Data & AI technologies (Snowflake, Databricks, DBT), project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum), and best practices.

Strong Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and its practices in a data engineering context.

Need and influence and not an order taker when it comes to handling stakeholders.

Experience collaborating with senior executives, technical product managers, and business stakeholders in the US preferred.

Preferred skills:

Experience with real-time/streaming platforms (Kafka, Spark Streaming, Flink)

Domain expertise in e-commerce, retail, or customer-centric data ecosystems

Recognized for driving technical innovation, process improvement, or organizational data maturity

Experience in ML Ops and AI/ML model lifecycle management including (data pipelines for training, feature stores, monitoring)

Understand organization vision and decision-making framework. Able to align the team, personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision

Understands the technology landscape, up to date on current technology trends and new technology, brings new ideas to the team