Job Description
Job Title:  Director - AI Research
City:  Bengaluru
State/Province:  Karnataka
Posting Start Date:  5/15/26
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.
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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

1. AI Strategy & Vision

  • Define and execute a long-term AI roadmap aligned with business transformation and global expansion.
  • Champion Generative AI, LLMs, and advanced ML for high-value enterprise applications.
  • Establish frameworks for ethical AI, bias mitigation, and compliance.

2. Delivery & Scaling

  • Proven track record of delivery: Drive rapid prototyping and transition to production-grade deployments with measurable business impact.
  • Scale AI COE: Build and expand the AI TIC to support multiple enterprise initiatives simultaneously.
  • Implement CI/CD for ML, automated monitoring, and performance optimization using ONNX, DeepSpeed, and similar frameworks.
  • Proven technology transfer from research to products

 

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Qualifications & Experience

  • Education: Master’s/Ph.D. from a top-tier institute (IIT, IISc, MIT, Stanford, etc.) in Computer Science, AI, or related field.
  • Research publications in top-tier AI conferences/journals such as NeruralIPS, ICLR, ICML, AAAI, and CVPR with demonstrated leadership in publishing top-tier research in LLMs, multimodal models or related areas.
  • Experience: 12–15+ years in technology leadership, with 5+ years in AI/ML and Generative AI.
  • Deep expertise in LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, Computer Vision, and modern AI frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face).
  • Hands-on experience with cloud AI platforms (AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP AI).
  • Strong understanding of MLOps/LLMOps, CI/CD for ML, and security in AI systems.
  • Exceptional communication and executive presence.

 

 
Mandatory Skills: GenAI for Internet Software Products .

 

Experience: >10 YEARS .

 

Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.
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