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Pune, India

Director AI Innovation Lab

Our client is a leading global financial services organization with a strong enterprise technology footprint and a growing focus on AI-led transformation. They are establishing a new AI Innovation Lab in India that will serve as a horizontal capability across multiple business lines. This is a highly visible leadership role for someone who can operate at the intersection of strategy, innovation, consulting, and AI execution. The position offers an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide AI priorities, partner with senior stakeholders globally, and shape how AI capabilities are embedded across the organization.

 

Please contact Muhammed Abraar or email your cv directly in word format with job reference number 16597 to Tech-India@theedgepartnership.com

 

Please note that due to the high number of applications only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us in the next 5 business days, we regret to inform you that your application for this position was unsuccessful.

 

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Key responsibilities

  • Lead the AI innovation agenda by translating business challenges into a prioritized portfolio of AI opportunities and proof of concepts.
  • Partner closely with business leaders and executive stakeholders to evaluate use cases, define value hypotheses, and drive AI adoption across the enterprise.
  • Build and govern a repeatable innovation engine, ensuring ideas move effectively from experimentation to production-scale solutions.
  • Act as the bridge between business and technology teams, translating emerging AI capabilities into practical and measurable outcomes.

Role requirements

  • 15+ years of experience spanning consulting, digital transformation, technology leadership, or enterprise innovation roles.
  • Proven experience leading AI, GenAI, or digital transformation initiatives from concept through implementation.
  • Exposure to AI technologies such as Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, or related capabilities, with sufficient hands-on understanding to guide discussions and challenge technical teams.
  • Experience building or operating innovation labs, AI CoEs, transformation programs, or enterprise change initiatives would be highly valued.
  • Prior exposure to Banking, Insurance, Wealth Management, Asset Management, or broader Financial Services environments would be advantageous.