Associate Director - Data Science (Data Monetization)

Wolters Kluwer N.V.; Pune District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 10,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolters Kluwer N.V. in India seeks an Associate Director– Data Science and AI Platform Intelligence to lead AI capabilities across platforms. You will drive intelligent frameworks, AI-driven content classification, and data governance, coordinating with product, data science, and domain teams.

The role emphasizes scalable, cloud-based AI solutions, mentor for operations teams, and collaboration to align AI initiatives with strategic business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 15+ years in product, engineering, or technical leadership.
• Strong engineering/architecture fluency and systems thinking.
• Ability to scale AI-driven workflows in a matrix organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of AI/ML frameworks and architectures across products.
• Build cloud-based content classification systems using AI/ML.
• Govern content lifecycle with data-driven insights.
• Collaborate with leadership to align AI with roadmaps and business goals.
• Apply AI methods to enrich metadata and improve discovery.
• Utilize cloud tools to streamline content ingestion, validation, and delivery.
• Serve as liaison between product, data science, and domain experts.
• Develop agentic AI frameworks for autonomous decision-making.
• Mentor ops support and enablement teams for AI-driven workflows.

Skills

AI/ML leadership

Cloud architectures

Content classification

Cross-functional collaboration

Product strategy

Mentorship

Agentic AI

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's preferred

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

ML frameworks

Job description

ABOUT WOLTERS KLUWER

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services. Wolters Kluwer reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 23,000+ people worldwide. Wolters Kluwer shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over‐the‐counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY). For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions, and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Job Description: Associate Director (Data Science and AI Platform Intelligence)

Financial& Corporate Compliance (FCC) is a division of Wolters Kluwer that provides a broad spectrum of solutions, services and expertise to legal, finance, risk and compliance professionals and small business owners to help manage myriad governance, risk and compliance challenges in dynamic markets and regulatory environments, globally. FCC Solutions serves more than 350,000 customers in more than 150 countries, including 70% of Fortune500 companies, 92% of the world's top banks, 90% of the Am Law100 and more than 300,000 small businesses. The division has a global footprint, with workforce in 28 countries. Our clients include corporate legal departments, insurers, small businesses, financial services companies, brand professionals, underwriters, governments and compliance and risk professionals.

Role: Associate Director– Data Science and AI Platform Intelligence is responsible for ensuring the delivery, quality, and impact of data science, analytics, and AI capabilities across diverse products and platforms. This role emphasizes leveraging data-driven strategies to enhance operational efficiency, inform strategic decision-making, and position the Data and Analytics (DnA) organization for sustained growth and competitive advantage. We are looking for an AI leader to drive Platform Intelligence and AI-enabled structured data capabilities across enterprise platforms. This role sits at the intersection of Data Science, Product Management, and Domain Intelligence, responsible for shaping content to transform regulatory, customer, and market requirements into scalable, machine-first solutions that drive innovation and excellence across the organization.

Primary Accountabilities:

• Lead the development of intelligent frameworks and architectures that integrate data science, AI, and ML, enhancing overall product capabilities.
• Create advanced, cloud-based systems for classifying content using AI/ML techniques, improving discoverability and standardization across products.
• Oversee governance of the content lifecycle, ensuring consistency and mapping integrity across platforms through data-driven insights.
• Collaborate with product leadership to embed AI-driven content intelligence into the product roadmap and align it with business objectives.
• Implement AI and ML methods for enriching metadata and improving content classification, transforming raw data into actionable insights.
• Utilize cloud-based tools to streamline workflows for content ingestion, validation, enrichment, and delivery, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Serve as a strategic liaison between product teams, data science, engineering, and domain experts to align technical execution with business goals.
• Develop and apply agentic AI frameworks that empower autonomous decision-making within products, enhancing user engagement and experience.
• Mentor and lead ops support and enablement teams, fostering skills in product design, structured content modeling, and the execution of AI-driven workflows for high-quality outcomes for DnA organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university or equivalent working experience.
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university preferred
• 15+ years in product, engineering, or technical leadership
• Superior engineering/architecture fluency
• Systems thinking and ability to scale product quality in AI Driven workflows
• Exceptional abilities in operating and managing complex/matrix team structures

Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process. Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.

Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day. We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world. You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2025 annual revenues of €6.1 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs more than 21,000 people worldwide. Our customers work in industries that impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the AI-powered solutions they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and increase productivity.

We deliver trusted, AI-powered expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge, proprietary content, and advanced technology to provide expert-validated insights, automate workflows, and drive better outcomes. Today, nearly 70% of our digital revenues come from AI-powered solutions, reflecting our strategic focus on embedding AI into professional workflows and delivering measurable productivity gains. We are committed to helping professionals navigate complexity, improve the way they work, and solve critical challenges through cloud-based, AI-powered platforms that integrate seamlessly into their workflows and ecosystems. Our solutions are designed to deliver impact when it matters most, especially in high-stakes environments where accuracy and trust are essential.

With a nearly 190-year legacy, Wolters Kluwer continues to evolve its portfolio of digital solutions and services to meet the changing needs of professionals worldwide, enabling them to work faster, make smarter decisions, and deliver better outcomes.

For more information about our solutions and organization, visit www.wolterskluwer.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

Wolters Kluwer has a dedicated team of experienced talent acquisition professionals who are ready to hear what makes you tick and share how Wolters Kluwer can help you achieve your goals and ambitions. As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. We know that bringing our best to our customers, communities, and other key stakeholders requires a highly engaged and talented workforce – one that represents the diversity of those we serve and the communities where we live and work. We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or religion. This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics. At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us.

Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous. Our global Together we thrive well‑being program reflects our commitment to supporting colleagues across physical, mental, social, and financial well‑being. That commitment has been recognized externally through Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization in 2024. More recently, Wolters Kluwer was recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Large Employers 2026 and America’s Best Employers for Engineers 2026. In 2025, Wolters Kluwer was also recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers for Women.

To ensure we continue to drive innovation that enables us to develop products and services to best serve our customers, we cultivate a workplace culture rooted in mutual respect, bringing forward insights from a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We are also committed to complying with laws requiring equal opportunity in hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law, and we do not tolerate discrimination on any of these bases.

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