Director - AI Delivery Product

Firstsource; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Firstsource is seeking a Director to own and scale the AI Delivery Product portfolio, setting strategy, standards, and investment priorities across multiple lines. You will mentor Associate Directors and engineering leaders, drawing on 18+ years of experience, deep Python and Generative AI expertise, and enterprise cloud mastery to shape AI product strategy at CXO level.

You will lead cross-geo engineering teams, manage portfolio P&L, and drive governance, risk, and quality frameworks while

Qualifications

• 18+ years in software/AI engineering with 8+ years at Director or senior leadership level.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Software Eng or related field.
• Demonstrated track record of building and shipping end-to-end applications across the full SDLC.
• Full lifecycle ownership from ideation to production at portfolio scale.
• Proven enterprise cloud architecture and deployment leadership across at least one hyperscaler.
• Demonstrable track record of scaling multiple AI products from concept to production use.
• Strong commercial acumen: portfolio P&L ownership and investment governance.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year product strategy and investment roadmap across the AI product portfolio.
• Set enterprise architecture standards and reference patterns embedding Generative AI across product lines.
• Approve major architecture decisions and technology bets across product engineering teams.
• Represent product strategy to executive leadership and board where relevant.
• Lead a portfolio of product engineering teams (20-40 engineers) across geographies.
• Own portfolio-level P&L, resourcing, and executive roadmap reporting.
• Establish org-wide delivery governance, quality and risk frameworks.
• Champion enterprise-wide adoption of AI coding agents and agentic delivery practices.

Skills

Python & Generative AI

Enterprise cloud architecture

Leadership & mentoring

Executive stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

LangChain

Agent Core

CrewAI

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Director - AI Delivery Product

Date: Sep 30, 2026

Location: Bangalore, KA, IN

Requisition ID: 23850

Description:

About FirstsourceFirstsource Solutions Limited, an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company (NSE: FSL, BSE: 532809, Reuters: FISO.BO, Bloomberg: FSOL:IN), is a specialized global business process services partner, providing transformational solutions and services spanning the customer lifecycle across Healthcare, Banking and Financial Services, Communications, Media and Technology, Retail, and other diverse industries. With an established presence in the US, the UK, India, Mexico, Australia, South Africa, and the Philippines, we make it happen for our clients, solving their biggest challenges with hyper-focused, domain-centered teams and cutting-edge tech, data, and analytics. Our real-world practitioners work collaboratively to deliver future-focused outcomes.

Job Summary

We are seeking a commercially astute and technically visionary Director to own and scale Firstsource's AI & Cloud product portfolio across multiple product lines. You will set product strategy, engineering standards, and investment priorities across the portfolio, while mentoring a team of Associate Directors and engineering leaders. With 18+ years of experience, you bring deep Python and Generative AI expertise, enterprise cloud architecture mastery, and the executive presence to shape AI product strategy at the CXO level.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Architecture

• Define multi-year product strategy and investment roadmap across the AI product portfolio.
• Set enterprise architecture standards and reference patterns embedding Generative AI and agentic workflows across all product lines.
• Approve major architecture decisions and technology bets across product engineering teams.
• Represent product strategy to executive leadership and, where relevant, the board.

Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Lead a portfolio of product engineering teams (20-40 engineers) across geographies via Associate Directors and Senior Managers.
• Own portfolio-level P&L, resourcing, and executive-level roadmap reporting.
• Establish org-wide delivery governance, quality, and risk frameworks.
• Champion enterprise-wide adoption of AI coding agents and agentic delivery practices.

Generative AI & Intelligent Automation

• Set enterprise policy for Generative AI governance, safety, and model observability across all products/programmes.
• Sponsor evaluation and adoption of emerging agentic frameworks (LangChain, Agent Core, CrewAI, etc.) at an organizational level.
• Own the AI technology vision presented to clients, analysts, and partners.
• Champion responsible AI practices across the portfolio.

People & Stakeholder Management

• Build and mentor a leadership bench of Associate Directors, Senior Managers, and technical architects.
• Own executive stakeholder relationships with CXOs, business unit heads, and board-level sponsors.
• Drive an org-wide culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Represent the AI Delivery organization in strategic planning and partnership discussions.

Qualifications & Experience

• 18+ years in software / AI engineering; 8+ years at Director or senior leadership level.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Demonstrated track record of building and shipping end-to-end applications across the full SDLC.
• Full lifecycle ownership: ideation -> architecture -> engineering -> production -> optimisation, at portfolio scale.
• Proven enterprise cloud architecture and deployment leadership across at least one hyperscaler.
• Demonstrable track record of scaling multiple AI products from concept to sustained, adopted production use.
• Strong commercial acumen: portfolio P&L ownership, investment business-case development, and roadmap governance.