Senior Manager, AI/ML Engineering

DuTech; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

DuTech is seeking a Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering in Chennai to lead planning, delivery, and operational performance for AI/ML initiatives. You will guide a team across platforms, model development, MLOps, and responsible AI, ensuring measurable outcomes and governance.

You will translate priorities into roadmaps, backlogs, and metrics, while maintaining high standards for quality, security, and compliance in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10 to 12 years of relevant experience in AI/ML engineering or closely related discipline.
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, model development, MLOps, responsible AI, and production machine learning solutions.
• Experience leading teams, workstreams, programs, or technology delivery in a complex organization.
• Knowledge of Python, machine learning frameworks, cloud AI services, model deployment, monitoring, and MLOps.
• Experience collaborating across business and technology teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, delivery, and operational performance for AI/ML engineering.
• Guide a team responsible for AI/ML platforms, model development, MLOps, responsible AI, and production machine learning solutions.
• Translate priorities into roadmaps, plans, backlogs, and measurable outcomes.
• Reinforce quality, architecture, security, privacy, compliance, and operational standards.
• Manage capacity, delivery risks, dependencies, budgets, and vendors as applicable.
• Use metrics to improve quality, speed, reliability, cost, and stakeholder value.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members; support hiring, performance, and talent processes.
• Build strong partnerships across business, product, architecture, security, data, and technology teams.
• Communicate priorities, progress, risks, and decisions clearly.
• Create an inclusive, accountable, and high-performing team environment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Business, or a related discipline

Tools

Python

Machine Learning Frameworks

Cloud AI Services

Model Deployment

Monitoring

MLOps

Job description

The Senior Manager, AI/ML Engineering leads AI/ML engineering delivery and operational performance across AI/ML platforms, model development, MLOps, responsible AI, and production machine learning solutions. This people-leader role translates business and product priorities into plans, establishes quality and governance expectations, manages risks and dependencies, and develops a high-performing team that delivers measurable outcomes.

Role & responsibilities

Delivery & Execution

• Lead planning, delivery, and operational performance for AI/ML engineering.
• Guide a team responsible for AI/ML platforms, model development, MLOps, responsible AI, and production machine learning solutions.
• Translate priorities into roadmaps, plans, backlogs, and measurable outcomes.
• Reinforce quality, architecture, security, privacy, compliance, and operational standards.
• Manage capacity, delivery risks, dependencies, budgets, and vendors as applicable.
• Use metrics to improve quality, speed, reliability, cost, and stakeholder value.

Support & Enablement

• Lead, coach, and develop team members; support hiring, performance, and talent processes.
• Build strong partnerships across business, product, architecture, security, data, and technology teams.
• Communicate priorities, progress, risks, and decisions clearly.
• Create an inclusive, accountable, and high-performing team environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Design, Analytics, Business, or a related discipline
• 10 to 12 years of relevant experience in AI/ML engineering or a closely related discipline
• Experience with AI/ML platforms, model development, MLOps, responsible AI, and production machine learning solutions
• Experience leading teams, workstreams, programs, or technology delivery in a complex organization
• Knowledge of Python, machine learning frameworks, cloud AI services, model deployment, monitoring, and MLOps
• Experience collaborating across business and technology teams
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills

Preferred candidate profile

• Master's degree in a related technical or business field is preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Python, machine learning frameworks, cloud AI services, model deployment, monitoring, and MLOps
• Experience with enterprise-scale cloud, data, digital, retail, pharmacy, healthcare, or customer technology environments
• Experience working with global teams, managed service partners, or distributed delivery models
• Relevant industry, cloud, agile, product, architecture, data, security, design, or technology certifications are preferred