AI Research and Innovation - Gen AI (Lead, Manager, Sr. Manager, Associate Director)

Accenture in the Philippines; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in the Philippines seeks a visionary AI Research & Innovation leader to drive Gen AI models across Text, Image, Video, Speech, and Multi-modal data at multiple career levels. Lead projects, publish in top venues, and advance agentic AI initiatives within CA AI.

Ideal candidates hold a PhD/Master’s in CS/EE/Math/AI/Stats from premier institutes and bring 15–18 years overall experience with 5+ years post-PhD/Master’s in AI R&D or teaching, plus deep RL and LLM expertise.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. or Master’s Degree in CS/EE/Math/AI/Stats from premium institutes like IIT/IISc/ISI/IIIT
• Overall experience 15–18 years and post-PhD 5+ years in AI R&D or teaching
• Deep expertise in reinforcement learning, autonomous agents, and multi-agent systems
• Strong understanding of LLMs and their integration into agentic workflows
• Experience with LangChain, AutoGPT, or similar frameworks
• Proven track record of innovation and publications

Responsibilities

• Building novel solutions to challenging industry problems
• Leading research projects and publishing in top-tier conferences
• Collaborating with Responsible AI, Delivery leads, and academia
• Developing real-world applications in digital assistants, healthcare agents, enterprise automation
• Mentoring and developing the next generation of AI talent

Skills

reinforcement learning

autonomous agents

multi-agent systems

LLMs integration

Education

PhD/Master's Degree in CS/EE/Math/AI/Stats from IIT/IISc/ISI/IIIT or similar premium institutes

Tools

LangChain

AutoGPT

Job description

We're looking for a visionary AI Research & Innovation (Thought leaders, Project Leads and Practitioners) at various career levels to work on development of Gen AI based models and solutions using different modalities – Text, Image, Video, Speech & Audio, and Multi modal. The focus is to develop new algorithms, enhance existing models, and explore novel applications of AI to address complex challenges faced by our clients. We also have emerging research tracks on Agentic AI – autonomous, goal-driven intelligent systems that can reason, plan, and adapt using AI.

Are you a PhD / Master's Degree in CS/EE/Math/AI/Statistics or similar disciplines from a top-tier institute (IIT/IISc/ISI/IIIT) and experienced in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Natural Language Processing/Computer Vision/Speech Processing/Multi Modal Processing, then we would love to talk to you. Are you passionate about cutting-edge research and making tangible impact? This is your opportunity to lead innovation at scale. Join Accenture’s Center for Advanced AI (CAAI), where world-class AI research meets real-world enterprise impact.

Ideal Candidate:

• Education - PhD/Master's Degree in CS/EE/Math/AI/Stats from IIT/IISc/ISI/IIIT or similar premium institutes
• Experience - 8–20 years total experience | 4+ years post-PhD/Master's Degree in AI R&D or teaching

Your key responsibilities include

• Building novel solutions to the challenging problem faced by industry
• Leading research projects and publishing in top-tier conferences
• Collaboration with Responsible AI, Delivery leads, and Academia
• Real-world application development in areas like digital assistants, healthcare agents, enterprise automation
• Mentoring and building the next wave of AI talent.

• A Ph.D. or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Data Science/AI, Mathematics and Statistics from premium institutes – IITs, IISc, IIIT and ISI
• Overall experience 15-18 years and Relevant experience (post PhD) 5+ years.
• Deep expertise in reinforcement learning, autonomous agents, and multi-agent systems.
• Strong understanding of LLMs and their integration into agentic workflows.
• Experience with frameworks like LangChain, AutoGPT, or similar.
• Proven track record of innovation and publications.