Frontier AI Strategy Leader

Cognizant; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Principal to lead AI-augmented delivery strategy and frontier initiatives. You will co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite clients, define safeguards for frontier-model deployment, and own the P&L for a Frontier practice. Proven leadership in enterprise AI with 20+ years is expected.

The role emphasizes governance, external authority, and building scalable AI programs across the enterprise. Salary reflects seniority and experience.

Qualifications

• Core skills include AI transformation strategy, frontier-model evaluation and red-team governance.
• Competencies cover enterprise AI governance, C-suite advisory and P&L leadership.
• Experience: 20+ years in enterprise AI leadership with recognized authority.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery or AI-era operating model across the enterprise.
• Co-design AI transformation strategies with C-suite stakeholders; produce transformation blueprints.
• Define evaluation frameworks for frontier-model deployment and safety benchmarks.
• Govern adversarial-AI risk and AI safety policy; lead incident-response strategy.
• Own the direction and P&L of a Frontier practice; structure outcome-based commercial models.
• Maintain Frontier learning community, methodologies and gold standards.

Skills

AI transformation

Frontier-model evaluation

Red-team governance

Adversarial ML

AI safety policy

C-suite engagement

P&L leadership

Frontier talent development

Standards-setting

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Principal to lead AI-augmented delivery strategy and frontier initiatives. You will co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite clients, define safeguards for frontier-model deployment, and own the P&L for a Frontier practice. Proven leadership in enterprise AI with 20+ years is expected.

The role emphasizes governance, external authority, and building scalable AI programs across the enterprise. Salary reflects seniority and experience.