Frontier AI Strategy Principal | Enterprise AI Leadership

Cognizant; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Principal to lead the AI-augmented delivery strategy and the AI-era operating model. You will co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite stakeholders and govern frontier-model evaluation and safety protocols across enterprise programs.

The role requires 20+ years of enterprise AI leadership, with demonstrated authority in AI delivery and frontier initiatives, and ownership of Frontier practice P&L.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of enterprise AI leadership experience.
• recognised authority in AI delivery or AI-era operations.
• Frontier Principal designation earned through sustained leadership and external authority.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

AI transformation

Frontier-model eval

Red-team governance

Adversarial ML

Commercial structuring

C-suite engagement

P&L ownership

Talent development

Standards setting

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Frontier Principal to lead the AI-augmented delivery strategy and the AI-era operating model. You will co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite stakeholders and govern frontier-model evaluation and safety protocols across enterprise programs.

The role requires 20+ years of enterprise AI leadership, with demonstrated authority in AI delivery and frontier initiatives, and ownership of Frontier practice P&L.