Frontier AI Transformation Leader | Strategy, Governance, P&L

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a Frontier Principal to lead the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery and AI-era operating models across the enterprise. You will co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite stakeholders and govern frontier-model evaluation and safety policies.

This role demands 20+ years of enterprise AI leadership, strong P&L ownership, and the ability to build a high-performing frontier pod delivering measurable customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strategic AI transformation leadership for enterprise deployments.
• Define AI safety policies, red-team governance and risk management.
• Engage C-suite and align Frontier initiatives with business goals.

Responsibilities

• Set strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery across the enterprise.
• Co-design AI transformation blueprints with C-suite stakeholders.
• Define evaluation frameworks for frontier models and safety benchmarks.
• Govern adversarial AI risk and incident-response strategy.
• Own Frontier practice P&L and commercial structuring.
• Maintain Frontier CoE learning community and standards.

Skills

AI transformation strategy

Frontier-model evaluation

Red-team governance

Adversarial ML & safety policy

C-suite engagement

P&L leadership

Job description

Cognizant seeks a Frontier Principal to lead the strategic direction for AI-augmented delivery and AI-era operating models across the enterprise. You will co-design transformation blueprints with C-suite stakeholders and govern frontier-model evaluation and safety policies.

This role demands 20+ years of enterprise AI leadership, strong P&L ownership, and the ability to build a high-performing frontier pod delivering measurable customer outcomes.