Industry Cloud & Digital (ICD) - AI Leader

Wipro; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental benefits

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Wipro is seeking a Senior AI Leader for Industry Cloud & Digital to drive AI adoption at scale across A1 accounts in NY/NJ. This client-facing role combines transformation leadership with AI strategy, embedding AI into software delivery and shaping commercial models.

You will partner with CIOs/CTOs and lead a team of AI thought leaders to deliver measurable business value through AI-enabled engineering, quality, and SRE practices.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in enterprise AI transformation.
• Proven success delivering AI-enabled engineering and operations outcomes.
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual implications of AI.
• Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear business value narratives.
• Experience working with regulated and security-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise AI adoption across client environments.
• Define AI strategy, roadmaps and commercial models.
• Embed AI into end-to-end software delivery workflows.
• Introduce AI-assisted execution models with clear value.
• Establish delivery standards and guardrails for quality and security.
• Support organizational change and leadership enablement for AI.
• Define success metrics and dashboards to track AI impact.
• Shape AI-driven transformation programs and deals.
• Design AI-enabled service bundles and pricing models.
• Ensure responsible AI, security, and governance.

Skills

Enterprise AI transformation

AI strategy

Delivery leadership

Client engagement

Job description

Industry Cloud & Digital (ICD) – AI Leader

Level: Senior Leader – Client-facing and Internal transformation leadership

Location NY/NJ

Role Overview

The AI Leader in ICD is a senior leader, client‑facing technologist and transformation leader accountable for accelerating AI adoption at scale, realize measurable business value and embedding AI into Deal strategy and commercial constructs across A1 accounts

The role partners directly with CIOs, CTOs, COOs, Business Leaders, Sector leaders and ICD team to:

• Embed AI into software engineering, modernization, quality engineering, and SRE
• Shape AI‑led transformation roadmaps and commercial models
• Ensure AI initiatives move beyond experimentation to repeatable, governed value realization

This role bridges strategy, execution, and outcomes, ensuring AI becomes a trusted, sustainable lever for productivity, quality, speed, and resilience.

Core Responsibilities

Driving Enterprise AI Adoption

AI Strategy & Roadmap

• Co‑create with clients and Delivery team, AI adoption roadmaps aligned to client business priorities aligned to WEGA archetypes
• Identify and prioritize high‑impact AI use cases (e.g., engineering productivity, accelerated modernization, intelligent quality, AI‑driven SRE).

AI‑Enabled Delivery Transformation

• Embed AI into end‑to‑end software delivery workflows—from requirements to code generation, quality engineering, DevSecOps & SRE.
• Introduce agent‑based and AI‑assisted execution models where they deliver clear value.
• Establish delivery standards, reference architectures, and guardrails to ensure quality and security.

Change Enablement & Adoption

• Support organizational change by helping clients shift ways of working, roles, and skills to normalize AI in daily execution.
• Enable leadership and teams with structured adoption approaches, role‑based enablement, and best‑practice patterns.

Measurement & Value Realization

• Define success metrics and dashboards to track AI adoption and business impact.
• Help clients continuously optimize AI initiatives based on measurable outcomes.

Shaping AI‑Led Transformation Programs and Deals

AI‑Led Solution & Transformation Design

• Partner with client leadership to shape AI‑driven transformation programs across modernization and managed services.
• Translate AI capabilities into clear business cases and transformation narratives.

Commercial & Value Structuring

• Design commercial models that reflect AI‑driven productivity and outcomes, including:
  • Outcome‑based constructs
  • Productivity‑linked pricing
  • Gain‑share and shared‑value models
  • AI‑enabled service bundles
• Ensure AI benefits are explicitly defined, measured, and fairly shared.

Risk, Security & Responsible AI

• Address enterprise concerns around data security, residency, governance, and auditability.
• Ensure AI initiatives align with responsible AI principles and regulatory expectations.

Deal‑to‑Delivery Inception

• Ensure commitments made during strategy and contracting are seamlessly embedded into delivery execution, governance, and reporting—avoiding gaps between promise and realization.

Client Engagement & Leadership

• Act as a trusted AI advisor to senior client stakeholders.
• Facilitate executive discussions on AI strategy, adoption readiness, and transformation trade‑offs.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging AI and agentic delivery patterns relevant to client industries.

Leading a Team

• Leading a team of FDE’s and AI thought leaders to drive client and business outcomes
• Create pov’s and assets that can be leveraged cross sectors
• Author and publish white papers to drive eminence for Wipro in the market
• Create rapid PoC’s in client environment to showcase value

Experience & Expertise

Clients can expect a leader who brings:

• Deep experience in enterprise AI transformation
• Proven success delivering AI‑enabled engineering and operations outcomes
• Strong understanding of commercial and contractual implications of AI
• Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear business value narratives
• Experience working with regulated and security‑sensitive environments

What Clients will Gain

Clients engaging with the AI Technology Partner benefit from:

• Practical AI adoption at enterprise scale—not pilots or proofs of concept
• Faster time‑to‑value through AI‑enabled SDLC and intelligent automation
• Clear business outcomes tied to productivity, quality, and cycle‑time improvement
• Confidence and trust through secure, compliant, and responsible AI adoption
• Continuity from strategy to execution, with no disconnect between ambition and delivery

The expected compensation for this role ranges from $200,000.00 to$280,000.00.

Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro’s standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.

Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.

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