Remote Associate Director - GenAI & AI Integration Platforms

Cognizant; Teaneck Township (NJ); Remote; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Associate Director – AI, Integration & Process Platforms to lead end-to-end architecture, design, and engineering of Agentic and Generative AI solutions for enterprise clients, built on LLMs, multi-agent systems, and cloud-native platforms.

You will translate business use cases into blueprints, guide PoCs, pilots, and production deployments, embed Responsible AI, and mentor architects and engineers while collaborating with stakeholders across delivery and security teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, frontier engineering, AI engineering, or related technology leadership roles, with recent focus on Generative AI and Agentic AI.
• Hands-on knowledge of large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, agentic workflows, and agent orchestration frameworks.
• Experience designing AI, machine learning, or GenAI systems on hyperscaler platforms such as Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, or Amazon Web Services.
• Strong understanding of API-driven architectures, microservices, event-driven systems, cloud-native platforms, containers, orchestration, MLOps, and LLMOps.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to business, technical, and executive audiences in client-facing or consulting environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end AI solutions for enterprise clients, including multi-agent systems and orchestration layers.
• Embed Responsible AI principles and governance while ensuring security and regulatory compliance.
• Translate business use cases into blueprints, reference architectures, and implementation roadmaps for PoCs, pilots, and production deployments.
• Support pre-sales, RFPs, solutioning, and deal credentialization by articulating AI value propositions to diverse audiences.
• Drive thought leadership and mentor architects and engineering teams on GenAI and agent-based system design.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

GenAI

LLMs

Prompt engineering

LLMOps

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM field

Tools

Boomi

Kong

Pega

Appian

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Associate Director – AI, Integration & Process Platforms to lead end-to-end architecture, design, and engineering of Agentic and Generative AI solutions for enterprise clients, built on LLMs, multi-agent systems, and cloud-native platforms.

You will translate business use cases into blueprints, guide PoCs, pilots, and production deployments, embed Responsible AI, and mentor architects and engineers while collaborating with stakeholders across delivery and security teams.