Senior Agentic AI Manager - LLMs, RAG, MLOps (Remote)

Cognizant; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Manager to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions using LLMs, agents, and RAG. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure AI applications in a remote environment.

The role requires 12+ years in AI/ML or related fields, with hands-on experience using major platforms like OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic. You will ensure governance, performance, and reliability across production systems.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering.
• Expertise in Agentic AI concepts (LLMs, RAG, memory, reasoning, prompts).
• Hands-on experience building AI solutions with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions leveraging LLMs, Agentic AI, and RAG architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure AI applications.
• Evaluate AI systems for quality, hallucinations, regression, and agent effectiveness.

Skills

AI/ML experience

Data Science

Software Engineering

Tools

OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

LlamaIndex

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior AI/ML Manager to design, build, and deploy enterprise AI solutions using LLMs, agents, and RAG. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure AI applications in a remote environment.

The role requires 12+ years in AI/ML or related fields, with hands-on experience using major platforms like OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, and Anthropic. You will ensure governance, performance, and reliability across production systems.