What Working at Hexaware offers:
Hexaware is a dynamic and innovative IT organization committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions to our clients worldwide. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment where every team member is valued and empowered to succeed.
Hexaware provides access to a vast array of tools that enhance, revolutionize, and advance professional profile. We complete the circle with excellent growth opportunities, chances to collaborate with highly visible customers, chances to work alongside bright brains, and the perfect work-life balance.
With an ever-expanding portfolio of capabilities, we delve deep into and identify the source of our motivation. Although technology is at the core of our solutions, it is still the people and their passion that fuel Hexaware s commitment towards creating smiles.
At Hexaware we encourage to challenge oneself to achieve full potential and propel growth. We trust and empower to disrupt the status quo and innovate for a better future. We encourage an open and inspiring culture that fosters learning and brings talented, passionate, and caring people together.
We are always interested in, and want to support, the professional and personal you. We offer a wide array of programs to help expand skills and supercharge careers. We help discover passion the driving force that makes one smile and innovate, create, and make a difference every day.
The Hexaware Advantage: Your Workplace Benefits
- Excellent Health benefits with low-cost employee premium.
- Wide range of voluntary benefits such as Legal, Identity theft and Critical Care Coverage
- Unlimited training and upskilling opportunities through Udemy and Hexavarsity
Title AI Technical Lead / AI Manager
Location Charlotte, NC
Full time with Hexaware
Job Description:
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly capable AI Technical Lead / AI Manager with strong AI fundamentals and hands-on technical expertise to lead and guide an existing AI professionals. The ideal candidate will serve as the technical anchor for AI initiatives, providing leadership, mentorship, architectural guidance, and delivery oversight.
This role will function as an extension of client's AI leadership team, helping drive execution while reducing dependency on the current AI Head, who is heavily engaged across multiple initiatives. The successful candidate must be comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on involvement in solution design, development reviews, troubleshooting, and delivery governance.
Key Responsibilities
AI Technical Leadership
- Provide day-to-day technical leadership and supervision for AI engineers and developers.
- Review and guide AI solution designs, architecture decisions, and implementation approaches.
- Establish and enforce AI engineering best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies.
- Mentor and coach team members to improve technical capability and delivery effectiveness.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical challenges.
Solution Architecture & Design
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define AI solution strategies.
- Lead solution design discussions and validate technical approaches.
- Guide the team in developing scalable, secure, and maintainable AI solutions.
- Review functional and technical requirements and translate them into implementation plans.
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and governance standards.
Delivery Oversight
- Monitor project progress, technical risks, dependencies, and delivery quality.
- Conduct design reviews, code reviews, and solution walkthroughs.
- Support effort estimation, sprint planning, and prioritization activities.
- Proactively identify and remove technical roadblocks impacting delivery.
- Ensure successful execution of AI initiatives within agreed timelines and quality expectations.
Hands-On AI Engineering
- Provide hands-on support for complex development activities when required.
- Guide teams on AI/ML model implementation, Generative AI solutions, prompt engineering, and AI integration patterns.
- Support proof-of-concept development, technology evaluations, and innovation initiatives.
- Assist with troubleshooting and optimization of AI applications and services.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the bridge between business stakeholders, AI leadership, and offshore delivery teams.
- Communicate project status, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
- Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making sessions.
- Build strong relationships across cross-functional business and technology teams.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of overall IT experience with a strong technical foundation.
- 3+ years of experience leading AI, Machine Learning, Data Science, or Generative AI initiatives.
- Proven experience managing or mentoring distributed/offshore technical teams.
- Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, model lifecycle, and AI solution delivery.
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Strong programming experience in Python and related AI/ML frameworks.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale AI solutions.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting capabilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar AI platforms.
- Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, AI agents, and prompt engineering.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
- Familiarity with MLOps, model deployment, monitoring, and AI governance practices.
- Consulting or client-facing experience preferred.
- Experience working within large enterprise environments.
Key Attributes
- Strong technical leader who remains hands-on when needed.
- Self-driven and capable of operating with minimal supervision.
- Proven ability to guide and supervise offshore teams effectively.
- Strong decision-making and stakeholder management skills.
- Delivery-focused with a practical, business-oriented mindset.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving AI landscape.
Privacy Statement:
The information you provide will be used in accordance with the terms of our and will be used specifically for the business/processing purpose of the event. You should be aware that we may share your details with our approved vendors for this event to be handled successfully.
Never miss an opportunity! Create an alert based on the job you applied for.
