This role is for one of the Weekday's clients Salary range: Rs 10000000 - Rs 30000000 (ie INR 100-300 LPA) Min Experience: 7+ years Location: Bengaluru JobType: full-time ### About the role • Define and execute a long-term AI strategy aligned with research and business goals, focusing on emerging areas like AGI, multimodal AI, and AI security • Lead the creation of a world-class AI research ecosystem, including architecture design, infrastructure, and talent acquisition • Drive end-to-end ownership from ideation to productisation, ensuring research outputs translate into scalable, deployable AI products • Build and scale high-performing teams consisting of AI researchers, scientists, and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence • Oversee development of advanced AI models including proprietary LLMs, RAG systems, and agentic AI frameworks ### What's on Offer • Opportunity to build and lead a greenfield AI research centre with a strong focus on innovation and ownership • High visibility role working closely with global leadership and decision-makers in the organisation • Unique BOT model offering structured transition into a global enterprise after initial setup phase • Exposure to cutting-edge AI domains including AGI, agentic systems, and AI security • Competitive compensation benchmarked with top-tier global organisations, including customised benefits • Strong emphasis on research excellence, with support for publications, patents, and conference participation • Access to global AI ecosystems, academic collaborations, and startup partnerships • Hybrid working model with a modern R&D environment in a leading technology hub • Opportunity to work with highly accomplished peers from top global institutions and research labs • Clear mandate to take research innovations into production and commercial success within defined timelines • Long-term career growth within a globally recognised technology powerhouse Looking for people who translate research into products - similar kind of work - established Ai team from scratch - good product company -4th very good footprint into the AI ecosystem - very well connected with academia and startup ecosystem - very forward thinking guy - challenging. Candidates from- big product companies - which has a research division - IBM Research, Microsoft Research and Samsung R&D Academia - We prefer premier institute ### Must-have skills Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Research