Manager/Associate Director - Snowflake Partner AI Architect
First seen by Alion on Oct 31, 2026.
Company Overview:
Axtria is a global provider of award-winning cloud software and data analytics to the life sciences industry.
Axtria enables life sciences organizations to transform the product commercialization journey and deliver much-improved healthcare outcomes for patients worldwide.
We are acutely aware that our work impacts millions of people and are incredibly passionate about the improvement we can bring to patients' lives.
Our focus is on delivering solutions that help pharmaceutical, medical device, and diagnostics companies complete the journey from data to insights to action and get superior returns from their investments.
As a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, Axtria is committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption and taking actions that advance societal goals.
Our people are our core strength, and they make us proud of our work; this has helped us grow exponentially and make tremendous strides toward developing great products.
It is for the grit, thinking of an entrepreneur, and a family-like environment where each member is valued and treasured that we are growing rapidly.
For more information, visit www.axtria.com.
Job Title:
Snowflake Partner AI Architect (Open across levels - Manager to Associate Director)
Requisition ID:
Not specified
Job Location:
Gurgaon/Bangalore/Pune/Hyderabad
Job Responsibilities:
- Serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) for all Snowflake - Axtria AI engagements, owning the technical side of the partnership across pursuits, delivery and co-sell activities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key Snowflake technical and account teams, including Sales Engineers, Solution Architects and Partner leads, through a regular engagement cadence
- Review Snowflake AI solutions and reference architectures ahead of client meetings and RFP submissions to ensure technical accuracy, differentiation and alignment with Snowflake best practices
- Lead architecture discussions covering Snowflake Cortex (Cortex AI, Analyst, Search and Agents), AI/agent orchestration, integration with enterprise systems and production deployment
- Coordinate Snowflake-based AI solutions and partnership activities across client engagements, ensuring consistent messaging and clear positioning of Axtria's value alongside Snowflake
- Define patterns for governance, security and observability of AI workloads on Snowflake, including role-based access, data masking, evaluation, monitoring and cost management
- Partner with Axtria pre-sales, delivery and data science teams to move Snowflake-based GenAI/Agentic proofs-of-concept into secure, scalable production deployments
- Create technical documents, reference architectures and joint solution collateral, and interact with clients and Snowflake leadership on GenAI capabilities and use cases
Qualification:
- B-Tech or BE in Computer Science / Computer Applications from Tier 1-2 college OR Master's degree in Machine Learning / Statistics / Econometrics, or related discipline from Tier 1-2 college
Must have Skills:
- Require 10 - 15 years of experience designing, developing and deploying data and AI/GenAI solutions on Snowflake, with prior exposure to partner, alliance or pre-sales architect roles
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake Cortex, Snowpark, Streamlit in Snowflake, Native Apps and Snowflake data sharing/Marketplace
- Deep understanding of LLMs, RAG, semantic models, MCP and multi-agent orchestration, along with evaluation and observability of agentic systems in production
- Python and SQL hands-on experience; working knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), data pipelines/ELT tooling, CI/CD and data security and governance
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with proven ability to engage Snowflake technical and account teams and client CXOs and to support RFP responses
Skills that give you an edge:
- Snowflake certifications such as SnowPro Core, SnowPro Advanced: Architect or SnowPro Specialty: Gen AI
- Life sciences or pharma background, with exposure to commercial analytics, medical or R&D AI use cases and regulated (GxP/HIPAA) environments
- Experience with Snowflake co-sell motions, Partner Network and Marketplace; strong analytical skills to model complex business requirements
Employee Value Proposition:
- Offer an inclusive environment that encourages diverse perspectives and ideas
- Deliver challenging and unique opportunities to contribute to the success of a transforming organization
- Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
- Vast opportunities for self-development: online Axtria Institute, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications
- Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons
- Possibility to relocate to any Axtria office for short and long-term projects
- Benefit package: 1. Health benefits 2. Retirement benefits 3. Paid time off 4. Flexible Benefits 5. Hybrid / FT Office / Remote
Skills
IT Product Management, IT Strategy, IT Consulting, Artificial Intelligence