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As AI Technical Lead, you will provide technical product ownership and delivery leadership for AI solutions used across our global Commercial organization.\nWorking across business, product and technology, you will help turn commercial needs into secure, scalable AI products that simplify work, provide actionable insights and create more connected customer experiences.\nThe role & your impact\nYou will translate business needs and functional requirements into scalable technical solutions, establish the technical direction for AI developers and own the technical backlog, solution design and delivery quality.\nThis is a senior individual-contributor role without formal people-management responsibility. You will provide day-to-day technical direction to AI developers and external delivery partners and serve as the primary technical interface between Commercial Platforms and IT.\nYour key responsibilities in this role\nTranslate business requirements into technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and buildable development increments.\nOwn and prioritize the technical backlog, provide technical direction and make informed technical trade-offs throughout development.\nDefine scalable AI solution blueprints, data models, integrations, grounding approaches and reusable technical patterns.\nDesign how AI agents connect with enterprise data, workflows, APIs and platforms while incorporating security, access controls, monitoring, human oversight and fallback mechanisms.\nGuide AI developers and external delivery partners, review implementation approaches and establish the quality bar for security, performance, reliability and maintainability.\nEnsure appropriate testing, AI evaluation, monitoring, release and production-support practices are in place.\nAct as the key technical interface between Commercial Platforms and IT, coordinating dependencies and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, data, security and responsible AI standards.\nContribute commercial requirements and delivery experience to shared AI platforms, standards, architecture and reusable components.\nWhat you'll need to be successful in this role\nA bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, AI or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\nAt least six years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, solution architecture, data engineering, automation or AI solution delivery.\nExperience providing technical leadership, owning solution designs or guiding developers as a Technical Lead, Technical Product Owner, Solution Architect, Lead Developer or in a comparable role.\nHands-on experience designing and delivering AI, generative AI or agent-based solutions.\nStrong understanding of agentic AI, prompting, orchestration, grounding, retrieval-augmented generation, APIs, integrations, data models and enterprise data access.\nExperience designing cloud-based applications and integrations using Microsoft Azure, AWS or comparable cloud technologies.\nWorking knowledge of Python and/or JavaScript or TypeScript, SQL, REST APIs, JSON, Git and modern software-engineering practices.\nExperience translating requirements into technical designs, buildable backlog items and acceptance criteria.\nExperience with technical reviews, testing, AI evaluation, monitoring, release management and production support.\nA good understanding of security, identity and access management, responsible AI and enterprise architecture principles.\nStrong written and verbal English communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with business and technical audiences.\nThe technical credibility to challenge designs, guide developers and resolve complex delivery issues.\nA product-oriented and pragmatic approach that connects technical decisions with user needs, business value, security, scalability and the product lifecycle.\nThe ability to make informed technical decisions, collaborate across functions and take ownership of technical quality from design through ongoing operation.\nAdditional skills & interests we value\nExperience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Salesforce Agentforce, Power Platform, UiPath or comparable enterprise AI and automation technologies.\nExperience integrating solutions with Salesforce, Microsoft 365, SAP or other enterprise platforms.\nExperience with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, App Service, API Management, Azure AI Search, containers or comparable cloud services.\nExperience establishing reusable engineering patterns or technical standards across a development team.\nExperience delivering solutions in a global, regulated or complex enterprise environment.\nWhat we offer you\nYou will join a global, multidisciplinary team with expertise in commercial technology, data and analytics, digital solutions and AI. You will collaborate closely with Business Areas and IT to develop scalable digital solutions and contribute to the continued development of Novonesis’ commercial AI capabilities.\nThe role offers the opportunity to influence technical direction, guide developers and external partners, and contribute practical delivery experience to shared AI architecture, platforms and standards.\nWorking conditions\nThe position is based in Bangalore, India, and follows a hybrid working model with flexibility between office and remote work.\nThe role involves regular collaboration with global teams across multiple time zones. International travel of approximately 10% may be required, depending on project and stakeholder needs.\nRelevant information\nThe application deadline is 16 November 2026.\nOur purpose guides the way\nIn Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.\nOpportunities for everyone\nWe are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.\nWe make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.\nExplore other openings\nIf this position isn’t the right fit, you may still find other opportunities with us. 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