Applied AI Leader - Applied AI & Data Advisory

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at Job DescriptionAs an Applied AI Leader on this team, you will sit at the intersection of strategy and commercial growth — advising CxOs on where AI can create real business value, shaping transformation roadmaps, and expanding the advisory group's footprint across marquee accounts in partnership with Account Executives and their teams.Key Responsibilities:Act as a trusted advisor to senior client executives, developing a deep understanding of each organization's business priorities, data estate, and AI maturity, and translating that into pragmatic AI and data strategies, operating models, and roadmapsBring a clear point of view. Clients look to us for conviction — you'll make firm, well-reasoned recommendations informed by industry and applied AI expertise, not a catalogue of possibilitiesCarry accountability for growth, with a revenue target spanning the full pursuit lifecycle — from identifying and originating opportunities in Tier 1 accounts through to closeShape engagements with clients who can become flagship references in their industries, turning early wins into repeatable, scalable success stories for the advisory groupExplore emerging possibilities with clients — co-innovating on the art of the possible while being candid about feasibility, responsible AI considerations, and realistic timelines to valueBuild market presence: author points of view, craft proposals, business cases, and executive-level material, and represent Wipro at industry forums and client eventsWork hand-in-hand with data and AI architects, delivery and engineering teams, industry practices, marketing, legal, and ecosystem partners to launch new advisory offerings and feed client insight back into Wipro's AI and data roadmapQualifications:12+ years across technology consulting, advisory, or enterprise solutioning, with substantial depth in AI, data, and analyticsA record of owning and expanding relationships within named, complex enterprise accounts — including growing engagements well beyond their original scope by opening up new business units, geographies, and use casesComfort operating independently at the most senior levels of a client organization — building relationships with CDOs, CIOs, CTOs, and business unit leaders, and leading executive conversations without needing senior air coverFluency in today's AI and data landscape — generative and agentic AI, foundation models, MLOps/LLMOps, data platforms, and governance — paired with the judgment to distinguish what's enterprise-ready from what's still hypeExperience steering long, multi-stakeholder pursuit cycles that involve technical evaluations, proofs of concept, and enterprise procurement — including constructing business cases anchored in the client's own numbers and holding firm on commercial termsThe presence to be equally credible in a room of data scientists and a boardroom of executivesAn authentic enthusiasm for AI and a commitment to Wipro's approach to responsible, secure, and value-led adoptionDesired Skills:Hands-on grounding in data science, ML engineering, or AI product development that earns trust with technical stakeholdersAdvisory or delivery experience in one or more of Wipro's priority industries — for example banking and financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, consumer, or technology — with real fluency in how those businesses run and measure successHaving been an early leader in a new practice or segment, building the go-to-market motion from the ground up rather than inheriting oneAn established network across hyperscalers, foundation model providers, and the wider AI ecosystemThe expected compensation for this role ranges from $210,000.00 to $280,000.00.Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro’s standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.Wipro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applications from veterans and people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.