Gen AI Center of Excellence Lead

Sia Partners
Sia Partners

Software Engineering, Data Science

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Posted on Jul 25, 2026

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on GenAI CoE Lead to build and scale our Generative AI capabilities in Mumbai. This is a manager-level role (5–7 years of experience) with a strong emphasis on client delivery in the initial phase. You will lead by doing — directly contributing to client projects while setting up the foundations of our GenAI Center of Excellence. We are a privileged partner of OpenAI and Anthropic, giving you direct exposure to the most advanced LLM ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the setup and growth of the GenAI Center of Excellence

• Be hands-on in client delivery: design, build, and deploy GenAI solutions

• Work directly with clients to identify high-value use cases and deliver MVPs and production systems

• Develop LLM-based applications (prompting, RAG, agents, fine-tuning where relevant)

• Build reusable frameworks, accelerators, and best practices

• Mentor a small team while remaining deeply involved technically

• Collaborate with leadership and report directly to the CTO