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Manager – Innovations (AI) Jobs in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India at Tata Communications
Title: Manager – Innovations (AI)
Company: Tata Communications
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Job Description
Opportunity to work in a highly sought after Corporate Innovation role offering a unique opportunity to drive futuristic opportunities, often leveraging emerging technologies and building Horizon 2/3 capabilities and offerings. Work on strategic projects, including customer use cases, in a hands-on fashion with a strong can-do attitude to deliver compelling innovations that can scale. Should have strong affinity for anything AI, especially Generative and Agentic AI, and ability to do white space analysis of disruptive opportunities TC can tap to drive Enterprise adoption and scale. Conceptualise and solve ambiguous problems for customers, working closely with internal teams and external partner ecosystem viz. Startups, universities and technology firms.
Responsibilities
* Drive AI and Innovation strategy for Tata Communications
* Research on emerging technologies, including Generative AI and agentic AI, and draw implications in terms of TC relevance, compelling customer use cases and productization opportunities for TC
* White space analysis of emerging areas where TC should play in, build and present a compelling case for investment
* Work with external partners, internal product and engineering teams to hands on build Innovative use case POCs/MVPs, for customers or internal users
* Conduct value discovery and articulate the business opportunity / impact on customer and TC
* Drive new idea generation that either add disruptive capabilities to existing products/platforms (Horizon 2) or build new disruptive offerings around future needs (Horizon 3)
* Engage in customer workshops to drive use case discovery/validation, value articulation and execution
Minimum qualification & experience
A Masters degree in Management with a bachelor’s degree in technology preferred
Prior work experience of at least 2-3 years (or more) preferred in a consultative role with hands on experience in building things
Exposure to direct Client and stakeholder engagement
Desired Skill sets
Strong technical acumen with ability to work hands on
Great communication and presentation skills, including story telling
Strong Analytical thinking, financial skills and strategic mindset
Self-starter, naturally motivated and able to work independently with senior and difficult stakeholders
