AI SME

Unilever — Uniops Bangalore Centre

Job Title : AI SME Location : Bangalore PURPOSE OF THE ROLE The AI SME is responsible for designing, industrializing, and scaling AI/ML solutions that deliver measurable business value. This role bridges business, data, and technology, ensuring AI capabilities are embedded into operational workflows and drive outcomes across markets and products. WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE • Identify and prioritise high-value AI use cases aligned to business priorities. • Translate complex business problems into scalable AI solutions with clear value outcomes. • Own end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives spanning from initial idea, pilot, production, through to final adoption. • Design and guide development of AI/ML models and intelligent systems. • Drive deployment, integration, and lifecycle management (MLOps) of AI/ML capabilities into data engineering and operational processes. • Ensure AI solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to enterprise platforms. • Define and enforce strict standards for data quality, model validation, and continuous monitoring. • Embed Responsible AI principles (including fairness, explainability, and compliance across solutions. • Ensure strict adherence to data governance, privacy, and security requirements across all platforms. • Apply deep domain expertise to ensure AI outputs are accurate, relevant, and actionable for the business. • Translate complex model outputs into clear business insights and strategic decision support. • Partner closely with product and business teams to seamlessly embed AI into daily operations. • Drive the transition from proof-of-concept to scaled production solutions across markets and teams. • Ensure wide adoption across markets, tracking post-deployment impact, user adoption and performance. • Continuously optimise AI solutions for performance, cost-efficiency, latency, and scalability. • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to AI engineers and data scientists. • Contribute to building ov

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