Director - Product Innovation & Engineering

Role Overview:

We are seeking a dynamic Director – Product Innovation & Engineering to lead our GenAI Products and Accelerator strategy within the Studio team. This role combines deep hands-on expertise in developing full stack solutions using GenAI, leading engineering teams and proven track record of building scalable, repeatable, and differentiated offerings for enterprise clients.

You will lead a cross-functional team of engineers, architects, data scientists, and engineers to conceptualize, design, and operationalize AI-driven products and accelerators that drive measurable client value and business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the ideation, design, and development of AI-powered products, accelerators, and reusable assets.
• Build industry-specific solutions aligned to client challenges and growth priorities.
• Maintain a roadmap of reusable AI assets, ensuring consistent alignment with evolving client and market needs.
• Evaluate and integrate partner solutions from hyperscalers, data platforms, and ISVs to accelerate time-to-market.
• Collaborate with sales, presales, and marketing to define GTM strategies and enable account plays.
• Represent the organization at industry events, analyst briefings, and thought leadership forums.
• Drive visibility through whitepapers, blogs, and product showcases.
• Track and improve innovation metrics—adoption rate, time-to-market, and business impact

Qualifications & Experience:

• 15–20 years of experience in AI/Analytics product innovation, solution design, or R&D leadership.
• Proven success in building enterprise-grade AI or data-driven products, preferably in industry domains such as Retail, CPG, BFSI, or Manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML frameworks, LLMs, GenAI architectures, and MLOps pipelines.
• Hands-on exposure to accelerator design, development, product roadmap ownership, and market launch.
• Experience collaborating with hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP), data plaforms (Databricks & Snowflake), and AI ecosystem partners.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate research into commercial products.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across executive and technical levels.
• A track record of thought leadership—publications, conference presentations, or patents preferred.

Antal International is hiring for a leading Client.

Antal is a global recruitment firm that helps clients find highly skilled candidates, from mid to senior in several disciplines across a spectrum of sectors.

We provide an advanced recruitment consultancy and talent acquisition services worldwide, partnering with companies of all sizes. Our brand, people, technology, and professional business model give us the strength to do so. 

Utilizing an extensive international network to carry out cross border work allows us to bring a truly unique approach to the recruitment sector. Our global network of resources, combined with our tried and tested methodology, provide comprehensive solutions that go beyond conventional recruitment methods.