Associate Director

About us

KPMG Delivery Network India (KDNI) is a diverse entity spread across multiple cities in India. We are an important part of the KPMG Delivery Network (KDN), a global organization that supports KPMG member firms in delivering global priority solutions to their clients across a number of different industries. Our team of over 3,000 professionals in India are known for their technical acumen and business insights, that come together to deliver exceptional client service.

When you join KDN, you'll be a part of the wider KPMG global network working alongside some of our profession's most skilled practitioners on rewarding programs and initiatives that are changing the way business operates, delivering value to the clients of KPMG member firms and driving positive change in the communities we serve.

As a KDN India colleague you will be helping to accelerate new ways of working, using cutting-edge technology to create increased value, and working together with member firm colleagues across the globe to drive sustainable growth and help achieve our ambition to be the most trusted and trustworthy professional services firm.

Come as you are

As a firm, we are deeply committed to diversity, inclusion and equity at our workplace. We offer a safe and inclusive environment built on trust, where all our colleagues can bring their authentic selves to work and know that their uniqueness is valued.

We prohibit unfair treatment of applicants and employees and discrimination on any ground, including but not limited to, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, medical condition, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, age, nationality, cultural origin, family or parental status, defense veterans, physical, mental or sensory disability or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable Indian laws and regulations.

• Strategic Architecture Leadership
• Define the multi-cloud AI reference architecture integrating Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock, and GCP Vertex AI for hybrid deployment.
• Architect modular AI solutions (agents, twins, copilots) with interoperability across cloud platforms.
• Drive "Agent-as-a-Service" architecture through headless agent frameworks, orchestrators, and Foundry microservices.
• Technical Governance & Standards
• Establish technical blueprints for data governance, prompt management, model observability, and AI assurance.
• Develop security-by-design patterns ensuring alignment with AI Governance and Confidential AI standards.
• Solution Design & Integration
• Design API, containerization, and orchestration layers using Kubernetes, AKS, Ray, and MLflow pipelines.
• Enable rapid AI agent development leveraging LangChain, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, and LlamaIndex.
• Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate with Global AI, Regional and Global Delivery Centre leadership to align AI engineering priorities.
• Partner with CIO/CTO offices of member firms to ensure scalable enterprise integration.

• PhD/Master's in Computer Science, AI, or Data Engineering.
• 11+ years of experience in technology architecture, including 5+ in enterprise AI/ML.
• Expertise in multi-cloud AI architecture, MLOps, vector DBs (Pinecone, Weaviate), and secure model deployment.