Principal Consultant- AI Consulting

Infosys Consulting · Bangalore, India

Principal Consultant – AI Consulting

Location: PAN India (Hybrid)

About the Role

Infosys Consulting is looking for experienced AI Consulting professionals to join our Technology Transformation Practice as Principal Consultants. This role requires a unique blend of AI technology expertise, strategic consulting capabilities, and executive stakeholder management skills.

As a Principal Consultant, you will help global enterprises define, design, and operationalize AI-driven transformations across Generative AI, Agentic AI, Machine Learning, and Enterprise AI Platforms while delivering measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

AI Strategy & Advisory

• Develop enterprise-wide AI adoption strategies and transformation roadmaps.
• Evaluate AI maturity and identify high-impact business use cases.
• Advise CIOs and technology leaders on AI investments, platform selection, and governance frameworks.
• Assess emerging trends in AI models, agent frameworks, interoperability protocols, and enterprise AI platforms.

AI Architecture & Platform Design

• Design and implement Agentic AI solutions, multi-agent architectures, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Lead architecture decisions involving LLMs, copilots, AI assistants, RAG frameworks, and agent orchestration.
• Define scalable AI operating models, including MLOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps.
• Drive AI platform integration, security, governance, and performance optimization.

AI Governance & Risk Management

• Develop Responsible AI frameworks and governance models.
• Establish compliance, ethical AI, and risk management practices.
• Design human-in-the-loop oversight and escalation mechanisms for AI systems.

Transformation Execution

• Lead client workshops, assessments, and transformation initiatives.
• Define future-state operating models and transformation roadmaps.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to deliver strategic AI programs.
• Drive executive presentations, recommendations, and change management initiatives.

Business Development

• Support proposal development and AI transformation pursuits.
• Contribute to thought leadership, client presentations, webinars, and industry discussions.
• Help shape Infosys Consulting's AI consulting offerings and market positioning.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in technology consulting, digital transformation, or AI advisory engagements.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in at least two of the following areas:
• Agentic AI & Generative AI Solution Design
• AI/ML Engineering and MLOps/LLMOps/AgentOps
• AI Strategy, Governance & Responsible AI
• Data & Cloud Engineering
• Strong understanding of enterprise platforms, IT systems, and transformation methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AI agent frameworks and cloud AI platforms.
• Experience in IT strategy, cloud transformation, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture.
• Professional certifications such as:
• TOGAF
• ITIL Foundation
• Azure AI Engineer / OpenAI Specialization
• AWS Machine Learning Specialty
• Google Cloud GenAI / ML Certifications
• PMP / PRINCE2 (preferred)

Why Join Infosys Consulting?

• Work on large-scale AI transformation programs with global clients.
• Direct exposure to senior business and technology leaders.
• Opportunity to shape the future of Agentic AI and Generative AI adoption.
• Entrepreneurial and collaborative consulting culture.
• Continuous learning and global career growth opportunities