AI Lead - 6 Months Contract

About This Role

As an AI Solution Lead , you will own the end‑to‑end solution design of a next‑generation agentic AI platform , defining how AI agents, multi‑modal models (text, vision, voice), and digital health services come together into a scalable, compliant product across multiple markets and jurisdictions.

This role sits at the intersection of product strategy and technical execution . You will set architectural direction, lead an external delivery team, challenge design decisions, prototype solutions, and present technical trade‑offs to senior leadership. This is not a pure strategy role —you are expected to go deep technically to ensure feasibility and architectural coherence while aligning with business OKRs.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Agentic AI Design

• Own the end‑to‑end solution design covering:
• Agent orchestration and multi‑agent workflows
• RAG pipelines and tool‑use patterns
• Agent memory management (short‑term context, long‑term retrieval, episodic memory, and memory lifecycle policies)
• Design scalable, maintainable architectures that balance cost, latency, accuracy, and relevance .

Model Strategy & Build‑vs‑Buy Decisions

• Evaluate and select foundation models across:
• Cloud‑hosted platforms (e.g., Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock)
• Locally hosted deployments (e.g., vLLMs)
• Make informed build‑vs‑buy decisions , considering:
• Performance and cost
• Deployment constraints
• Data sovereignty and regulatory needs
• Drive adoption of Vision Language Models (VLMs) for document understanding, image analysis, and visual reasoning.

Voice & Multi‑Modal AI Design

• Define the voice AI strategy , selecting and integrating STT/TTS solutions (e.g., OpenAI Whisper, Chatterbox, Vibe Voice, or equivalent).
• Ensure voice is treated as a first‑class interaction modality , deeply integrated into agent workflows.
• Design multi‑modal experiences that combine text, vision, and voice within a unified product.

Compliance, Privacy & Multi‑Jurisdiction Design

• Embed regulatory requirements by design (GDPR, PDPA, and local data regulations).
• Ensure solution designs support multi‑market deployments without retrofitting compliance later.
• Evaluate and apply privacy‑preserving techniques as appropriate.

Integration & Interoperability

• Define and align the integration architecture with group standards.
• Enable coordination between:
• Specialist agents (e.g., insurance resolution, health services, triage)
• External partner systems and third‑party tools
• Evaluate emerging agent interoperability standards (A2A, MCP, open tool‑use protocols) and sequence adoption based on delivery capacity and regulatory constraints.

Technical Leadership & Delivery

• Provide hands‑on technical leadership to external/vendor delivery teams.
• Translate product strategy and business OKRs into sequenced technical roadmaps .
• Review agent workflows, challenge assumptions, and catch architectural risks early.
• Balance innovation with BAU delivery.

Stakeholder Management

• Lead and present technical strategy, progress, and trade‑offs to CXOs and senior leadership.
• Drive alignment and decision‑making across product, engineering, and data teams.
• Proactively remove dependencies and delivery bottlenecks across squads.

Technical Requirements

• 5–7+ years in solution design, technical product ownership, or senior applied AI roles.
• Production experience with agentic AI frameworks (e.g., AutoGen, CrewAI, PydanticAI, LangChain/LangGraph).
• Proven experience designing and shipping multi‑agent systems (beyond prototypes).
• Strong applied AI foundation:
• Traditional ML (model evaluation, feature design)
• Modern LLM patterns (RAG, prompt engineering, agent orchestration, agent memory design)
• Working knowledge of:
• Vision Language Models (VLMs)
• Voice AI models and integration patterns (STT/TTS)
• AI observability and evaluation tools (e.g., Langfuse, LangSmith)
• Familiarity with agent interoperability protocols (A2A, MCP, or equivalent).
• Experience designing multi‑modal AI solutions .
• Proven ability to lead external or vendor teams .
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to explain technical trade‑offs to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Immediate Joiner - Required