Vontier - Senior Manager/Director/Head - Data & Artificial Intelligence

Designation: Head of Data & AI

Location: Bangalore (Hybrid)

Experience: 12+ Years

What You Will Own:

• Data platform architecture and delivery - the foundation that everything else depends on

• Machine learning and AI system design, from model training through to production operation

• Real-time data ingestion and processing at scale across heterogeneous hardware and markets

• All foundational technology decisions: stack, tooling, infrastructure approach

• Production reliability of every system and model the team ships

• AI product scope and packaging

• Technical relationships with Driivz's most strategically important operator accounts

• Data strategy and technology roadmap

• Teamwork with the CPO to define the art of the possible use cases

What We Are Looking For:Non-negotiable:

• You have built a data or AI platform from 0 to 1 at a B2B SaaS or industrial technology company.

• You have shipped AI systems that execute decisions or actions in production.

• You have led a data or AI team across engineering and science disciplines.

• You are technically deep and commercially aware. You can design a data architecture in the morning and have a credible commercial conversation with a senior operator in the afternoon.

• You operate well under ambiguity. You are the person who turns the former into the latter.

Strong signal:

• EV, energy, smart grid, or industrial IoT background or a clear track record of acquiring deep domain knowledge quickly in a new technical vertical

• Production experience with agentic or autonomous AI including cost optimization and efficiency

• Industrial or IoT protocol experience: OCPP, MQTT, or equivalent, high-frequency event streams from hardware at scale

• Snowflake at production scale: schema design, real-time ingestion pipelines, ML integration, cost governance

• Confidence calibration and threshold design for AI systems that operate without human approval on every decision

• Effective cross-timezone leadership: comfortable building a high-performing team while operating as a daily peer to global commercial and CS leadership