Job Title : Practice Head AI, Edge AI & Robotics

Location : India (Kolkata with travel) | Reports to: CEO | Type: Full-time, Leadership role

About the Role :

We're building a nationwide chain of AI & Robotics Skilling Centers and Makers Labs across India, with a "Skilling to Incubating" model that takes learners from structured training into hands-on prototyping and, eventually, incubation. We're looking for a Subject Matter Expert to own the technical and academic backbone of this network: design what the learners get skilled in, build the team that provides the skilling, and keep both current as the field moves.

Core Responsibilities: Curriculum & Content :

- Design and continuously update the market-oriented skilling framework (classroom + hybrid + mentored Makers Lab projects) across our capability areas: Edge AI Applications, Computer Vision, Multi-modal AI, Agentic AI, Cloud-based AI, and Gen AI & LLMs, plus vertical tracks for Enterprise AI and AI for Professionals.

- Build the parallel Robotics curriculum: AI programming for robotic arms, mechanical and hardware design fundamentals, and industry specific requirements.

- Own curriculum currency. As this is a fast-moving field, and course content, tooling, and project briefs need to be revisited on a standing cadence, not a one-time build.

Team & Delivery Leadership :

- Define the technical hiring bar and lead evaluation, selection of trainers across all centers.

- Build and mentor a distributed team of instructors, developing them into effective leaders who hand hold candidates through mentored projects rather than deliver lecture-only content.

- Set and audit delivery quality standards across the network so a candidate's experience is consistent across the centers.

- Advise on GPU-based lab infrastructure and technical setup requirements for new centers as we scale.

Industry & Incubation :

- Design joint incubator projects and rapid-prototyping exercises with industry partners, keeping Makers Lab work tied to live market demand.

- Use your industry network to source real-world project briefs, guest expertise, and potential incubation or hiring partners for top learners.

- Represent the company's technical credibility with industry and academic audiences.

Requirements :

Must-have :

- 5+ years of industry experience in one or more of: Cloud AI, Edge AI, Machine Learning, or Computer Vision, with hands-on depth, not just managerial exposure.

- Demonstrated up-to-date technical fluency, comfortable evaluating and teaching current tooling in Gen AI, LLMs and agentic systems, not just foundational ML.

- An active professional network in AI and Robotics that can be leveraged for hiring, partnerships, or project sourcing.

- Comfort with a multi-site leadership role: this person sets standards centrally and travels regularly to centers to enforce and refine them.

Nice-to-have :

- Prior teaching, curriculum design, or corporate training experience.

- Robotics-specific expertise (mechanical or hardware design, robotic arm programming) in addition to the AI stack.

- Experience with physical AI or Robotics lab infrastructure - GPU-based labs, deployment, and testing setups.