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Associate Manager - Applied Ai

Indegene
5-8 years
Not Disclosed
Bangalore, India
15 Sept. 10, 2026
Job Description
Job Type: Full Time, Hybrid Education: B.Sc./ M.Sc./ M.Pharm/ B.Pharm/ Life Sciences Skills: ICH guidelines, ICSR Case Processing, Labelling Assessment, MedDRA Coding, mRS and EQ-5D-5L, Triage of ICSRs, WHO DD Coding

Associate Manager – Applied AI

Job Details

  • Company: Indegene

  • Job Title: Associate Manager – Applied AI

  • Posting Start Date: October 9, 2026

  • Preferred Location: Bangalore, India

  • Experience: 5–8 years

  • Employment Type: Full-time

  • Domain: Healthcare / Life Sciences / Technology

  • Role Type: Applied AI Consulting / Business Transformation

Role Overview

The Associate Manager – Applied AI will drive AI-led transformation initiatives across service lines within the Enterprise Medical Services ecosystem.

The role sits at the intersection of:

  • Business consulting

  • Workflow transformation

  • Generative AI adoption

  • Process automation

  • Knowledge management

  • AI-enabled operating models

  • Value realization

The successful candidate will work closely with service line leaders, subject matter experts, AI architects, product teams, engineering teams, and transformation stakeholders to identify high-value AI opportunities, redesign business workflows, implement AI-enabled solutions, and deliver measurable business outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines consulting-oriented problem solving with strong execution capabilities and has a solid understanding of business operations, process optimization, automation, and AI-powered transformation.

Key Responsibilities

AI Opportunity Identification & Transformation Strategy

  • Partner with business leaders and operational SMEs to assess existing workflows.

  • Identify process inefficiencies and AI-driven transformation opportunities.

  • Analyze workflow handoffs, effort drivers, rework cycles, operational bottlenecks, and value leakage.

  • Identify processes suitable for automation and optimization.

  • Evaluate opportunities involving:

    • Generative AI

    • AI Agents

    • Copilots

    • Workflow Automation

    • Knowledge Graphs

    • Intelligent Process Automation

  • Prioritize AI use cases based on:

    • Business value

    • Implementation feasibility

    • Adoption readiness

    • Operational complexity

    • Measurable impact potential

  • Translate business priorities into actionable transformation roadmaps.

  • Develop implementation backlogs and AI adoption plans.

AI Transformation Delivery & Implementation

  • Lead assigned AI transformation initiatives from discovery through implementation and value realization.

  • Manage initiatives through:

    • Discovery

    • Assessment

    • Pilot execution

    • Enterprise adoption

    • Scale-up

    • Value realization

  • Create structured implementation plans covering:

    • Workflow redesign

    • Technology enablement

    • Governance

    • Stakeholder engagement

    • Risk management

    • Testing

    • Adoption

  • Collaborate with AI Architects, Product Teams, and Engineering Teams.

  • Define solution approaches and assess technical feasibility.

  • Identify integration requirements and platform dependencies.

  • Support prompt strategy development.

  • Work with business SMEs to validate:

    • Process workflows

    • Quality requirements

    • Exception scenarios

    • Human-in-the-loop controls

  • Ensure successful implementation and operationalization of AI-enabled solutions.

  • Maintain execution governance and stakeholder alignment.

Knowledge Graph & Knowledge Enablement

  • Identify high-value Knowledge Graph opportunities.

  • Evaluate enterprise knowledge sources such as:

    • SOPs

    • Business rules

    • Domain content

    • Playbooks

    • Guidelines

    • Enterprise knowledge assets

  • Work with Knowledge Management teams to structure organizational knowledge.

  • Identify relevant entities and relationships.

  • Improve AI retrieval and reasoning capabilities.

  • Support development of Knowledge Graph-driven AI use cases.

  • Improve contextual understanding, traceability, and decision support.

  • Track Knowledge Graph initiatives from discovery through implementation and adoption.

  • Measure business value generated by Knowledge Graph initiatives.

Workflow Reengineering & Change Adoption

  • Redesign current-state workflows into scalable future-state operating models.

  • Design workflows that effectively combine human expertise with AI capabilities.

  • Define:

    • Process flows

    • Review checkpoints

    • Quality controls

    • Governance mechanisms

    • Exception pathways

    • Role responsibilities

  • Support pilot deployments and proof-of-concept initiatives.

  • Support lighthouse programs and scale-up initiatives.

  • Drive user adoption through:

    • Training support

    • Change management

    • Documentation

    • Stakeholder engagement

    • Feedback mechanisms

  • Monitor adoption patterns.

  • Identify barriers affecting utilization, performance, and business outcomes.

Value Realization & Performance Tracking

  • Maintain transformation dashboards and implementation trackers.

  • Track adoption metrics and performance indicators.

  • Measure transformation outcomes, including:

    • Productivity improvements

    • Workflow acceleration

    • Quality improvements

    • Cost efficiencies

    • Adoption rates

    • Overall business impact

  • Partner with analytics and measurement teams to establish KPIs.

  • Establish performance baselines.

  • Develop benefits realization frameworks.

  • Build business cases and impact assessments.

  • Prepare executive reporting materials.

  • Develop transformation success stories supported by measurable evidence.

  • Capture lessons learned and implementation best practices.

  • Develop reusable transformation frameworks and playbooks.

Stakeholder Management & Governance

  • Act as a trusted transformation advisor for assigned business units and service lines.

  • Collaborate with:

    • Service Line Leaders

    • Subject Matter Experts

    • AI Architects

    • Product Teams

    • Knowledge Management Teams

    • Analytics Teams

    • Executive Sponsors

  • Identify and resolve implementation risks.

  • Address governance concerns and resource constraints.

  • Identify and resolve data challenges.

  • Remove decision bottlenecks.

  • Communicate project progress, risks, recommendations, and outcomes.

  • Present updates through governance forums, steering reviews, and leadership meetings.

Desired Experience

  • 5–8 years of experience in one or more of the following:

    • Business Transformation

    • Digital Transformation

    • AI Consulting

    • Process Excellence

    • PMO

    • Automation Programs

    • Operational Excellence

    • Enterprise Change Initiatives

  • Proven experience identifying automation opportunities.

  • Experience redesigning business workflows.

  • Experience developing business cases.

  • Experience leading implementation and transformation programs.

  • Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders.

  • Experience driving AI or digital adoption initiatives.

AI and Technology Knowledge

Strong understanding of:

  • Generative AI

  • AI Agents

  • Copilots

  • Agentic workflows

  • Intelligent Automation

  • Workflow Automation Platforms

  • Knowledge Management

  • Knowledge Graphs

  • Enterprise AI adoption frameworks

  • AI-enabled process transformation

Business Transformation Skills

  • Process mapping

  • Business process analysis

  • Operating model design

  • Business process reengineering

  • Transformation governance

  • Program management

  • Automation opportunity assessment

  • Business case development

  • Change management

  • Value realization

  • KPI and performance measurement

Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills

  • Strong analytical thinking.

  • Structured problem-solving approach.

  • Ability to assess complex business processes.

  • Ability to identify opportunities for optimization and automation.

  • Ability to evaluate business value and implementation feasibility.

  • Data-driven decision-making.

  • Ability to develop measurable transformation outcomes.

Communication and Stakeholder Skills

  • Excellent communication skills.

  • Strong facilitation capabilities.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills.

  • Executive-level presentation skills.

  • Ability to communicate complex AI concepts to business stakeholders.

  • Ability to influence cross-functional teams.

  • Ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations.

Healthcare and Life Sciences Experience

Experience in the following domains is considered a strong advantage:

  • Healthcare

  • Life Sciences

  • Pharmaceutical Services

  • Medical Affairs

  • Medical Information

  • Medical Publications

  • Regulatory Affairs

  • Pharmacovigilance

  • Medical Communications

  • Commercial Operations

Domain knowledge can help the candidate understand healthcare workflows and identify practical AI transformation opportunities across medical and life sciences functions.

Educational Qualification

  • Bachelor’s degree in:

    • Engineering

    • Technology

    • Business

    • Life Sciences

    • Healthcare Management

    • Related discipline

  • MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification is preferred.

Key Competencies

  • Applied AI Consulting

  • AI Transformation & Adoption

  • Workflow Automation & Optimization

  • Business Process Reengineering

  • Knowledge Graph Enablement

  • Generative AI

  • Agentic Workflows

  • AI Agents

  • Change Management

  • User Adoption

  • Value Realization

  • KPI Tracking

  • Business Analysis

  • Problem Solving

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Executive Management

  • Program Governance

  • Program Delivery

  • Life Sciences Domain Expertise

Key Deliverables

The role is expected to contribute to or lead:

  • AI opportunity assessments

  • AI transformation roadmaps

  • Automation business cases

  • Workflow redesigns

  • AI implementation plans

  • Pilot and proof-of-concept programs

  • Enterprise AI adoption initiatives

  • Knowledge Graph initiatives

  • Change management activities

  • Transformation dashboards

  • KPI frameworks

  • Benefits realization reports

  • Executive presentations

  • Transformation playbooks

  • Process improvement frameworks

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a business-oriented transformation professional who understands both AI capabilities and business processes.

The candidate should be able to identify where AI can create measurable value, translate business problems into AI-enabled solutions, work with technical teams to implement those solutions, and drive adoption among business users.

Healthcare or Life Sciences experience—particularly in areas such as Medical Affairs, Medical Information, Publications, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, or Medical Communications—would provide a strong advantage.

About Indegene

Indegene is a technology-led healthcare solutions provider focused on helping healthcare organizations become future-ready. The company operates at the intersection of healthcare, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.

The organization emphasizes entrepreneurship, innovation, collaboration, empathy, customer obsession, and accelerated career growth.

Equal Opportunity

Indegene is committed to inclusion and diversity and provides equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on business requirements, candidate merit, and qualifications without discrimination based on legally protected characteristics.