AI Transformation Lead
Havas Life Mumbai · Mumbai Metropolitan Region
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As part of the global Havas Health Network, we partner with leading pharmaceutical, healthcare, wellness, and consumer health brands to create award-winning campaigns that educate, inspire, and drive real impact. From brand strategy and integrated campaigns to digital experiences, content, and medical communications, our work combines creativity with science to solve complex healthcare challenges.The RoleWe are looking for an AI Lead who can drive the next phase of AI-led transformation at Havas Life Mumbai.This role is about identifying how AI can fundamentally improve the way we work from process redesign and automation to productivity, cost optimisation and smarter program management. You will work across functions to identify opportunities, evaluate emerging AI solutions and take initiatives from idea to implementation and measurable business impact – by aligning to the global Havas vision and mission and AI Transformation framework.What You Will DoIdentify operational and process inefficiencies across functions and develop AI-led solutions to improve productivity, quality, speed and scalability.Lead AI transformation programs end-to-end from opportunity identification and business case development to implementation, adoption and impact measurement.Evaluate and experiment with Generative AI, AI agents, automation platforms, LLM-based tools and emerging AI technologies to identify practical business applications.Liaise with Global AI teams and implement mandates to local.Partner with Creative, Strategy, Medical, Client Servicing, Operations, HR, Finance and other teams to redesign workflows and implement AI-enabled processes.Identify opportunities for automation, resource optimisation and cost reduction, and build measurable ROI cases for transformation initiatives.Manage multiple cross-functional programs, including timelines, stakeholders, dependencies, milestones, and success metrics.Establish scalable AI-enabled workflows, frameworks, and operating models that can be adopted across teams.Track and communicate productivity gains, cost efficiencies, adoption and business impact of AI initiatives to leadership.Drive AI adoption and change management through workshops, training, and continuous enablement.Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving AI landscape, identifying tools and technologies that can create meaningful competitive and operational advantages for the organisation.What We’re Looking For4–8 years of experience in AI transformation, digital/business transformation, automation, consulting, operations excellence, program management, innovation, or related roles.Strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, workflow automation and emerging AI tools/platforms.Proven ability to translate business problems into practical technology and AI solutions.Strong program management and stakeholder management skills, with experience driving cross-functional initiatives.Commercial mindset with the ability to identify and quantify productivity, efficiency, and cost-saving opportunities.Strong analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where experimentation, learning, and implementation are equally important.Experience in advertising, healthcare/pharma, consulting, technology or other complex, fast-paced environments will be an advantage.This is not a pure AI/ML engineering role we are looking for someone who can connect AI with business, people, processes and measurable outcomes.Why This Role?This is an opportunity to build and shape how an organisation works with AI, not simply introducing new tools.You will have the opportunity to work across functions, influence leadership, redesign operating models, build AI-enabled solutions and deliver tangible improvements in productivity, efficiency and cost.About Havas Life MumbaiHavas Life Sorento is India’s leading Health & Wellness marketing, communications, digital & health tech company. It’s a part of Havas Health & You, the world’s largest global health & wellness network & part of Havas India, which unites 18 companies and diversified services across Creative, Media, and Health verticals. Centered around Human Purpose, agency believes that brands rightly have a role to play in culture and make a positive impact on the wider world, thus creating meaningful brand platforms that don’t just grow, they grow well. It has significant depth of strategic, creative, and technology competence needed for modern marketing of health brands & businesses.For more information, visit https://in.havas.com/havas-life/ and follow Havas Life Sorento on social media.About Havas India:Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with nearly 23,000 people in over 100 countries. With the ambition to help brands unlock Growth, Powered by Desire, Havas brings together creativity, media, technology and production capabilities to build strong, desirable brands that people genuinely want to engage with. Its integrated model is supported by Converged.AI, the Group’s operating system that unifies data, technology, and AI to deliver optimized, scalable marketing solutions across the full customer journey. AI-driven, fueled by human ingenuity, and grounded in the belief that desire drives both brand performance and business outcomes, Havas teams collaborate within Havas Villages worldwide to cultivate reputation, relevance, and long‑term preference for clients.India is one of Havas’ major markets. Havas India brings together the expertise of 25 agencies, specialised divisions, and strategic alliances across three verticals: Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network & Havas Health Network. To meet the evolving needs of its clients, Havas India has developed a seamlessly integrated strategy and operating system, Converged.AI, fusing global expertise, tools, and capabilities to create, produce, and distribute real-time, optimised, and personalised marketing solutions at scale.With inspired human ideas at the heart of this unique model, supercharged by the latest data, technology, and AI, teams work with agility and in perfect synergy through Havas’ distinctive Village model. The network operates across three Villages in Mumbai, Gurugram, and Bengaluru, with regional offices in Kolkata, New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Chennai, and is powered by over 2,500+ professionals and associates. Together, they deliver tailor-made solutions that support clients in their positive transformation.As one of India’s fastest growing and most agile networks, Havas India has secured multiple new clients across verticals and won several prestigious awards over the last three years. These include being Great Place To Work® Certified™ thrice in a row (Nov 2022–Nov 2023 and Dec 2023–Dec 2024, Jan 2025-Jan 2026), consistently ranking among the top three in the R3 New Business League, and winning accolades at the Cannes Lions, Effies, Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards, London International Awards (LIA), e4m Indian Marketing Awards, ABBY One Show, Campaign Women Leading Change Awards, and more.Havas India is equally committed to its people, fostering inclusive, responsible and inspiring workplaces where talent can thrive, because desire also starts from within.Further information about Havas India is available at: https://in.havas.com/