Vaibhav Kulkarni

About Vaibhav Kulkarni

AI & Data Transformation Leader with 25 years of experience driving enterprise-scale digital and AI strategy across CPG, BFSI, Life Sciences, and Marketing. I operate at the intersection of AI, product strategy, and enterprise architecture — translating boardroom vision into scalable, AI-native platforms.At Accenture, I led the strategic direction of the Unified Marketing Platform & SynOps ecosystem, embedding GenAI and agentic capabilities to deliver 30–40% efficiency gains and accelerate time-to-market by 40%. Throughout my career, I have built enterprise AI and data foundations supporting $100M+ transformation portfolios while strengthening governance, compliance, and business resilience.I partner with CxO leaders to shape investment roadmaps, secure funding, and institutionalize AI adoption at scale. Recognized for leadership in responsible AI and GenAI governance, I mentor emerging talent and contribute to industry thought leadership.Passionate about moving enterprises from AI experimentation to industrialized, measurable impact.Valid H1B through 2026.Core Competencies -• Business Leadership: Portfolio & Program Management | CxO Engagement | P&L Impact | AI/GenAI Strategy• Product & Data Strategy: Product Roadmap | Operating Models | Data Monetization | Responsible AI• Enterprise Technology Leadership: Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake)| Data Governance | GenAI & LLMs | Process Mining• Team Leadership: Led cross-geo teams of 50+| Mentored senior architects & product managers | Change Management• Pre-Sales and Sales: Developed RFI/RFP for various clients | Cost and Effort estimates |Delivered demos of Apps/products to senior stakeholdersTechnical Leadership skills -• Languages & Tools: Python, SQL, Collibra, Power BI, Informatica, Kafka• Platforms: Azure, Snowflake, GCP, Celonis, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Master Data Management, Reference Data Management, PIM• Databases: Teradata, Oracle, Snowflake, Postgres, AI Search• AI/ML & GenAI: LangChain, RAG, LSTM, ARIMA, XGBoost, LightGBM, NLP, CV, Agentic Frameworks• AI Algorithms: LLM Models, GPT3.5, GPT 4.0, 4o mini and 4o Vision Models, Azure Open AI, Linear Regression, Logistics Regression, Naïve Bayes, K-NN, Support Vector machines Classifications. Clustering via K-means, Dimension Reduction-PCA Bagging, Random Forests, Boosting, XG-Boost, CAT-Boost, Light GBM. Sentiment Analysis, Isolation Forest, LSTM, ARIMA, Time Series Analysis, Azure OCR, AWS Rekognition

Experience

1. Senior Manager Ai Product Strategy & Digital Transformation

   Accenture

   Jan 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Lead AI product strategy and digital transformation initiatives for enterprise clients, driving GenAI-powered platform innovation across marketing, data, and automation ecosystems.• Own product vision, roadmap, and execution for large-scale AI-enabled platforms, delivering 30–40% operational efficiency gains and faster go-to-market outcomes.• Partner with CxO stakeholders to define transformation strategy, secure executive buy-in, and align AI investments with measurable business KPIs.• Direct cross-functional global teams spanning product managers, architects, engineers, and business leaders to deliver scalable enterprise AI solutions across multiple markets.• Architect GenAI and agentic frameworks that combine product strategy, enterprise architecture, and governance to accelerate intelligent automation adoption.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Post Graduate Program in Management , Leadership and Strategy

• Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

  Bachelor of Technology & MBA, Information Technology and Financial Management Services

  2002 — 2005

• Great Lakes Institute of Management

  Post Graduate Program in Big Data and Analytics, Big Data and Analytics

  2019 — 2020

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

  2019 — 2020

Skills

• Pl/Sql
• Teradata
• Etl
• Software Project Management
• Sql
• Business Intelligence
• Data Integration
• Data Warehousing
• Unix
• Data Modeling
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Informatica
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture