Lead Consultant - Workplace Agentic AI Governance at AstraZeneca

Chennai, tamil nadu, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Enterprise AI Governance, Agentic AI, M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Governance Engineering, Policy Enforcement, Reference Architecture, ALM Pipelines, Identity Management, Data Protection, Observability, CI/CD, Prompt Governance, Responsible AI, Risk Management

Industry

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Description

Job Title: Lead Consultant - Workplace Agentic AI Governance GCL: E Introduction to role Join us as a Lead Consultant for Workplace Agentic AI Governance & Copilot Studio Platform Engineering, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of enterprise AI agents. You will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and operating governance and engineering capabilities across M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, and related services. Your expertise will guide the definition of control baselines, automation of policy enforcement, and engineering of secure environments for experimentation and scaling. Collaborate with architecture, engineering, product, and compliance teams to ensure secure-by-design delivery, measurable risk reduction, and operational excellence. Accountabilities Define technology strategy, reference architecture, and roadmap for AI agent platforms. Design and own the agentic AI control library and implement automated policy enforcement. Engineer tiered environments with segregation of duties and controlled ALM pipelines. Author solution design patterns and maintain a catalog of approved components. Define identity, access, and data protection models. Govern integration and connector usage with risk-tiered approvals. Implement telemetry, observability, and reporting for platform compliance. Define CI/CD pipelines for agents and integrate security scans. Establish model and prompt governance with evaluation harnesses. Lead AI incident response and engineer resilience patterns. Maintain audit readiness and evidence management. Operationalize Responsible AI policies through controls and transparency artifacts. Build engineering playbooks and mentor teams on secure design and governance operations. Essential Skills/Experience Enterprise AI/Automation Governance Engineering: Hands-on implementation of governance for low-code/no-code (Power Platform, Copilot Studio), including environment strategy, DLP, and policy enforcement. Microsoft Copilot Ecosystem Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of M365 Copilot and Copilot Studio configuration, plugins, data grounding, tenant settings, and feature enablement; experience with Graph API, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365 admin controls. Power Platform Administration and Development: Strong experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse, solution packaging, ALM pipelines, Power Platform CLI, environment provisioning, and DLP policies. Identity, Security, and Data Controls: Practical application of Entra ID (app registrations, consent, Conditional Access), RBAC, managed identities, secrets management (Key Vault), Purview data governance/classification, sensitivity labels, and Defender integrations. Architecture and Patterns: Ability to produce reference architectures, threat models, and design patterns for agentic AI (prompt governance, grounding, connector risk management, human oversight). Risk and Compliance Operations: Working knowledge of AI risk scenarios, privacy (PII/PHI), data classification, and cybersecurity; experience implementing control testing, telemetry, and reporting for audits. Stakeholder and Supplier Management: Experience collaborating with architecture, product, engineering, security, and compliance; managing third-party suppliers and connectors with contractual and technical controls. Global Operations and Communication: Proven delivery across multi-time zone environments; ability to translate complex technical topics into stakeholder-specific language. Experience Level 12+ years in technology architecture/engineering/governance, with deep hands-on experience in Microsoft Copilot ecosystem, Power Platform, and agentic AI platforms. Desirable Skills/Experience Governance Boards and Component Catalogs: Running technical review boards, maintaining reusable component catalogs, SBOMs, and dependency governance. Responsible AI Standards: Familiarity with industry RAI frameworks (e.g., NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC AI standards, Microsoft Responsible AI recommendations) and their technical operationalization. Testing and Evaluation: Experience with red-teaming LLMs, synthetic test generation, adversarial prompt testing, and evaluation metrics (accuracy, safety, usefulness). Platform Feature Integration: Track record enabling new Copilot/Copilot Studio features, agent builder capabilities, and managing technical risk, rollouts, and deprecations. DevSecOps for AI: Experience integrating security testing, policy-as-code, and observability into pipelines for agent solutions; infra-as-code for platform configurations. Documentation and Enablement: Excellent user documentation, playbooks, and facilitation for engineering teams; strong customer orientation and cross-cultural collaboration. At AstraZeneca, we are at the forefront of transforming healthcare through modern science combined with leading digital technology platforms. Our work directly impacts patients by developing life-changing medicines. We empower our teams to innovate continuously in a dynamic environment where you can explore new technologies in hackathons or transform roles forever. With a focus on collaboration across diverse expertise areas within our Technology group, we drive exponential growth by creating new ways of working. Join us to be part of a global company investing in a bold digital strategy to disrupt the entire industry. Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now to join our team! Date Posted 22-Feb-2026 Closing Date 26-Feb-2026 AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements. AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.

Responsibilities

This role involves architecting, implementing, and operating governance and engineering capabilities for enterprise AI agents across platforms like M365 Copilot and Copilot Studio. Key accountabilities include defining technology strategy, owning the agentic AI control library, engineering secure environments, and operationalizing Responsible AI policies.