This is Mid to senior role combining business analysis and solution architecture
• Focused on building an agentic AI chatbot solution on Microsoft Azure
• Primary purpose is to enable conversational access to R&D and formulation data stored in existing relational databases
• Deep engagement with food & beverage consumer packaged goods (CPG) R&D, formulation, and product development teams
• Role emphasizes requirements discovery, scope expansion, and identifying new AI-enabled opportunities beyond initial use cases
• Acts as a bridge between scientific users, business stakeholders, and technical delivery teams
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Key Responsibilities:
"•Proactively lead client communications, interviews, and workshops.
•Engage R&D, formulation, and innovation stakeholders to understand:
oFormulation development and optimization workflows
oPain points in accessing and interpreting data
•Elicit, analyze, and document:
oFunctional and non-functional requirements
oUser stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
•Create, manage, and groom backlog.
•Translate business and scientific needs into:
oClear solution designs and architectural inputs
oBacklog items and delivery-ready requirements
•Lead architecture and design of:
oUIs, UX workflows, paper prototyping, etc.
oAzure-based agentic AI systems
oConversational/chatbot interfaces
oData retrieval from relational data sources
•Collaborate with engineering teams on:
oAI agent orchestration and tool usage
oData integration and access patterns
oSecurity, scalability, and performance considerations
•Proactively identify:
oNew AI use cases within R&D and formulation
oOpportunities to broaden solution scope and value.
•Support roadmap definition from initial data retrieval chatbot to more advanced reasoning, insight generation, and decision support
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What are the Mandatory skills and skill proficiencies required for this position?
"•Business Analysis & Requirements Engineering – 5
•CPG Domain Knowledge (Food & Beverage R&D) – 4
•CPG R&D Workflow Understanding – 3
•Agentic AI Azure Solution Architecture (Azure OpenAI / Foundry / AI Search) – 4
•Communication & Stakeholder Management – 5
•Relational Databases & Data Modeling Concepts – 2/3
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What are the Optional skills and skill proficiencies for this position?
"•Agentic AI / Multi-Agent Systems Architectures – 3
•Conversational AI / NLP Systems – 3
•AI Governance / Responsible AI Concepts – 2
•Consulting or Discovery-Phase Project Experience – 4
•Regulated or Scientific IT Environments – 3