Bijay Kumar
Dublin
Summary
Technology leader with deep expertise in AI-powered product development, data strategy, and enterprise digital transformation.
I bring over a decade of experience enabling large global organisations to adopt advanced AI systems, shape product roadmaps, and execute high-impact GTM strategies.
My work includes leading strategic AI initiatives, launching the new market-facing programmes and delivering scalable AI/ML products that have generated more than $50M in new revenue across acquirer, issuer, and merchant domains.
I excel at aligning AI strategy with commercial objectives, partnering with sales and regional stakeholders, and guiding cross-functional teams through complex transformation. With a strong blend of technical depth and consultative leadership, I help enterprises integrate frontier AI into both internal operations and customer-facing products, ensuring reliability, safety, and measurable business value. Known for operating effectively in fast-paced, high-growth environments, I combine strategic foresight with hands-on execution to drive innovation, build high-performing teams, and unlock new market opportunities across diverse industries.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Transformation Director (As Consultant to be Hired)
The LCFGroup
06.2025 - Current
- Working with the CXO team to drive Fintech transformation in the space of Merchant Cash Advancement (MCA).
- Designing a conversational cash and loan offering product – a merchant chatbot empowered with express approval.
- Leading the Program Agentified OCR solution for an end-to-end workflow – this required modernising document processing (application forms, bank statements) using generative technology such as Claude Sonnet and Gemini Flash.
- Modernising the data platform for next-gen products – enablement of Azure on a Databricks-based data platform.
- Enabling AI Innovation Hub - hiring and mentoring talent core to generative and agentic tech stacks including Claude, Gemini.
- Agentic AI Thought leadership - Strategizing Agentic AI Security and Ops.
Head of Engineering - AI NETWORK AND BRIGHTERION
Mastercard
Dublin, Ireland
01.2024 - 06.2025
- Assisted in defining ai product and technology vision for advanced security solutions.
- Supported innovation initiatives across key channels in collaboration with product teams and regional stakeholders.
- Facilitated go-to-market efforts for major customer solutions, focusing on merchant onboarding and transaction fraud scoring.
- Contributed to deployment of ai-powered network solutions like asp auth optimizer and account intelligence reissuance.
- Collaborated with executive and data science teams on ai strategy for new offerings in dsa and network switch.
VICE PRESIDENT - AI PRODUCT ENGINEERING CO-FOUNDER
Mastercard
Dublin
09.2021 - 02.2024
- Founding engineering co-founder of Mastercard's market-facing AI Network Service programme, spearheading its inception and growth.
- Built and led a high-performing global team of 50+ professionals, including software engineers, data engineers, ML engineers, architects, and technical product managers.
- Led strategic initiatives and global product rollouts powered by strategic GPU-based AI/ML platforms.
- Defined and managed the annual product delivery roadmap, aligning business objectives with technical execution.
- Collaborated closely with Europe, ASIAPAC market stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and adoption of AI-driven solutions.
VICE PRESIDENT - AI/ML PRODUCT OWNER
Mastercard
Dublin
09.2019 - 09.2021
- Assisted in defining and delivering technology roadmap for data science product teams.
- Supported scaling high-impact AI solutions across various departments.
- Contributed to team efforts in deploying AI/ML products that aid in revenue growth and risk management.
HEAD OF ANALYTICS & DATA PRODUCTS
Independent News & Media Group
Dublin
02.2018 - 09.2019
- Supported senior leadership, including chief customer officer and chief information officer, in strategic decision-making.
- Assisted in the execution of multiple roles, such as principal data scientist and data architect, facilitating team leadership and analytics strategy.
- Aided in the development of a personalised content programme to enhance user experiences based on behaviour and preferences.
- Contributed to the architecture and implementation of a secure, scalable serverless data platform on Google Cloud Platform, improving analytics capabilities.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams comprising engineers and data scientists to achieve project objectives.
- Helped design customer analytics blueprint to drive insights into user engagement and support revenue growth.
DATA SCIENCE ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Accenture
Dublin
11.2016 - 02.2018
- Assisted with data science and big data projects within studio solutions by collaborating with CIO teams across finance, sales, marketing, and legal functions.
- Supported the transition from exploratory data science to production-ready solutions by liaising between AI research and enterprise applications.
- Coordinated with a team of six specialists, including data engineers, data scientists, and data visualisation experts to help deliver AI-driven projects successfully.
SENIOR MANAGER PRE SALES
Usha Martin Technology
London
10.2015 - 11.2016
- Responsible for leading end-to-end delivery of advanced analytics initiatives, providing strategic expertise on client engagements, designing analytical roadmaps, managing technical delivery, and ensuring alignment with project cost structures and business goals.
- Directed the adoption and integration of emerging technologies including AI/ML, advanced analytics, and automation to enhance product scalability, capability, and customer experience.
- Spearheaded innovative solutions to optimize discovery, validation, and distribution of user-generated content, improving accuracy and operational efficiency.
- Defined and executed comprehensive product roadmaps, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives, market trends, and evolving customer requirements.
- Utilized data-driven insights and cross-functional feedback loops to guide product development, enhance decision-making, and foster continuous improvement across solutions.
PROGRAM MANAGER (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT) - IOT
L&T Analytics COE
09.2014 - 09.2015
- Assisted teams with presales activities and go-to-market development for analytics solutions in Nordic region.
- Supported over 25 clients by designing and assisting proof of concept/minimum viable product tailored to customer requirements.
- Contributed to establishment of advanced studio featuring big data ingestion, processing, and storage ecosystems for AI use cases and analytics initiatives.
PROGRAM MANAGER - COE -DW & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Infosys
India
09.2013 - 08.2014
- Established and led a BI and Analytics practice to support Sales and Marketing in securing new business opportunities and driving data-driven decision-making.
- Developed and executed big data strategic planning and technology roadmaps, focusing on cutting-edge tools such as Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Cassandra, AWS Cloud, Tableau, R, and social graph analytics.
- Led talent acquisition and mentorship programs to build a high-performing team skilled in advanced analytics and data visualization.
- Created impactful demonstrations, proof of concepts, and prototypes to support pre-sales efforts, serving as a subject matter expert in analytics solutions.
- Managed a diverse solution team of over 100 professionals across Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW), BI, and Analytics, driving a major business transformation initiative.
TECH MANAGER - DW & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
CSC
USA/Switzerland/India
08.2002 - 08.2013
- Directed big data strategic planning, technology road mapping, talent acquisition, and team mentorship to maintain competitive edge in technologies including Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Cassandra, AWS, cloud computing, Tableau, Spotfire (Cloud), R, social graph analytics, and data visualization.
- Developed high-impact demonstrations, proof of concepts, prototypes, and sales enablement assets, serving as a subject matter expert in advanced analytics.
- Led a multidisciplinary solution team of 25+ professionals across Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW), Business Intelligence (BI), and Analytics to drive a major business transformation initiative.
- Represented the Business Intelligence and Business Analytics service function in projects implementing new IT services and business capabilities.
- Developed a middleware layer (eDec) for insurance applications, acting as the primary interface for end users within the insurance customer environment.
Education
B E -
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
India01-2002
Executive Post Graduate Diploma - Artificial intelligence
Indian School of Business
India12.2013
Skills
Technical Skills:
AI, Agentic Systems & MLOps
Generative AI Platforms: Claude, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI
Agentic Tooling: Azure OpenAI, Mosaic AI, Lang Chain, Claude
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
HPC and Distributed Engineering: NVIDIA DGX, Dell PowerEdge R7525 (H100 GPUs)
Competencies:
Enterprise Presales, Solution Strategy & Go‑to‑Market Execution
Digital data strategy and transformation
AI product management
Agentic Ai Security
Innovation facilitation
Client engagement
Industry partnership development
Executive stakeholder management
Accomplishments
- Consistently exceeded expectations at Mastercard
- Top performer for 2024
- YOY growth (2022-2024)of 25%
Citizenship and Work Permit
- EU Citizen
- Authorized to work in Europe including UK
Timeline
Transformation Director (As Consultant to be Hired)
The LCFGroup
06.2025 - Current
Head of Engineering - AI NETWORK AND BRIGHTERION
Mastercard
01.2024 - 06.2025
VICE PRESIDENT - AI PRODUCT ENGINEERING CO-FOUNDER
Mastercard
09.2021 - 02.2024
VICE PRESIDENT - AI/ML PRODUCT OWNER
Mastercard
09.2019 - 09.2021
HEAD OF ANALYTICS & DATA PRODUCTS
Independent News & Media Group
02.2018 - 09.2019
DATA SCIENCE ASSOCIATE MANAGER
Accenture
11.2016 - 02.2018
SENIOR MANAGER PRE SALES
Usha Martin Technology
10.2015 - 11.2016
PROGRAM MANAGER (MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT) - IOT
L&T Analytics COE
09.2014 - 09.2015
PROGRAM MANAGER - COE -DW & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Infosys
09.2013 - 08.2014
TECH MANAGER - DW & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
CSC
08.2002 - 08.2013
B E -
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology
Executive Post Graduate Diploma - Artificial intelligence
Indian School of Business