SBI Chief AI Officer Recruitment 2026: 6 AI Leadership Posts, Apply by 16 November

State Bank of India has extended the deadline for SBI Chief AI Officer recruitment 2026, covering six senior artificial intelligence posts, to 16 November 2026. A corrigendum dated 4 November 2026 moved the closing date from 9 November 2026. The recruitment, run by the bank's Central Recruitment and Promotion Department under advertisement CRPD/SCO/2026-27/30, covers a General Manager and Chief AI Officer, three Deputy General Managers, and two AI architects. The bank said the corrigendum also revises the qualifications for the General Manager and Deputy General Manager posts and the experience required for two posts, so anyone who read the original advertisement dated 19 October 2026 should check the revised notice before applying.

Read the limits first. The bank said candidates must be Indian citizens, and each candidate may apply for only one of the six posts; if a candidate applies for more than one, only the last valid completed application will be kept and the other fees will be forfeited. The engagement is on a fixed-term contract, not a permanent bank job, and the top post needs more than 15 years of experience, including senior leadership time in artificial intelligence and analytics.

At a glance	Details
Organisation	State Bank of India, Central Recruitment and Promotion Department, Corporate Centre, Mumbai
Advertisement	CRPD/SCO/2026-27/30, dated 19 October 2026; corrigendum dated 4 November 2026
Posts	6 Specialist Cadre Officer posts, one vacancy each, all unreserved
Application window	19 October 2026 to 16 November 2026 (extended from 9 November 2026)
Fee payment last date	16 November 2026
Application fee	Rs. 750 for General, EWS and OBC; nil for SC, ST and PwBD
Eligibility cut-off date	30 September 2026 for age, qualification and experience
Pay	Annual cost-to-company upper range Rs. 160 lakh for the General Manager post, Rs. 120 lakh for Deputy General Manager posts, Rs. 90 lakh for architect posts
Tenure	Fixed-term employment for 3 years, renewable for a further 2 years, up to 5 years in total
Location	Mumbai, or anywhere in India if the bank requires it
Selection	Shortlisting, interview, and cost-to-company negotiation
Application mode	Online only, through the State Bank of India careers portal

SBI Chief AI Officer recruitment 2026: the six posts

The headline post is the General Manager and Chief AI Officer, with one vacancy and an annual cost-to-company upper range of Rs. 160 lakh. The bank said the post holder will lead machine learning, artificial intelligence, natural language processing and parsing tools, design big-data workflow systems including an enterprise AI platform for generative and agentic AI, and oversee an independent model validation team. The three Deputy General Manager posts each carry one vacancy and an upper range of Rs. 120 lakh a year, covering Risk and Operational Analytics, AI Governance and Compliance, and Data Engineering, Model Application Development and AI Operations. The two architect posts each carry one vacancy and an upper range of Rs. 90 lakh a year: the AI Solution Architect and the Enterprise AI Architect, who governs the bank's enterprise AI architecture including its on-premises NVIDIA-based AI platform.

Who can apply for the SBI Chief AI Officer posts

For the General Manager post, the age must be between 40 and 55 years as on 30 September 2026, with a B.E., B.Tech or M.Tech in a computing or electronics branch, or an M.Sc, M.A., M.Stat or MCA. The bank said the post needs more than 15 years of experience in banking, financial services or information technology, including at least 3 years of senior leadership experience in artificial intelligence, analytics, model oversight, governance and business transformation, leading a sizeable team. Individual contributor experience does not count towards those leadership years. For each Deputy General Manager post, the age must be between 35 and 50 years with the same degree list, and more than 10 years of experience including at least 2 years in a senior leadership role in its own area. For the two architect posts, the age must be between 30 and 45 years, with a bachelor's or master's degree in a related discipline and at least 8 years of overall experience including at least 3 years in the relevant architecture work.

The bank said training and teaching experience will not be counted, and candidates serving in government offices, public sector undertakings, nationalised banks or financial institutions must produce a no-objection certificate from their employer at the interview. Candidates against whom there are adverse reports on character and antecedents, or on moral turpitude, are not eligible. The bank said the cost-to-company figure is an upper range and is negotiable, split into 90 per cent fixed pay and 10 per cent variable pay linked to performance. The engagement is for 3 years, renewable for a further 2 years up to 5 years in total.

How to apply for SBI Chief AI Officer recruitment 2026

Start on the State Bank of India careers portal and find the Specialist Cadre Officer recruitment under advertisement CRPD/SCO/2026-27/30. Register online to generate a provisional registration number and password, then fill in the form with educational, professional and personal details. The bank said saved details can be edited up to three times before final submission. Upload the photograph, signature, biodata, resume, identity and age proof, educational and experience certificates, salary slips or Form-16, and the cost-to-company negotiation sheet in the prescribed sizes and formats. Pay the fee online by 16 November 2026: Rs. 750 for General, EWS and OBC candidates and nil for SC, ST and PwBD candidates, and the bank said it is non-refundable. Submit the form, then print the application form and the e-receipt. No hard copy needs to be sent by post.

Selection has three stages. The bank said shortlisting comes first, and meeting the minimum eligibility does not guarantee an interview call. Shortlisted candidates then face an interview carrying 100 marks, and candidates for the General Manager and Deputy General Manager posts must also deliver a 10-minute presentation on their job profile, projects or milestones. The bank said the final merit list follows interview score alone, with ties broken by age in descending order, and cost-to-company negotiation follows at or after the interview. Outstation candidates called for interview will be reimbursed economy-class air fare for the General Manager and Deputy General Manager posts, and up to Rs. 15,000 in total for the architect posts. Apply only through the bank's own careers portal: the bank does not take applications through agents.

What to do next

First, read the corrigendum dated 4 November 2026 in full. Second, pick only one post and check your age, degree and leadership years against 30 September 2026. Third, gather the salary and experience documents early. Readers tracking other bank recruitment may want State Bank of India security officer recruitment for 60 posts, Bank of Baroda Wealth Management Services recruitment for 837 posts, which closes on 24 November 2026, and National Insurance Company apprentice recruitment for 200 posts, which closes on 18 November 2026.

Sources: State Bank of India, advertisement CRPD/SCO/2026-27/30 dated 19 October 2026 and corrigendum dated 4 November 2026, as summarised by FreeJobAlert at https://www.freejobalert.com/articles/sbi-recruitment-2026-gm-chief-ai-officer-dgm-3074384 and by GovtJobsAlert at https://govtjobsalert.in/sbi-sco-ai-officer-recruitment-2026/; applications through the State Bank of India careers portal at https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers/current-openings. The advertisement states the posts, pay, dates, fee, and selection process quoted here; interview dates have not been announced.