Applied AI Architect, GovernmentActive$234K–$335K

The opportunity

The OpenAI for Government AI Architect team partners with public sector organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with government agencies, public institutions, and partner organizations serving the government to identify…

What you'll do

  • Serve as the primary technical advisor and long-term technical relationship: owner for a named portfolio of public sector customers and pre-sales prospects.

  • Partner with Account Directors on account strategy while owning the technical: account plan, technical milestones, adoption priorities, and expansion opportunities.

  • Lead discovery with agency leaders, mission owners, executives, and technical: teams to identify, qualify, and prioritize use cases tied to meaningful mission and operational outcomes.

  • Develop clear Applied AI Architectures spanning models, applications, data,: integration, identity, security, privacy, governance, evaluation, and deployment.

  • Guide customers through technical evaluations, demonstrations, workshops,: prototypes, and proofs of value, building confidence in both the solution and its path to production.

  • Help customers navigate the security, compliance, governance, and deployment: requirements that shape AI adoption in the public sector.

What they're looking for

  • Maintain a focused use-case portfolio with clear decision criteria,: ownership, blockers, success measures, delivery needs, and adoption plans.
  • Develop trusted relationships and technical champions across CIOs, CTOs,: CISOs, Chief Data and AI Officers, program leaders, engineering teams, and other customer stakeholders.
  • Qualify and coordinate support from Deployment Engineering, implementation,: training and enablement, security, product and domain specialists, partners, and other delivery teams.
  • Remain accountable for technical progress and customer outcomes while: ensuring delivery teams own implementation execution once engaged.