Manager, Applied AI ArchitectsActive

The opportunity

The Applied AI Architect team partners with organizations to turn OpenAI's most capable models into meaningful, real-world impact. We work with customers across industries to identify where AI can create value, design secure and scalable solutions, and help those solutions move…

What you'll do

  • Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Applied AI Architects,: creating an environment of technical excellence, sound judgment, continuous learning, accountability, and strong customer stewardship.

  • Define and continuously refine the strategy and operating model for Applied: AI Architecture across Europe, aligning company priorities with the evolving needs of strategic customers and the regional go-to-market.

  • Partner with Sales leadership and Account Directors to prioritize accounts: and opportunities, allocate technical resources effectively, and establish clear technical strategies for the region's most consequential engagements.

  • Ensure Applied AI Architects serve as the primary technical advisors for: their portfolios, owning technical account plans, technical milestones, adoption priorities, account health, and expansion opportunities.

  • Lead complex, multi-threaded customer journeys that connect executive vision: and business outcomes with use-case qualification, solution evaluation, enterprise governance, and a credible path to production.

  • Coach the team on Applied AI architectures spanning models, applications,: data, integration, identity, security, privacy, governance, evaluation, reliability, and deployment.

What they're looking for

  • Build trusted relationships with C-suite and board-level stakeholders, as: well as senior AI, technology, data, security, and engineering leaders, serving as an executive technical sponsor when needed.
  • Mobilize Deployment Engineering, implementation, enablement, Product,: Engineering, Research, Security, Legal, Privacy, partners, and other specialists to remove blockers and deliver a cohesive customer experience.
  • Establish a rigorous view of portfolio health, including technical wins,: qualified use cases, production readiness, adoption, usage, risks, measurable customer impact, and the technical contribution to growth.
  • Translate patterns from the field into actionable feedback for Product,: Engineering, Research, and go-to-market teams, while developing reusable architecture guidance and customer practices.