Vice President, Architecture & AI Platform Innovation; US Remote

Overview

ABOUT JAGGAER: JAGGAER is the global leader in autonomous commerce. Our AI‑first Source‑to‑Pay platform empowers procurement and supply chain leaders to drive innovation, resilience, and enterprise‑wide value. We are building the future of intelligent procurement—and you can be part of that transformation.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
As the Vice President of AI Architecture & Platform Innovation, you will lead a world‑class technical team responsible for pioneering next‑generation AI capabilities across JAGGAER’s platform. You will guide the system engineering, AI research, and architecture team in developing scalable, reusable AI architectural patterns, and agentic platforms. Your leadership will extend beyond engineering to drive high‑level technical and go‑to‑market engagement with strategic partners such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Snowflake.

This role blends deep hands‑on technical excellence with strategic vision, organizational leadership, and executive presence. You will be the primary technical interface to senior customer executives and platform partners, ensuring AI innovations are tightly aligned with business value and enterprise integration requirements.

Strategic Leadership & AI Platform Innovation

• Lead the design, prototyping, and evolution of the core AI architecture (LLM platforms, multi‑agent systems, vector, and orchestration capabilities).
• Define and evangelize JAGGAER’s AI platform strategy and reusable architectural patterns.
• Establish roadmap alignment with CDAO, Product, internal delivery and support stakeholders, and go‑to‑market leadership.

Team Leadership & Execution

• Manage and mentor a senior team including AI architects, full stack, and data scientists.
• Foster a high‑performance culture of innovation, accountability, and experimentation.
• Scale early R&D into hardened, enterprise‑grade platform components used across JAGGAER products enabling the broader team to deliver AI value.

Partner and Customer Engagement

• Serve as executive technical counterpart to Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud, and other AI/ML partners.
• Lead technical briefings and co‑innovation initiatives with strategic customers.
• Translate external trends and feedback into platform and architecture strategy.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Interface with product and engineering teams to embed platform components into the product roadmap.
• Partner with CISO, Legal, Compliance, and Cloud Operations to ensure architecture meets AI governance, privacy, and security standards (e.g., GDPR, SOC2, ISO 42001).
• Collaborate and lead across global teams in a matrixed structure.

• 15+ years in software architecture, platform engineering, or applied AI systems, including 5+ years in executive or senior director roles.
• Proven experience delivering cloud‑native, ML/AI‑driven platforms in enterprise SaaS environments.
• Deep technical expertise in at least three of the following:
  • LLM/SLM orchestration frameworks (Lang Graph, CrewAI, Lang Chain)
  • Multi‑agent systems and RAG architectures
  • Vector databases (Pinecone, embedding pipelines)
  • MLOps pipelines (CI/CD, retraining, drift detection)
  • Scalable API platforms and data engineering (Snowflake, Open Search)
  • Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms: AWS (Sage Maker, Bedrock) and/or GCP
• Strong record of collaboration with external partners (AWS, GCP, Snowflake) and enterprise customers.
• Executive presence with strong communication skills, able to interface with C‑level leaders.

Why JAGGAER?

• Work directly with the CDAO’s innovation team to shape the future of enterprise AI.
• Influence platform direction from an early stage across all JAGGAER products.
• Collaborate with world‑class talent in a fast‑paced, impact‑driven culture.
• Purpose‑driven work and competitive compensation.

What We Offer:

• At JAGGAER, we are committed to supporting you and your family’s well‑being. Your health is a priority, and we offer a range of programs to help you stay well and thrive. Our benefits include exceptional medical, dental & vision plans, adoption assistance, wellness reimbursements, generous parental leave, 401(k) matching, flexible work options, unlimited vacation for exempt…