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OpenAI

Manager, Applied AI Architects

Tokyo · GTM · Sales · BD

Company
Helps companies bring AI into real work and products through ChatGPT and its API.
Role
Leads the AI architect team that covers large customers in Japan.

What you will do

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Responsibilities

  • Hire and coach the Applied AI Architect team to build strong technical capability.
  • Define and continuously refine the Applied AI Architecture strategy and operating model for Japan.
  • Work with sales leadership to prioritize accounts and allocate technical resources.
  • Ensure team members serve as the primary technical advisors for their accounts, owning account plans and adoption progress.
  • Build trusted relationships with executive-level stakeholders and step in as an executive technical sponsor when needed.
  • Mobilize deployment, engineering, research, security, and legal teams to clear blockers and deliver a smooth customer experience.

What you need

  • Have deep technical understanding of modern AI systems, frontier models, agentic applications, and cloud architecture.
  • Have 10 or more years working in customer-facing technical positions, for example technical account leadership, solutions engineering, or solutions architecture.
  • Have 4+ years of management experience hiring and coaching customer-facing technical teams.
  • Have outstanding presentation and communication skills that build credibility with CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, and boards.
  • Be able to lead across Japan from Tokyo, adapting your approach to different industries, cultures, and regulatory environments.

Good to have

  • Having guided large organizations from technical evaluation through production adoption and steady usage is a plus.
  • Strong architectural judgment on when to go deep personally, delegate to the team, or bring in specialists is a plus.
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