Vice President, Architecture & AI Platform Innovation (US Remote)

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 procurementand 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 JAGGAERs 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 JAGGAERs 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:
o LLM/SLM orchestration frameworks (LangGraph CrewAI LangChain)
o Multi-agent systems and RAG architectures
o Vector databases (Pinecone embedding pipelines)
MLOps pipelines (CI/CD retraining drift detection)
Scalable API platforms and data engineering (Snowflake OpenSearch)
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms: AWS (SageMaker 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 CDAOs 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 familys 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 employees and more!

Our Values:

At JAGGAER our business is about people. Our products are built on intellectual property but the real differentiator is the teams behind themthe way we collaborate innovate solve problems and deliver for customers. TEAM gives us a common set of expectations for how we work together across products cultures and geographies.

Transparency Openness Builds Trust

Candor strengthens relationships speeds decision-making and ensures problems are solved togetherwith customers teammates and partners.

Entrepreneurial Spirit Own It Drive It Make It

A scrappy customer-obsessed problem-solving mindset is at the cornerstone of both organizational and personal growth

Accountability Thumbs In Not Fingers Out

We take responsibility ourselves before pointing elsewhere

Metrics-Driven Results Outcomes Over Activities

Data and evidence guide our decisions help us course-correct quickly and ensure were delivering real impact

EEO:

JAGGAER is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer supporting workforce diversity. We do not discriminate based upon race ethnicity ancestry religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) marital status caregiver status sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age genetic information military or veteran status mental or physical disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

ACCESSIBILITY:

JAGGAER is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and you think you may require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process please send a request to: All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially as practical and permitted by law.

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