Applied AI Architect, OpenAI for Government

vibehackers; München; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

vibehackers is seeking a Senior Applied AI Architect (OpenAI for Government) to lead technical strategy and adoption for public sector customers. Youll shape AI roadmaps, coordinate security and governance, and drive production deployment across ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI API, and Codex.

This role is based in Munich or London with a hybrid model (3 days in the office). Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in customer-facing technical roles such as solutions architecture or technical account leadership.
• Proven track record guiding organizations from technical evaluation to production adoption with measurable impact.
• Experience with government agencies or public sector procurement, security, and governance considerations.
• Strong software and cloud architecture foundations, including APIs, distributed systems, and data integration.
• Understanding of modern AI systems, frontier models, and enterprise AI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor and owner for a portfolio of public sector customers.
• Own technical account plans, milestones, adoption priorities, and expansion opportunities.
• Lead discovery with agency leaders to identify use cases tied to mission outcomes.
• Develop Applied AI Architectures covering models, data, integration, security, and governance.
• Coordinate specialists across deployment engineering, security, product, and partners.
• Track adoption, production readiness, and measurable mission impact; mitigate risks.

Skills

Solutions Architecture

Technical Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Cloud Architecture

Security & Compliance

Data Integration

Identity Management

Governance

Model Evaluation

APIs/SDKs

Cross-functional Collaboration

Public Sector Expertise

Job description

Applied AI Architect, OpenAI for Government

About the Role

Senior technical role partnering with public sector customers to design, evaluate, and deploy OpenAI models and agentic AI solutions into production. Own technical account plans across ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, and Codex, guiding customers from discovery through adoption while coordinating security, compliance, and delivery teams.

Job Description

Role

The Applied AI Architect (OpenAI for Government) is the senior technical owner for a portfolio of public sector customers. You will shape customers’ AI strategies, translate mission priorities into adoption roadmaps, and remain accountable for technical outcomes across ChatGPT Enterprise, the OpenAI API, Codex, and other agentic AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 to own the technical account plan, milestones, adoption priorities, and expansion opportunities.
• Lead discovery with agency leaders, mission owners, executives, and technical teams to identify and prioritize use cases tied to mission and operational outcomes.
• Develop Applied AI Architectures covering models, applications, data, integration, identity, security, privacy, governance, evaluation, and deployment.
• Guide technical evaluations, demonstrations, workshops, prototypes, and proofs of value to build confidence in solutions and paths to production.
• Help customers navigate security, compliance, governance, and deployment requirements specific to the public sector.
• Maintain a focused use-case portfolio with decision criteria, ownership, blockers, success measures, delivery needs, and adoption plans.
• Coordinate specialists across deployment engineering, implementation, enablement, security, product, and partners; remain accountable for technical progress and outcomes.
• Track adoption, usage, account health, production readiness, and measurable mission impact; intervene early to mitigate risks.
• Share field insights with Product, Engineering, and Research to improve products, architecture guidance, and reusable practices.

Requirements

• Significant experience in customer-facing technical roles such as solutions architecture, solutions engineering, technical account leadership, AI deployment, or technical customer success.
• Proven track record guiding organizations from technical evaluation to production adoption with measurable impact.
• Experience working with government agencies, public institutions, or government contractors, and familiarity with procurement, security, compliance, and governance considerations.
• Strong software and cloud architecture foundations, including APIs, distributed systems, data integration, identity, security, and privacy.
• Understanding of modern AI systems, frontier models, agentic applications, model evaluation, retrieval, and enterprise AI workflows.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to build credibility with senior technical and government leaders and work effectively with engineers and program teams.
• Experience developing technical account plans, prioritizing complex customer portfolios, and connecting adoption to measurable outcomes.
• Public sector or relevant mission expertise is strongly preferred.

Location & Work Model

• This role is based in Munich or London and uses a hybrid work model: three days in the office per week.
• Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.

Notes

• The role requires cross-functional collaboration across Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, Security, Global Affairs, and specialist delivery teams.

Skills

Solutions Architecture Technical Strategy Customer-facing Technical Leadership Stakeholder Management Communication Cloud Architecture Security & Compliance Data Integration Identity Management Governance Model Evaluation Prototyping APIs/SDKs Proficiency Program/Account Management Cross-functional Collaboration Public Sector Expertise

Experience Level

Senior

Employment Type

FullTime

• Hybrid work (3 days in office per week)