Field CTO: AI Strategy & Enterprise Architecture

Applied Methods Ltd; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 302,000 - 352,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Field CTO (Strategic Pursuits) in San Francisco/remote to bridge customers, GTM teams, and product, guiding complex deals and architecture decisions. You will influence roadmaps with real-world feedback and lead technical strategy discussions with senior stakeholders.

With 15+ years in technical leadership, you will shape enterprise architectures, collaborate across Sales, Technical Success and Product, and help scale AI-driven solutions while representing OpenAI in industry

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in technical leadership roles.
• Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles or working with GTM teams.
• Exposure to AI/ML systems, especially LLMs and applied AI use cases.
• Excellent communication and executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Support complex, high-value deals as a technical and strategic advisor.
• Provide architectural oversight for AI deployments and data pipelines.
• Bridge customer insights to Product and Engineering to influence roadmaps.
• Shape GTM strategies and create scalable reference architectures.

Skills

Executive presence

Technical leadership

Enterprise architecture

Cloud platforms

AI/ML familiarity

GTM collaboration

Tools

LLM integration

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Field CTO (Strategic Pursuits) in San Francisco/remote to bridge customers, GTM teams, and product, guiding complex deals and architecture decisions. You will influence roadmaps with real-world feedback and lead technical strategy discussions with senior stakeholders.

With 15+ years in technical leadership, you will shape enterprise architectures, collaborate across Sales, Technical Success and Product, and help scale AI-driven solutions while representing OpenAI in industry