Director, Forward Deployed AI Architecture

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

Join our “DevOps for Content” revolution as we partner with global brands and agencies to transform their end-to-end creative workflows – from ideation to activation – to deliver AI-powered content services with speed, scale, and governance. We are inventing new applications and platforms to unlock the GenAI-powered Content Supply Chain.

As the Director, Forward Deployed AI Architecture, you will lead and scale a best-in-class, Forward Deployed AI Architecture team, recruiting exceptional talent, defining architectural standards, and forging tight alignment with Product and Engineering. You will be instrumental in leading your team in translating innovative AI research into real-world use cases to unlock the capabilities of both first-party and third-party models, Adobe Firefly, GenStudio for Performance Marketing, and future products.

This role requires deep technical and architectural expertise, the ability to lead enterprise clients and translate pioneering AI research into real-world impact. If you thrive in entrepreneurial environments and relish owning both technical vision and customer outcomes, this role is for you!

What You’ll Do

• Build & Develop a High-Performing Architect Team: Recruit, onboard, and mentor Forward-Deployed Architects (FDAs) with diverse technical backgrounds, including software engineering, machine learning, and systems architecture.
• Set Technical Vision & Standards: Define modular patterns, reusable frameworks, and architecture playbooks that drive consistency, scalability, and speed across all engagements.
• Define the Creative & Product CI/CD Vision: Chart the vision of a fully automated CI/CD pipeline for creative automation for our customers as well as a continuous product feedback loop.
• Champion Executive Engagement: Serve as executive sponsor on strategic accounts, ensuring our solutions solve the right problems and deliver measurable business value.
• Oversee Solution Delivery: Guide FDAs in designing, prototyping, and deploying enterprise-grade GenAI applications—balancing innovation with reusable assets and scalable patterns.
• Collaboration with Core Teams: Partner with Adobe Product, Engineering, and Research to define the overall framework and governance of how the Forward Deployed organization will influence roadmaps, co-develop integrations, and deploy new features.
• Measure & Optimize Impact: Track team KPIs—time-to-value, technical reusability, and customer success metrics—and iterate on processes for continuous improvement.

What You Bring

• Seasoned Leader: 12+ years in solution architecture or technical consulting, including 5+ years managing and scaling high-performance teams in enterprise AI.
• GenAI Mastery: Deep technical knowledge and extensive hands-on experience with modern AI technologies, including: Large Language Models (LLMs) – OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, Mistral, etc. || Diffusion models (Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, DALL·E, Midjourney) || Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS), and semantic search || Fine-tuning, prompt engineering, and model optimization || AI agent frameworks (AutoGen, LangChain, LlamaIndex) || Multimodal AI (text, image, video, audio processing)
• Cloud & DevOps Mastery: Deep technical knowledge and extensive hands-on experience with core services (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation) and AI/ML tools (SageMaker, Bedrock) || Azure: Experience with compute (VMs, Functions), storage (Blob), and AI services (Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services) || Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, and serverless deployments || CI/CD & IaC: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Terraform, or equivalent || Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, or similar
• Architectural Mastery: Proven track record designing and delivering large-scale, enterprise-grade AI solutions—especially in content supply chain or marketing automation.
• Adobe Platform Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of A