Forward Deployed Architect

The role

You will partner with customers to design, build, and launch AI-native workflows on the Notion platform. You will translate business goals into scalable Notion architectures and implement AI-driven solutions.

What you will do

• Partner with customers on forward deployed engagements from discovery through launch.
• Design scalable Notion architectures for workflows, permissions, governance, and AI use cases.
• Design and deploy AI-native workflows using Notion AI, custom agents, automations, and Workers.
• Help customers navigate change through adoption plans and enablement materials.
• Identify repeatable patterns to create packaged solutions, templates, and reference architectures.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to customers by simplifying complex technical requirements.
• Partner cross-functionally with GTM, Product, Engineering, and PMM teams.
• Create implementation plans, handoff materials, and success measures.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in tech services/consulting, solutions architecture, implementation, customer engineering, or a similar customer-facing role.
• Ability to translate ambiguous customer goals into clear workflows and solution architectures.
• Strong consultative discovery skills.
• Hands-on AI builder mindset with experience using AI tools to design or automate workflows.
• Technical fluency with APIs, integrations, data models, automation, and enterprise systems.
• Experience delivering implementations that drive adoption and change management.
• Strong project and engagement management skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication.
• Strong executive presence and customer judgment.
• Bias toward action and high learning velocity.
• Written and spoken Japanese fluency.

Nice to have

• Experience designing or deploying Agents, automations or AI-powered workflows with Customers.
• Experience with Notion, APIs, MCPs, Workers, coding agents or developer platform workflows.
• Experience developing discovery methodologies, reusable delivery assets, or reference architectures.
• Experience partnering with Product and Engineering teams to turn field learnings into roadmap signal.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced, high-growth technology environment.
• Business level English proficiency.
• Experience working with Japanese enterprise customers or familiarity with Japan market dynamics.

About the company

Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion.