Chief Strategic Architect

The role

This role is a senior technical advisor to the most important prospects and customers in an assigned region. The work covers AI, agentic automation and enterprise integration strategy, and it is not a sales role.

What you will do

• Engage directly with C-level executives at enterprise accounts to shape integration strategies
• Serve as trusted technical advisor through the customer lifecycle, from first engagement to expansion
• Act as technical closer in competitive deals, including against MuleSoft and Boomi
• Shape customers' AI and agentic automation journeys, including agent-based workflows and governance
• Partner with customer executives on enterprise MCP (Model Context Protocol) strategy
• Lead Art of the Possible workshops and represent Workato at conferences and analyst briefings
• Create thought leadership content such as blogs, white papers, webinars and reference architectures
• Partner with Account Executives and Sales Leadership on account strategy and competitive positioning
• Act as the voice of the customer to Product and Engineering teams
• Educate and enable Sales Engineers, Account Executives and Customer Success teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 20+ years of technology transformation experience, including integration, middleware or API management platforms
• 15+ years in an Enterprise Architect, CTO, VP Engineering or similar senior architecture or leadership role
• Experience advising C-level executives on technology strategy and enterprise transformation
• Strong understanding of enterprise security, governance and operating models
• Proven track record of driving platform expansion and value realization in enterprise accounts
• Excellent executive communication skills, including board-level presentations
• Ability to operate independently in complex, ambiguous environments
• Travel to client sites up to 50%, with flexibility based on regional needs

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business or related field
• Deep knowledge of Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP and Oracle
• Experience with AWS, Azure and GCP
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms and agentic automation frameworks
• Experience in a high-growth startup or scale-up environment
• Established personal brand and thought leadership presence in integration or automation

Before you apply

• This is not a sales role

About the company

Workato is a Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI that unifies data, applications and processes so AI can run business processes at enterprise scale. Its customers include Nasdaq, Amazon, Cisco, Vodafone, Atlassian and Lucid Motors.