Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Frontier-model providers sit at a distinctive point in the SaaS ecosystem, where the “product” is both a platform and a fast-evolving set of capabilities that customers embed into their own applications. A Head of Solutions Architecture role in this context matters because it shapes how an AI platform is translated into real deployments across diverse enterprise environments, influencing adoption patterns, reference architectures, and the technical story that supports commercial outcomes.
For a SaaS career, this kind of position builds durable leverage at the intersection of product, go to market, and customer engineering. The work naturally develops skill in mapping platform primitives to business workflows, navigating security and scalability considerations, and creating repeatable engagement patterns that can be scaled through a team. Experience here tends to transfer well across platform SaaS categories where technical credibility drives pipeline and retention.
This role best fits a leader who enjoys operating as a multiplier: setting standards, coaching senior technical sellers, and staying close to critical deals without owning every detail. It will suit someone motivated by ambiguity in emerging product surfaces and comfortable balancing executive communication with hands-on architectural judgment in customer-facing settings.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Who are we?
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.
Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.
Join us on our mission and shape the future!
As the Head of Solutions Architecture at Cohere, you will be the strategic leader responsible for leading a global team of Solutions Architects. In this role you will drive sales and revenue growth by designing and delivering cutting-edge AI solutions that meet the needs of enterprise customers worldwide. This role is pivotal in shaping Cohere’s technical narrative, ensuring our solutions align with customer requirements, and directly contributing to the company’s bottom line. In this leadership role you will be both a visionary architect and a results-driven sales leader, bridging the gap between technical innovation and business outcomes.
In this role, you will:
Drive Revenue Growth: Lead the development and execution of technical sales strategies that directly contribute to revenue targets and market expansion.
Scale the Team: Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing global solutions architecture team, ensuring they are equipped to win deals and deliver value to customers.
Own the Sales Pipeline: Partner with the sales team to identify, pursue, and close high-value opportunities, serving as the technical expert and trusted advisor to customers.
Design Winning Solutions: Architect scalable, secure, and customizable AI solutions that address complex enterprise challenges and differentiate Cohere in the market.
Shape Product Development: Collaborate closely with the product team to ensure Cohere’s platform evolves to meet customer needs and drives competitive advantage.
Establish Best Practices: Define and implement industry-leading best practices for agentic AI, model customization, and enterprise deployment, ensuring Cohere remains at the forefront of innovation.
Optimize Sales Processes: Streamline technical sales processes, from proposal development to customer onboarding, to maximize efficiency and win rates.
Key Responsibilities:
Architect and deliver end-to-end AI solutions. Design scalable, secure, and customizable NLP and generative AI solutions tailored to complex enterprise workflows.
Lead the team and technical engagements with C-suite executives and stakeholders, including workshops, deep dives, and solution presentations.
Oversee the deployment and integration of LLMs and custom solutions into production environments, ensuring high performance, security, and scalability.
Mentor and guide the solutions architecture team, fostering technical excellence and sales leadership skills.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless alignment between customer needs, product development, and technical execution.
Identify and cultivate technical champions within customer organizations to drive adoption and gather actionable feedback.
Partner with the sales leadership team to develop and execute global sales strategies, including technical enablement and customer onboarding.
Track and report on key sales metrics, including pipeline health, win rates, and revenue contribution.
What We’re Looking For:
Experience: 10+ years of experience in AI/ML solution architecture, with a proven track record of leading large-scale enterprise projects and teams.
Sales Engineering Leadership: 10+ years of experience leading sales engineering teams, with a focus on driving revenue growth and managing global sales efforts.
Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of agentic AI, model customization, and enterprise deployment.
Revenue Focus: Demonstrated ability to translate technical solutions into business value and directly contribute to revenue targets.
Leadership Skills: Proven ability to build, mentor, and scale high-performing technical teams in a fast-paced, global environment.
Strategic Thinking: Strong ability to align technical solutions with business objectives and drive innovation.
Communication Skills: Exceptional ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and executive audiences.
Enterprise Focus: Experience designing and deploying AI solutions for large enterprises, with a focus on scalability, security, and customization.
Global Perspective: Proven experience managing cross-regional teams and adapting strategies to diverse markets.
Preferred Qualifications:
Background in building and managing scalable AI/ML ecosystems, including multi-cloud deployment strategies.
Familiarity with security standards for deploying agent-based AI solutions, including data privacy, model safety, and access controls.
Experience working in a startup-like context with a track record of driving rapid growth and innovation.
Knowledge of agent orchestration frameworks like Cohere North and experience deploying custom agents to production.
Experience with CRM and sales enablement tools (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot) and technical sales methodologies.
Track record of exceeding sales targets and delivering measurable revenue growth.
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.
Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:
🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment
🧑💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)
