Head of AI Architecture

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers. Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere.

About Our Team

Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group (IDG) AI Ecosystem Team is seeking a Head of AI Architecture Innovation to define and deliver the architecture of Lenovo’s next-generation AI ecosystem. We recently introduced Qira, our new cross-device Personal AI that works seamlessly across Lenovo and Motorola products. More information can be found here.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture across the full software development and delivery cycle of AI experiences, spanning cross-device runtimes, hybrid AI execution, orchestration and knowledge frameworks, model runtimes and tuning, platform services, observability, security and Infosec compliance, release and OTA rollouts, partner enablement, and incubation.
• Ensure Lenovo’s AI features are designed for delivery at scale: performant, secure, reliable, observable, and privacy-conscious across millions of devices.
• Guide integration of hybrid model execution across local devices and cloud, with routing, fallback, and policy enforcement.
• Define standards for release engineering, pipelines, governance, and rollback mechanisms.
• Drive cross-team architectural alignment, making pragmatic tradeoffs to keep features shippable.
• Partner with inter-department Infrastructure and Infosec teams to remove bottlenecks and ensure compliance.
• Mentor senior engineers and ICs, raising technical depth and execution focus across the org.
• Ensure the architecture is future-proof and extensible, enabling SDKs, 3P agent integrations, and experimental innovation.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience delivering large-scale, production-grade systems.
• Experience with the full AI stack: experience surfaces, agentic orchestration, knowledge and memory systems, perception, model runtimes, evaluation, and infrastructure.
• Proven track record of shipping AI-driven or distributed software systems at scale.
• Experience architecting cross-device runtimes (Windows + Android) with cloud integration.
• Proven expertise in delivering software with OTA rollouts and preload governance at global scale.
• Expertise in designing complex distributed systems and cloud-native platforms, with broad knowledge across cloud providers (infrastructure, APIs, observability, and deployment).

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem and Azure cloud including architecture, services, and enterprise-scale integration.
• Strong understanding of hybrid AI architectures, including local and cloud inference, model orchestration, and multimodal runtimes.
• Experience guiding globally distributed engineering organizations in agile or scaled agile (SAFe) environments.
• Recognized as a pragmatic software architect who enables engineering teams to deliver, not just design.

Pay

The base salary budgeted range for this position is $230K - $300K. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission.

Benefits

Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.