Chief Client Architect

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Barcelona, Cataluña, ESP
In-Office
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Enterprise Web • Information Technology • Productivity • Software
Workato helps companies integrate anything and automate everything.
The Role
The Principal Strategic Architect serves as an executive technical advisor, guiding customers on architecture and automation strategies, focusing on AI and enterprise transformation. The role includes overseeing post-sales technical strategy and expanding software adoption.
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About Workato

Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era, redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data, applications, processes, and AI into a single, governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500, Workato’s cloud-native architecture connects every application, data source, and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core, Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more, visit www.workato.com

Why join us?

Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company. 

But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. 

If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also, feel free to check out why:

  • Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”

  • Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

  • Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America

  • Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

Responsibilities 

We are looking for an exceptional Chief Client Architect to join our growing team. In this role, you will be responsible to: 

Executive Advisory & Flagship Account Leadership

  • Serve as the primary executive technical advisor to customer CIOs, CTOs, and senior business stakeholders

  • Own the long-term customer architecture and automation strategy, aligned to business priorities and enterprise standards

  • Lead executive-level discussions on platform adoption, operating models, governance maturity, and technology investment decisions

  • Act as the single point of accountability for post-sales technical strategy and architectural decisions for flagship accounts

AI, Agentic Automation & Enterprise MCP Strategy

  • Shape and guide customers’ AI and agentic automation journeys, leveraging Workato’s AI capabilities and ecosystem

  • Advise on the design and adoption of agent-based workflows, human-in-the-loop models, and decision automation

  • Partner with customer executives to define enterprise MCP (Model Context Platform / orchestration) strategies, including:

    • Context management across applications, data, and workflows

    • Secure orchestration of AI agents and automations

    • Governance, observability, and lifecycle management for AI-driven systems

  • Align AI and agentic initiatives with enterprise security, compliance, and risk requirements

  • Translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, scalable enterprise use cases that drive measurable business outcomes

Expansion, Value Realization & Commercial Impact

  • Drive software expansion, adoption depth, and renewal confidence through strategic advisory and roadmap alignment

  • Identify and shape multi-year expansion opportunities tied to automation, integration, and AI-driven transformation

  • Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success leadership on account strategy, risk mitigation, and executive alignment

  • Track, articulate, and executive-report value realization outcomes linked to Workato adoption

Strategic Consulting & Advisory Delivery

  • Lead high-impact professional services engagements requiring executive-level judgment and architectural depth

  • Apply and evolve Workato advisory methodologies, including GEARS and Embedded Product Guide, across customer environments

  • Guide customers through:

    • Enterprise automation and integration target-state definition

    • Prioritization of integration, automation, and AI use cases

    • Advanced prototyping and accelerator-led delivery

    • Recipe and agent lifecycle management best practices

  • Advise on enterprise operating models that enable scalable automation and AI adoption

Architecture Governance & Decision Authority

  • Define and enforce architecture principles, standards, and guardrails across customer implementations

  • Act as escalation authority for non-standard architectures, AI design exceptions, and complex trade-offs

  • Guide customers on governance models covering integration, automation, and AI agents

  • Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with long-term enterprise architecture objectives

Frameworks, Thought Leadership & Enablement

  • Contribute to the evolution of Workato’s architecture frameworks, AI patterns, and best practices

  • Create reusable executive-level assets such as reference architectures, strategy decks, and white papers

  • Serve as a Workato evangelist, articulating platform value across automation, integration, and AI

  • Mentor and enable Strategic Advisors, Technical Architects, and extended post-sales teams

  • Support partner enablement and delivery excellence across the Workato ecosystem

Requirements Required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

  • 20+ years of technology transformation consulting experience, including integration, middleware, or API management platforms

  • 15+ years in an Enterprise Architect, Digital Architect, or similar senior architecture role

  • Demonstrated 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 through professional services

  • Excellent executive communication skills, including board-level presentations and strategic documentation

  • Ability to operate independently in complex, ambiguous environments and take ownership of outcomes

  • Travel to the client site up to 50%, but may be higher or lower based on prevailing circumstances

Preferred:
  • Master’s (but not required) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, or in a related field. Bachelor’s degrees and those with non-traditional but similar proven experiences may also apply. 

  • Knowledge of key applications such as Salesforce, Netsuite, Workday, ServiceNow, SAP, EBusiness Suite, Databases

  • Knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP

  • Experience having worked in a start-up environment

 

(REQ ID: 2608)

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
  • 20+ years of technology transformation consulting experience
  • 15+ years in an Enterprise Architect or senior architecture role
  • Experience advising C-level executives on technology strategy
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security and governance
  • Proven track record of driving platform expansion and value realization
  • Excellent executive communication skills
  • Ability to operate independently in complex environments
  • Travel to client site up to 50%
  • Master's degree in Computer Science or Business (optional)
  • Knowledge of key applications (Salesforce, Netsuite, etc.)
  • Knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Experience in a start-up environment
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The Company
HQ: Mountain View, CA
650 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 7,000 of the world's top brands like Gitlab, Toast, Broadcom, Intuit, Autodesk, and HubSpot. Leaders use Workato to automate key processes like Order to Cash, Speed to Lead, HR Onboarding and Offboarding and more.

Why Work With Us

Here at Workato, we are a team moved by innovation — a passion to create the best possible way and the drive to continue to make it better. We also believe in the power of our team, knowing that we only succeed if we all succeed together. Our team uses seven operating principles to help us make better decisions, work as a team, and have fun.

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