Head of AI Architecture & Innovation - REMOTE

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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:

What You'll Do

  • 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.
Basic Qualifications
  • 15+ years of software engineering and architecture experience delivering large-scale, production-grade systems
Preferred Qualifications
  • 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).
  • Deep expertise in the Microsoft ecosystem and Azure cloud including architecture, services, and enterprise-scale integration.
  • Strong knowledge of 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.
  • 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.
The base salary budgeted range for this position is $230K - $300K. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on

In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is March 1, 2026. This applies to both external and internal candidates.

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