Field CTO, North America

<p><strong>Field CTO, North America</strong></p><p>Join the AI Revolution at Gravitee</p><p><br></p><p>Since our beginnings in 2015, Gravitee has grown into a global force, recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for API Management. Today, we are helping enterprises govern not only APIs and event streams, but also the next generation of AI management.</p><p><br></p><p>As organizations rapidly adopt AI and agentic architectures, Gravitee is uniquely positioned to provide the governance, security, observability, and control required to operate these systems at enterprise scale.</p><p><br></p><p>We are looking for a Field CTO to help lead that transformation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Executive Technical Leadership</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as Gravitee's senior technical authority during strategic customer engagements.A dvise CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, and AI leaders on modernization strategies, platform architecture, and governance models.</li><li>Participate in executive briefings, architecture reviews, workshops, and customer strategy sessions.</li><li>Build credibility with technical and business stakeholders alike<strong>.</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>AI & Agent Architecture Leadership</strong></p><ul><li>Guide customers through the design and governance of enterprise AI initiatives.</li><li>Advise on architectures involving AI agents, MCP servers, A2A protocols, LLM gateways, AI security, and agent governance.</li><li>Develop reference architectures and best practices for enterprise AI adoption.</li><li>Help customers operationalize AI safely through observability, access control, governance, and policy enforcement<strong>.</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>API & Event Architecture Expertise</strong></p><ul><li>Act as Gravitee's subject matter expert across API management, event-driven architecture, integration patterns, and distributed systems.</li><li>Provide architectural guidance for hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premise environments.</li><li>Advise customers on modernization initiatives involving APIs, event streaming, asynchronous architectures, and platform engineering<strong>.</strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Strategic Deal EngagementSupport </strong></p><ul><li>Gravitee's largest and most strategic opportunities and customers.Lead executive technical discussions and architecture reviews.</li><li>Build confidence in Gravitee's technical vision and long-term roadmap.Assist sales and customer teams in navigating complex enterprise buying cycles.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Thought Leadership & Market</strong></p><ul><li>PresenceEstablish Gravitee as a recognized leader in APIs, event-driven architecture, AI governance, and agent management.</li><li>Publish articles, whitepapers, technical blogs, videos, and architectural content.</li><li>Speak at industry conferences, customer events, webinars, podcasts, and executive forums.</li><li>Represent Gravitee within analyst discussions and industry communities.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Product & Market</strong></p><ul><li>InfluenceGather market intelligence from customers, prospects, partners, and industry leaders.</li><li>Provide structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering.</li><li>Influence product strategy, roadmap priorities, and emerging technology investments.</li><li>Help identify future market opportunities and competitive differentiators.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Required Experience</strong></p><ul><li>10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, software architecture, platform engineering, API management, integration technologies, or related technical leadership roles.</li><li>Deep expertise in API management, API security, API governance, and distributed systems.</li><li>Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise integration and event-driven architectures.</li><li>Demonstrated experience with AI architectures, including LLMs, AI agents, agent orchestration, MCP servers, AI gateways, and AI governance frameworks.</li><li>Experience engaging directly with executive stakeholders, including CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, and engineering leadership.</li><li>Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and business audiences.</li><li>Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles and strategic customer engagements.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Preferred Experience</strong></p><ul><li>Experience with cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.</li><li>Experience with Kubernetes, service mesh technologies, and platform engineering practices.</li><li>Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks, MCP, A2A protocols, and emerging AI standards.</li><li>Prior experience at an API management, integration, observability, cloud infrastructure, security, or AI platform company.</li><li>Existing presence within the developer, architecture, or AI communities through speaking engagements, publications, podcasts, or industry contributions.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>What Success Looks Like</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Within your first 12 months, you will:</p><ul><li>Become Gravitee's most trusted technical advisor for strategic enterprise accounts.</li><li>Influence the successful closure of key enterprise opportunities.</li><li>Establish Gravitee as a recognized voice in AI governance and agent management.</li><li>Deliver thought leadership content that expands Gravitee's market visibility.</li><li>Help shape the future direction of Gravitee's API, event, and AI platforms.</li><li>Build strong relationships with customers, partners, analysts, and industry leaders.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p><ul><li>Equal parts architect, strategist, and storyteller.</li><li>Comfortably engaging a room of developers, architects, executives, or board members.</li><li>Passionate about emerging technology and where APIs, events, and AI are converging.</li><li>Curious, hands-on, and continuously learning.</li><li>Able to translate technical complexity into business value.</li><li>Energized by customer interaction, public speaking, and influencing the future of technology.</li></ul>