Account CTO - Atlanta

Infosys•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Account CTO will serve as an Architecture Principal in Infosys’ Strategic Technology Group (STG), leading enterprise-wide digital transformation and architecture initiatives for large accounts. The role partners with client business and technology stakeholders to elicit requirements, align architecture with current and future business needs, evaluate existing environments, and define integrated, scalable, secure solutions and transformation roadmaps. It advises client and technical teams, guides architecture and implementation quality, manages technology risks, and supports modernization and performance optimization. The position requires strategic relationships with client CXOs and other technology ecosystem partners, along with the ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions, lead architects on large programs, and resolve high-risk technical challenges. The Account CTO also contributes reusable frameworks, reference architectures, solution blueprints, go-to-market materials, industry publications, and thought leadership. The role sits within Infosys’ STG, a unit for senior technologists working on complex technology challenges across software development, cloud-native architecture, enterprise platforms, data engineering, and emerging technologies including generative and agentic AI. STG emphasizes technical depth, architectural judgment, hands-on leadership, mentoring, innovation, and continuous upskilling. A bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution is required; three years of progressive experience in the specialty may be considered in lieu of each year of education. The position may require relocation and/or travel to the work or project location. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship; Infosys cannot provide immigration sponsorship for this role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution; three years of progressive specialty experience may be substituted for each year of education.
Experience leading and delivering enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives at company level for large accounts.
Experience building strategic relationships with client CXOs and external technology ecosystem partners.
Experience serving as a trusted CXO partner, aligning and influencing architecture and engineering decisions to business objectives.
Experience defining reusable transformation frameworks, reference architectures, and solution blueprints adopted across multiple engagements.
Experience defining and implementing population-scale platform architecture and strategic platform foundations.
Experience authoring design blueprints aligned with functional and non-functional goals.
Experience driving adoption and operationalization of emerging or evolving technologies.
Experience with Lean or Agile development methodologies.
Experience in digital and AI-first architecture, including enterprise application integration, next-generation UI/UX, APIs and microservices, cloud, and agentic AI implementation.
Previous experience as a Chief Architect or Digital Architecture Lead, with the ability to deliver detailed technical solutions, architecture, and integration.
Experience personally leading a team of architects on large programs and providing detailed solution and implementation guidance.
Broad technology knowledge spanning enterprise platforms and integration, UI stacks, REST and Node-based containerization, functional programming architecture, analytics, cloud, and security, with depth in one or more areas.
Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman, with practical application of one or more frameworks.
Ability to drive execution across stakeholders, resolve high-risk technical challenges, and build critical components.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship; Infosys is unable to provide sponsorship for this role.
The role may require relocation and/or travel to the work or project location.

Nice To Haves

High-level business and process understanding in one or more industries.
Successful personal leadership and delivery of one or more digital transformation programs exceeding $10 million, with tangible business outcomes.
Strong communication and articulation skills, with the ability to adjust abstraction and detail for CXOs, middle management, and developers.
Ability to produce rough-order-of-magnitude estimates and costing to determine high-level total cost of ownership for large programs.
Deep technology expertise in one or more areas such as digital or mobility, customer/user experience, APIs and microservices, search, content management, digital asset management, commerce, CRM, order management, analytics, cloud, or SaaS/PaaS platforms.
Ability to conduct in-depth technical discussions with subject matter experts.
Ability to review detailed designs, code, configuration, and data models and provide specific feedback to architects and developers.
Understanding and exposure to products and platforms relevant to digital transformation.
Understanding of leading open-source technologies, frameworks, and tools.
Understanding of leading NoSQL databases.
Ability to work on cross-cultural teams and support multiple time zones when necessary.
Experience and interest in working in a global delivery environment.

Responsibilities

Partner with business stakeholders and oversee requirements elicitation to align requirements with current and prospective market demands.
Drive scalable, secure architectural designs that comply with standards, incorporate appropriate security measures, and integrate with existing systems.
Lead solution evaluation, assess client landscapes, recommend integrated and future-ready solutions, and communicate strategic transformation roadmaps to client stakeholders.
Create architecture integration roadmaps with short-, medium-, and long-term milestones aligned with technology and business goals and system risks.
Define strategies for large-scale transitions, modernization initiatives, and enterprise-wide digital transformation programs.
Advise technical teams and client stakeholders; build client relationships, assess team-obtained feedback, and recommend follow-up actions.
Drive enterprise architecture performance optimization and identify technology risks and mitigation strategies.
Oversee creation and dissemination of critical technical knowledge.
Contribute specialized methodologies and architectural solutions to proposals and go-to-market materials in collaboration with sales teams.
Represent the organization at industry forums and contribute to professional publications.
Build strategic relationships with client CXOs, technology partners, hyperscalers, startups, academia, and industry ecosystems.
Influence client architectural and engineering decisions by aligning them with business objectives.
Define reusable transformation frameworks, reference architectures, solution blueprints, and platform foundations for use across engagements.
Author design blueprints aligned to functional and non-functional goals, and drive adoption and operationalization of emerging technologies.
Convert innovation roadmaps into modernization program charters and platform capabilities that strengthen competitive positioning and organizational transformation.
Lead teams of architects on large programs, provide detailed technical and implementation guidance, and ensure technical quality.
Drive execution across stakeholders, resolve high-risk technical challenges, and build critical components.
Develop go-to-market offerings and associated artifacts and collateral for productized solutions.
Demonstrate thought leadership through publications, patents, intellectual property, industry forums, analyst meetings, partner events, and client engagements.
Mentor teams and influence technical best practices across programs.