Vice President, Enterprise Architecture & AI

Location: Carlsbad, CA, us

Company Description

Vuori is re-defining what athletic apparel looks like: built to move and sweat in but designed with a casual aesthetic to transition into everyday life. We draw inspiration from an active coastal California lifestyle; an integration of fitness, creative expression and life. Our high energy fast paced retail environment is reflected in the clothes we make. We aim to inspire others to take on all aspects of their lives with clarity, enthusiasm and purpose…while having a lot of fun along the way. We are proud to be an outlet for opportunity and for personal growth and success.

Job Description

The VP of Enterprise Architecture & AI is a strategic technology leader responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the end-to-end enterprise architecture for the organization. This role reports into the CIO and oversees all architectural domains—business, application, data, integration, and infrastructure—with a specialized focus on AI, intelligent automation, and emerging agentic platforms. 

This executive will shape our multi-year architecture roadmap, ensure technology alignment with business strategy, and guide the adoption of modern architectures that drive scale, resilience, innovation, and operational efficiency. 

What you'll get to do:

• Define and lead the enterprise architecture strategy across all architectural domains. 
• Establish the enterprise blueprint for AI-enabled transformation, agent-based systems, and next-generation automation. 
• Govern standards, patterns, and principles across applications, data, cloud, and integration platforms. 
• Partner with senior leadership to ensure technology architecture supports the technology investments and business priorities. 
• Oversee end-to-end AI architecture, including LLM platforms, model governance, orchestration frameworks, and data pipelines. 
• Develop and maintain the enterprise technology roadmap, ensuring scalability, security, and resilience. 
• Enable cross-functional alignment with engineering, security, data, and product organizations. 
• Govern platform interoperability, API strategy, microservices, and event-driven patterns. 
• Oversee Responsible AI practices, risk frameworks, compliance, and ethical deployment of intelligent systems. 
• Drive architectural rigor in cloud adoption, modernization, and technical debt reduction. 
• Champion innovation by evaluating emerging tech and advising executive leadership. 

Qualifications

Who you are:

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or large-scale systems design. 
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML platforms, LLMs, agent frameworks, and automation technologies.
• 5+ years in a senior architecture or technology executive role. 
• Deep expertise across enterprise architecture domains (application, data, cloud, integration, security). 
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems. 
• Proven success leading architecture teams and governing complex enterprise environments. 
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence at the executive level. 
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field preferred. 

Additional Information

Our investment in you:

At Vuori, we’re proud to offer the following to our employees: 

• Health Insurance 
• Savings and Retirement Plan  
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Generous Vuori Discount & Industry Perks 
• Paid Time Off  
• Wellness & Fitness benefits  

The salary range for this role is $250,000 - $325,000 per year. This role is bonus eligible.

Vuori is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.