AI Knowledge Architect, Cape Town

About the role Reporting to the Director of Gen AI, the AI Knowledge Architect will be Euromonitor’s foremost authority on AI knowledge systems, holding formal sign‑off power over the tools, skills, and integrations that the entire organisation builds on. This newly created role will define best practice from the ground up, establishing the frameworks and canonical skill catalogue that willshape how Euromonitor uses AI for years to come.

What you’ll be doing Knowledge architecture and AI systems (≈25%)

Develop and maintain deep expertise in the agentic entity set underpinning Euromonitor’s AI capabilities, including tool calls, connectors, APIs, MCP (Model Context Protocol), native and custom integrations, and computer and browser use.

Build in‑depth command of system instructions and skills architecture—how skills are invoked directly and indirectly and can be chained into reliable end‑to‑end workflows.

Architect retrieval frameworks that ground AI outputs in verified, properly attributed Euromonitor data, designed to be platform‑ and framework‑agnostic.

Governance, standards, and the AI skill catalogue (≈35%)

Own and maintain Euromonitor’s canonical AI skill catalogue—a quality‑assured library of tools and integrations available across the organisation.

Apply a rigorous strategic value test: every skill must encode a proprietary Euromonitor way of working or draw from Euromonitor‑specific data sources.

Set contribution standards, version control, and deprecation policies—and embed proportionate security standards into the review process in partnership with Information Security.

Organisational AI enablement and culture‑building (≈25%)

Drive the cultural change needed to embed AI capability across all functions, designing the enablement architecture that allows teams at different levels of technical maturity to adopt AI confidently.

Identify, sponsor, and develop AI champions across the business—long‑term carriers of AI culture at Euromonitor.

Deliver proof‑of‑concept reference implementations that demonstrate best practice in design, documentation, and integration.

Cross‑functional collaboration (≈15%)

Serve as the expert voice on AI knowledge quality and system design in product planning, roadmap, and senior leadership forums.

Partner with Product, AI Engineering, and Research to ensure knowledge architecture decisions support Euromonitor’s commercial and product ambitions.

What you’ll bring

Deep practical understanding of how agentic AI platforms and large language models work—including system instruction design, skills architecture, tool calling, RAG, and connector protocols such as MCP.

Hands‑on experience building or architecting AI skills and workflows, with a clear grasp of how skills can be chained for reliable end‑to‑end automation.

Experience curating shared tool libraries or platform standards, with the judgment to distinguish genuinely proprietary capabilities from generic ones.

Confident communication—able to write rigorous technical documentation, exercise formal catalogue authority with peers, and present strategic rationale to senior leadership.

Familiarity with knowledge and metadata management principles, regardless of specific platforms encountered.

Who you are

Energised by building something from scratch in a fast‑moving domain.

See governance as a product of deep expertise, not a constraint on innovation.

Equally comfortable setting an architectural standard and rolling up your sleeves to build a reference implementation.

Track the AI landscape with genuine curiosity—not just how the tools work today, but where they are going.

What you’ll get

The opportunity to step into a brand new role and build something exciting from scratch.

Career growth opportunities as the role evolves significantly.

Be part of a truly global company with regular communication across all of our 16 global offices.

The ability to establish brand new frameworks and be an integral part of Euromonitor’s history.

Benefits

Hybrid working with a choice of core hour schedules.

Competitive salary and generous holiday allowances.

Extensive training and development opportunities across all levels.

Generous social and volunteering benefits, including volunteering days, holiday bonuses, and support for fundraising initiatives.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non‑merit factor.

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