Agent surfaces cut across catalog, policy, payments, and UX—someone must own the system diagram and risk envelope. Title matters less than explicit accountability and staff mix.
Executive snapshot
The Rise of the 'Chief Agent Architect'
Market & strategyOrg design
The move
Cross-surface agent behavior needs a single architectural authority and forum.
The friction
Distributed AI guilds without decision rights ship inconsistent guardrails.
The product verdict
Centralize patterns and decentralize execution with review boards and shared scorecards.
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