Procurement Magazine January 2026 Issue 49 | Page 41

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Lance Younger – EVP, EMEA GM and global alliances, ORO Labs – Amazon business reshape – Seattle 2025
Amid the rise of agentic AI,‘ agent architect’ is set to emerge as a critical new role in AI-enabled enterprises. Yuan Tung, Co-Founder and CTO at ORO Labs, contends that these specialists“ understand both business logic and model behaviour,” acting as the bridge between process design and AI orchestration. As manual, tactical roles decline or disappear altogether – especially those tied to repetitive review and data entry – the remaining skillsets will, according to Yuan, be“ analytical, adaptive and cross-functional”. Agent architects will become essential hires for organisations industrialising AI at scale across complex global operations and highly-regulated industries. procurementmag. com 41