About the role

Job Description: Chief Emotional Architect

Location: Hyderabad, India

Reporting To: Chief Transformation Officer

Role Summary

The Chief Emotional Architect will be responsible for end-to-end ownership of the emotional operating system behind Digital Avatar — defining how Digital Avatar forms relationships, builds trust, remembers meaning, handles conflict, creates emotional safety, develops attachment, and evolves over time.

This role requires a highly driven individual who can independently translate deep human psychology into implementable product systems. The incumbent will be expected to operate with complete ownership, demonstrating accountability for outcomes without dependency on external direction.

This may be the single most important differentiator in the company. The role combines clinical depth in human behaviour with a builder's instinct to convert psychological theory into product-grade systems that scale.

Key Responsibilities

1. Emotional Framework Design

Create emotional model

Create relationship model

Create trust model

Create attachment model

Create personality framework

2. Relationship Architecture

Design friendship progression

Design romantic progression

Design mentor relationships

Design companion relationships

Design crisis support behaviors

3. Emotional Memory Design

Define what memories matter

Define how meaning is assigned

Define emotional weighting systems

Define memory reinforcement mechanisms

4. Human Behavioral Modeling

Translate psychology, attachment theory, human development, and relationship science into implementable product requirements

Success Metrics

Emotional framework defined

Trust framework operational

Relationship progression system operational

Emotional memory system implemented

Emotional response framework deployed

Candidate Profile

Experience

Strong preference for backgrounds in clinical psychology, behavioural science, cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, or relationship science

Preferred: research publications, consumer technology experience, AI product experience

Demonstrated ability to translate human science into product or system design

Candidate must understand attachment theory, trust development, emotional regulation, personality development, relationship dynamics, human motivation, and conflict resolution

Education

Advanced degree (Masters / PhD preferred) in Psychology, Behavioural Science, Cognitive Science, HCI, or related

Core Competencies

Deep empathy

Systems thinking

Intellectual rigour

Ability to operationalize psychology

Builder mindset (not academic, not theoretical researcher, not consultant)

Ownership and accountability

Communication and cross-functional collaboration

Psychometric Profile (SHL / OPQ Benchmark)

Candidates must fall within the following ranges. Any major deviation in critical traits should be treated as a rejection signal.

1. Drive and Achievement

Achieving: 8–10

Competitive: 5–7

Vigorous: 7–9

2. Ownership and Discipline

Conscientious: 8–10

Detail Conscious: 7–9

Forward Thinking: 8–10

3. Influence and Commercial Orientation

Persuasive: 6–8

Controlling: 6–8

Outspoken: 6–8

4. Relationship Capability (Empathic and Strategic)

Social Confidence: 7–9

Affiliative: 7–9

Democratic: 7–9

Caring / Behavioural: 8–10

5. Analytical and Strategic Thinking

Data Rational: 6–8

Evaluative: 8–10

Conceptual: 9–10

Innovative: 8–10

6. Execution and Adaptability

Decisive: 7–9

Adaptable: 7–9

Rule Following: 5–7

7. Emotional Stability

Tough Minded: 6–8

Worrying: 1–4

Emotionally Controlled: 6–9

Red Flag Indicators (Auto-Reject)

Behavioural / Caring below 6

Conceptual below 7

Evaluative below 6

Affiliative below 5

Conscientious below 7

Pure academics, theoretical researchers, or consultants without shipped product systems

Excessively high Tough Minded (>9) combined with low Caring

Very low emotional stability (high worrying, low control)

HR Screening Criteria

Minimum 80% alignment with defined psychometric ranges

No critical trait below threshold

Only candidates scoring 8.5/10 or higher overall fit to be shortlisted

Mandatory evidence of psychology operationalized into product or shipped system

Mandatory Traits

Trait	Requirement
Humility	Mandatory
Accountability	Mandatory
Credibility	Mandatory
Agility	Mandatory
Teamwork	Mandatory
Proactivity	Mandatory
Structured Execution	Mandatory
Closing the Loop	Mandatory

Summary

This role requires an individual capable of independently architecting the emotional operating system of the world's first truly human-like AI companion. The ideal candidate combines clinical depth in human psychology, conceptual brilliance, exceptional systems thinking, and the builder's instinct to convert behavioural science into shipped, measurable product. We need builders, not academics.