AI & Data Growth Operations Lead

Accenture Federal Services; Washington; On-site; USD 149,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a senior leader to guide the AI & Data Strategy & Growth team in Washington. You will own day-to-day operations, coordinate pursuits across Army, Intel, and Defense sectors, and ensure timely, high‑quality submissions.

You will author RFIs, translate mission needs into differentiated content, and develop lightweight, repeatable processes that scale with COEs and GTM teams. This role offers impact across federal missions and rapid organizational growth.

Qualifications

• Strong grounding in AI, Data, Cloud or related tech domains.
• Experience with RFIs, RFPs, CSOs, and OTAs in federal acquisitions.
• Excellent organizational ability to orchestrate complex workflows with many stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in high-tempo environments with ambiguity and evolving priorities.
• Exceptional written and operational communication skills.
• Passion for building structure, process, and momentum in rapidly scaling organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead Day‑to‑Day Operations of the AI & Data Strategy & Growth Team.
• Own Compass entries, updates, tracking, and pursuit orchestration across Army, Intel, Defense Agencies, Joint & Maritime, Aerospace, and Supply Chain sectors.
• Draft or co-author technical responses leveraging an AI & Data technical background.
• Translate mission needs into compelling and technically differentiated content.
• Ensure submissions follow acquisition best practices.
• Develop lightweight, repeatable processes where none exist ensuring they are fast, streamlined, and non‑cumbersome.
• Create clean operating models for pursuit management, partner engagement, internal collaboration, and decision workflows.
• Standardize templates, intake processes, and “growth engine” workflows in alignment with Centers of Excellence.
• Contribute directly to shaping growth strategy for Generative AI, Data Foundations, ML/CV, Edge AI, platform integration, and ecosystem alignment.
• Serve as an integrator across COEs, sectors, and GTM teams ensuring the right talent connects to the right opportunities.
• Maintain awareness of pipeline hygiene and accuracy via insights from portfolio tools.
• Participate in key growth syncs and strategy meetings across the practice.
• Ensure sharing of assets, lessons learned, templates, and pursuit materials across sectors.
• Enable alignment between technical teams, strategy leads, capability leadership, and portfolio stakeholders.
• Help onboard new staff into the AI & Data Strategy & Growth operating model.
• Support community events, learning series, and CoE engagement forums.
• Contribute to building a collaborative and high‑velocity culture that encourages innovation, pace, and alignment.

Skills

AI & Data domain

Federal acquisition experience

Organizational & orchestration skills

Written & verbal communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a senior leader to guide the AI & Data Strategy & Growth team in Washington. You will own day-to-day operations, coordinate pursuits across Army, Intel, and Defense sectors, and ensure timely, high‑quality submissions.

You will author RFIs, translate mission needs into differentiated content, and develop lightweight, repeatable processes that scale with COEs and GTM teams. This role offers impact across federal missions and rapid organizational growth.