Artificial Intelligence (AI) Subject Matter Expert

Millennium Enterprise Corporation; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)-style retirement plan

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Disability insurance

Long-term disability

Job summary

Millennium Enterprise Corporation seeks a senior AI Subject Matter Expert to lead enterprise AI strategy, governance, and risk for regulated public-sector and federal environments. This executive advisor will translate AI capabilities into secure, compliant business outcomes and develop multi-year roadmaps and operating models.

The ideal candidate will assess readiness across organization, technology, data, privacy, and workforce, brief senior leaders, and support hybrid/on-site client meetings

Qualifications

• Proven experience shaping enterprise AI strategy and governance in regulated environments.
• Experience crafting multi-year AI roadmaps, operating models, and governance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of generative and agentic AI, risk management, privacy, and security controls.
• Familiarity with NIST AI RMF, NIST 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP and related requirements.
• Ability to assess organizational readiness and present to executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise AI strategy, governance, and implementation planning for regulated sectors.
• Assess AI readiness across organization, technology, data, privacy, and workforce factors.
• Design target-state AI operating model and multi-year roadmaps.
• Identify executable pilots and brief senior executives and governance bodies.
• Support hybrid/on-site client engagements in the Washington, DC area as named Key Personnel.

Skills

Enterprise AI strategy

AI governance

Responsible AI

Roadmaps & operating models

Policies & controls

Generative/Agentic AI

AI risk management

Regulated environments

NIST standards familiarity

Executive advisory & facilitation

Job description

MEC is seeking a senior Artificial Intelligence (AI) Subject Matter Expert to lead and support enterprise AI strategy, governance, risk, and implementation planning for regulated public-sector and federally overseen organizations. The ideal candidate is an executive-level advisor who can translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, secure, compliant, and measurable business outcomes. This role is assessment- and strategy-focused rather than software-development focused. The AI SME will evaluate organizational, workforce, technology, data, privacy, security, and governance readiness; design a target-state AI operating model; develop a multi-year implementation roadmap; assess generative and agentic AI opportunities and risks; recommend executable pilots; and brief senior executives and governance bodies. MEC is seeking a senior AI Subject Matter Expert with demonstrated experience developing enterprise AI strategy, governance, responsible AI frameworks, and implementation roadmaps, preferably within federal, public-sector, or highly regulated environments. The ideal candidate should be able to assess an organization's AI readiness, establish governance and operating models, evaluate Generative AI and Agentic AI opportunities and risks, and provide practical recommendations to executive leadership. The candidate should have:

• Proven experience with enterprise AI strategy, AI governance, and responsible AI
• Experience developing multi-year AI roadmaps, operating models, policies, controls, and governance frameworks
• Strong knowledge of Generative AI, Agentic AI, AI risk management, human oversight, bias, security, privacy, and compliance
• Experience working in regulated or federally influenced environments
• Familiarity with NIST AI RMF, NIST 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, and related federal security/privacy requirements
• Experience conducting organizational, workforce, technology, and AI-readiness assessments
• Strong executive advisory, presentation, workshop facilitation, and written communication skills
• Ability to serve as named Key Personnel and support hybrid/on-site client meetings in the Washington, DC area

Ideally, experience with Microsoft Copilot / Microsoft 365 Copilot and enterprise AI adoption.

Benefits

• 401(k) Retirement Plan - All full-time employees are eligible to participate, and MEC provides a company match of up to 4% of employee contributions.
• Health Insurance - Employees become eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverage after 30 days of continuous employment .
• Paid Holidays - MEC observes 11 federal holidays each year.
• Long-Term Disability Insurance - 100% employer-paid coverage provided by MEC.
• Short-Term Disability Insurance - 100% employer-paid coverage provided by MEC.