Federal AI/ML Lead: Strategy, Governance & Delivery

AI Chopping Block, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an AI leader to drive enterprise AI strategy, delivery, and governance using Gemini for Enterprise, Vertex AI, and other cloud AI tools. You will guide cross-functional teams and define the AI roadmap.

This role requires US citizenship, public trust eligibility, and 3+ years leading technical and AI/ML teams in complex environments. You will oversee governance, security, and responsible AI, mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• US Citizen (Public Trust Eligible)
• 3+ years leading technical teams to achieve objectives
• 3+ years leading AI/ML teams or initiatives in complex enterprise environments
• Experience delivering end-to-end AI/ML solutions using Vertex AI, Gemini APIs, or other cloud AI platforms
• Solid understanding of generative AI, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, and vector databases

Responsibilities

• Define AI vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned to business goals
• Identify high-value AI/ML use cases across operations, customer experience, risk, and productivity
• Architect and deliver end-to-end AI/ML solutions (LLMs, RAG, pipelines, MLOps, CI/CD)
• Lead workshops, stakeholder alignment, and executive communication
• Oversee model governance, responsible AI, security, compliance, and performance tracking
• Mentor data scientists, ML engineers, analysts, and platform engineers

Skills

AI leadership

Technical team leadership

Vertex AI / Gemini APIs

Generative AI & LLMs

Stakeholder management

Cloud & on-prem architecture

Education

Master’s/PhD in AI/ML or related field

Google Cloud certifications (ML Engineer/Data Engineer/Architect)

Tools

Vertex AI

Gemini APIs

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Jira ServiceDesk

ServiceNow

GitHub

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking an AI leader to drive enterprise AI strategy, delivery, and governance using Gemini for Enterprise, Vertex AI, and other cloud AI tools. You will guide cross-functional teams and define the AI roadmap.

This role requires US citizenship, public trust eligibility, and 3+ years leading technical and AI/ML teams in complex environments. You will oversee governance, security, and responsible AI, mentoring engineers.