Principal, AI Solutions

Fannie Mae; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive program

Comprehensive benefits

Health insurance

Job summary

Fannie Mae in Reston, VA seeks a Principal, AI Solutions to lead a forward-deployed AI solutions team delivering measurable enterprise value across the platform, product, and delivery layers. The role sits at the intersection of platform, product, and delivery and acts as the last mile of AI value creation.

You will co-design high-priority AI use cases with COO leadership, lead rapid prototyping, pilots, and scalable deployments, and serve as a trusted AI delivery partner balancing speed with

Qualifications

• 8+ years across AI/ML, data platforms, or advanced analytics with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading customer-facing or forward-deployed solution teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, high-stakes enterprise solutions in regulated or risk-sensitive environments.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into deployable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high‑impact, forward‑deployed AI solutions team that drives enterprise-value outcomes.
• Co‑design Enterprise Priority Use‑cases with COO leadership and senior executives to identify, co‑design, and deliver high‑priority AI use cases; lead rapid prototyping, pilots, and scaled deployments; act as a trusted AI delivery partner balancing speed with enterprise rigor.
• Enterprise AI Productivity & Enablement: support enterprise rollout, adoption, and value realization of AI productivity tools, Coding Agents, and AI‑assisted development tools; drive measurable productivity improvements across engineering, operations, and business teams.
• AI Capabilities: lead the AI solutions layer, translating platform capabilities into repeatable enterprise patterns; establish standards, best practices, and reference implementations that scale across the enterprise.
• AI Platform Feedback Loop: serve as a critical feedback channel between real–world use cases and the AI platform team, translating solution learnings into platform and tooling requirements.

Skills

AI Leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

People leadership

Regulated environments

LLMs knowledge

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Cloud platforms

Dev tooling

Data platforms

Enterprise AI tooling

Job description

The Impact You Will Make

As Principal, AI Solutions you will lead a high‑impact, forward‑deployed AI solutions team responsible for turning enterprise AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes. This role sits at the intersection of platform, product, and delivery, operating as the “last mile” of AI value creation across Fannie Mae. The team is embedded with business leaders, rapidly co‑building solutions, and feeding learnings back into the AI platform, core AI capabilities, and enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a high‑impact, forward‑deployed AI solutions team that drives enterprise-value outcomes.
• Co‑build Enterprise Priority Use‑cases: partner directly with COO leadership and senior executives to identify, co‑design, and deliver high‑priority AI use cases; lead rapid prototyping, pilots, and scaled deployments; act as a trusted AI delivery partner balancing speed with enterprise rigor.
• Enterprise AI Productivity & Enablement: support enterprise rollout, adoption, and value realization of AI productivity tools, Coding Agents, and AI‑assisted development tools; drive measurable productivity improvements across engineering, operations, and business teams.
• AI Capabilities: lead the AI solutions layer, translating platform capabilities into repeatable enterprise patterns; establish standards, best practices, and reference implementations that scale across the enterprise.
• AI Platform Feedback Loop: serve as a critical feedback channel between real–world use cases and the AI platform team, translating solution learnings into platform and tooling requirements.

Preferred Locations

Reston, VA; Plano, TX; Washington, DC.

Minimum Experience

• 8+ years across AI/ML, data platforms, or advanced analytics with increasing leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading customer‑facing or forward‑deployed solution teams.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, high‑stakes enterprise solutions in regulated or risk‑sensitive environments.
• People‑leadership experience, including coaching and performance management.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into deployable solutions.
• Executive‑level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Deep understanding of AI productivity tools, LLMs, and automation patterns.
• Ability to balance speed, governance, and scalability in solution delivery.

Desired Experience

• Experience working with or alongside COO/Operations leadership.
• Familiarity with AI platforms, developer tooling, and enterprise AI governance.
• Background in financial services, housing finance, or large regulated firms.
• Experience influencing platform roadmaps through solution delivery insights.

Qualifications

• Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Cloud Platform, Data Science, Innovation, Leadership, Machine Learning (ML), Project Management, Software Development, Team Management, Technical Architecture.
• Education: Bachelor’s level degree (required).

Compensation

Salary range: $200,000 – $269,000. The position is eligible for a Fannie Mae incentive program and a comprehensive benefits package including Health, Life, and Voluntary Lifestyle benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. The company is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.