Remote Enterprise Data & AI Leader

ICF; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF seeks a seasoned Chief Data Office / Data & AI Lead to guide enterprise data, analytics, governance, and AI-enabled capabilities for a complex federal technology program. You will shape data policy, architecture, and governance while delivering dashboards, data products, and secure access models that support mission outcomes.

The role requires deep experience in regulated environments, strong technical credibility across data management disciplines, and a proven ability to translate business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• One active data, cloud, analytics, AI/ML, or data governance certification, such as CDMP, DAMA, cloud data certs, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise data, analytics, data governance, or AI-enabled analytics initiatives.
• 8+ years of experience designing, implementing, or managing enterprise data platforms and pipelines.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to federal contract requirements.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data, analytics, governance, and AI-enabled capability delivery across a complex federal technology environment.
• Develop and implement data governance policies, standards, operating procedures, approval workflows, and accountability models.
• Establish and maintain data portfolio management practices, including prioritization, project intake, resource planning, risk tracking, milestone reporting, and performance measurement.
• Lead the design and implementation of scalable data architecture, including data pipelines, data lakes, data warehouses, data marts, data catalogs, metadata repositories, and data lineage capabilities.
• Define and enforce data quality standards, validation rules, data dictionaries, scorecards, issue management workflows, and continuous monitoring processes.
• Guide development of analytics products, dashboards, reports, and visualization tools that provide operational insight and support executive decision-making.

Skills

Data governance

Data architecture

Analytics leadership

AI/ML

Cloud platforms

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, CS, IS, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or Business Analytics

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Tableau

Power BI

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Job description

ICF seeks a seasoned Chief Data Office / Data & AI Lead to guide enterprise data, analytics, governance, and AI-enabled capabilities for a complex federal technology program. You will shape data policy, architecture, and governance while delivering dashboards, data products, and secure access models that support mission outcomes.

The role requires deep experience in regulated environments, strong technical credibility across data management disciplines, and a proven ability to translate business