Senior AI Solutions Leader — Enterprise Impact (Remote)

The Fannie Mae; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 200,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Fannie Mae is seeking a Principal, AI Solutions to lead a forward-deployed AI team, delivering high-priority use cases and enterprise productivity tooling across Reston, DC, or Plano. You will drive rapid prototyping, pilots, and scalable deployments while partnering with senior executives to achieve measurable business outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in AI/ML, data platforms, and leadership, with strong stakeholder management and the ability to balance speed with governance in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across AI/ML, data platforms, or advanced analytics with growing leadership responsibility.
• Proven experience leading customer-facing or forward-deployed solution teams (FDE, solutions engineering, applied AI).
• Successful delivery of complex enterprise solutions in regulated or risk-sensitive environments.
• People leadership experience, 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI solutions layer, translating platform capabilities into repeatable enterprise patterns.
• Establish standards, best practices, and reference implementations scalable across the enterprise.
• Partner with COO leadership to identify, co-design, and deliver high-priority AI use cases.
• Manage hands-on solution delivery—rapid prototyping, pilots, and scaled deployments.
• Drive enterprise productivity tooling adoption and value realization.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence Ethics

Cloud Platform

Data Science

Innovation

Leadership

Machine Learning

Project Management

Software Development

Team Management

Technical Architecture

Education

Bachelor's Level Degree

Job description

Fannie Mae is seeking a Principal, AI Solutions to lead a forward-deployed AI team, delivering high-priority use cases and enterprise productivity tooling across Reston, DC, or Plano. You will drive rapid prototyping, pilots, and scalable deployments while partnering with senior executives to achieve measurable business outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in AI/ML, data platforms, and leadership, with strong stakeholder management and the ability to balance speed with governance in a