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VP, Technology & AI Strategy

United States - Remote

Role Overview

A client of Attain Talent is seeking a senior technology executive to lead engineering execution, platform delivery, architecture, and AI strategy across the organization. This leader will build a disciplined, high-performing technology function capable of delivering complex government programs while advancing the company’s platform, operational maturity, and AI-enabled growth agenda.

The role sits at the intersection of engineering leadership, platform architecture, DevOps, client delivery, productization, and technical support for growth. A core mandate is to operationalize AI internally across engineering, QA, support, documentation, and delivery while also shaping AI-enabled capabilities that can be commercialized in the market.

 

Internal AI Operationalization

  • Embed AI into internal workflows to reduce manual effort, improve quality, and increase delivery consistency.
  • Convert AI-enabled capabilities into differentiated features, accelerators, and service offerings.

 

AI Commercialization

  • Partner with product and sales to identify marketable AI use cases suited to government environments.
  • Ensure offerings are explainable, secure, supportable, and tied to real client value.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Engineering Execution & Delivery Leadership
    • Lead the engineering organization responsible for platform development and client
    • Oversee technical execution from solution design through deployment, transition, and operational
    • Establish strong delivery discipline across planning, SDLC governance, release management, documentation, operational readiness, and quality assurance.
    • Provide portfolio-level oversight across multiple engagements to improve predictability, consistency, and resource efficiency.
  • Platform Architecture & Productization
    • Evolve the platform architecture to support enterprise-scale deployments, configurability, maintainability, and multi-client reuse.
    • Define and enforce technical standards across integrations, data flows, security, deployment models, and performance.
    • Convert implementation-specific solutions into reusable platform capabilities, accelerators, and packaged offerings.
  • AI Strategy, Operationalization & Governance
    • Define and lead the company’s practical AI strategy across engineering, delivery, QA, support, documentation, and shared services.
    • Operationalize AI through repeatable workflows, tooling standards, governance controls, human review practices, and measurable KPIs.
    • Establish policies for responsible AI usage covering data handling, validation, auditability, and secure
  • AI Commercialization & Market Differentiation
    • Partner with product, sales, and executive leadership to identify AI-enabled features, accelerators, and service offerings that can be commercialized.
    • Translate client and market needs into practical AI use cases such as intelligent search, document processing, summarization, workflow augmentation, and decision support.
    • Support positioning, roadmap definition, and technical value articulation for AI-enabled
  • Infrastructure, DevOps & Leadership
    • Oversee cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, deployment automation, and operational
    • Build and mentor a high-performing leadership bench of engineering managers, architects, and technical leads.
    • Upskill teams on effective AI usage and improve collaboration across distributed and international
  • Business Development & Client Engagement
    • Serve as the senior technical leader for RFPs, proposals, solution shaping, and client technical
    • Translate procurement requirements into executable architectures, realistic estimates, and delivery
    • Build trust with government stakeholders through disciplined execution, transparency, and sound technical judgment.

 

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
  • 12+ years in software engineering, architecture, platform delivery, or technology leadership
  • 5+ years in a senior leadership role such as Director, VP, or Principal Architect
  • Experience leading enterprise-scale platform or SaaS development
  • Strong cloud architecture experience in AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Demonstrated success introducing automation, AI, or process transformation into engineering or delivery environments

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience delivering solutions to state or local government clients
  • Experience with AI-enabled products, data-intensive platforms, or intelligent workflow systems
  • Experience operationalizing AI in internal business processes, not just engineering workflows
  • Experience commercializing emerging technology into product features or service offerings
  • Familiarity with AI governance, risk controls, and human-in-the-loop operating models
  • Experience in milestone-based, contract-driven delivery environments

 

What Success Looks Like in the First 12–18 Months

  • Engineering execution is more disciplined, predictable, and
  • The platform is more scalable, reusable, and architecturally
  • AI is embedded in key internal workflows in ways that measurably reduce manual effort, improve quality, and increase speed.
  • Cardinality has a defined AI governance model and a practical company-wide approach to
  • AI-enabled capabilities are being shaped into differentiated offerings with clear commercial
  • The engineering leadership team is stronger, more scalable, and better aligned to company growth

 

 

Additional Information

Our client offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees’ health, financial well‑being, and time away from work. Benefits for eligible employees include medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer cost‑sharing; company‑paid life and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan with a 3% safe harbor employer contribution that is fully vested; generous paid time off that increases with tenure; and paid company holidays. 

 

Attain Partners is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.

Salary Range

$200,000 - $225,000 USD

Attain Talent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. For more Information visit EEO, EEO Poster Supplement, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). 

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