Chief Data Scientist – TS/SCI Clearance

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Washington / $325000 - $375000 annum

INFO

Salary
SALARY:

$325000 - $375000

Location

LOCATION

Washington

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Chief Data Scientist - TS/SCI Clearance

Washington, DC - 4 days/week onsite

$325,000 - $375,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Harnham is partnered with a cutting-edge government contractor in the DC area. They are looking for an AI leader with a strong background in building production-grade LLM / natural language platforms in federal spaces. This person will lead a growing part of the AI research team and partner with government agencies on projects across defense, cybersecurity, robotics and human language technology.

THE ROLE

As the Chief Data Scientist, you will be required to:

  • Show technical leadership of machine learning and NLP models for production
  • Work closely across different ML and engineering teams on both model development and production
  • Own new projects supporting various business functions and product development
  • Partner directly with the C-suite on data science direction
  • Expand upon existing AI platforms
  • Provide deep knowledge and leadership in data science

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful Chief Data Scientist will likely have the following skills and experience:

  • Top Secret Clearance required (TS/SCI Poly preferred)
  • PhD in Computer Science or similar STEM field required
  • History of owning development of scalable ML models in federal spaces
  • Team management experience required
  • Strong Python coding - ability to step in to support the team as needed
  • High level of comfort partnering with executive teams; history of pitching new concepts / getting buy-in
  • Experience with NLP preferred
  • Defense or cybersecurity experience preferred
  • Comfortable with LLMs, Generative AI and AI Agents
  • Proven communicator with technical team, clients and senior stakeholders

THE BENEFITS

A competitive base salary of $325,000 - $375,000 + bonus + benefits

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest by sending your résumé to Tim Jonas via the Apply link on this page.

KEYWORDS

Team Leadership | Model Development | Machine Learning | Natural Language Processing | Production | Stakeholder Management | Innovation | Technology | Government | Federal Agencies | DoD | DoW | Department of War | Department of Defense | AI | Artificial Intelligence | LLM | Large Language Models | Agentic AI | AI Agents | Top Secret | Clearance | Cleared | Cybersecurity | Applied Research

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Tim Jonas
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