[Hiring] Technology Director @IIIIIIUS

Role Description

ICF's Global Health and Development (GHD) line of business is seeking a Technology Director to lead technology modernization efforts across various global health and survey programs. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will own delivery of the program's technology work from end to end, serve as one of its technical leads and architects, and bridge ICF's applied AI and software engineers with its survey methodologists, statisticians, field operations staff, and country partners. You will be accountable to the funder for results, including the decision to redirect work that isn't performing.

This position can be remote within the United States, with occasional international travel. It is contingent upon award of program funding.

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Modernization Delivery Leadership
  • Own delivery of the program's AI innovation portfolio.
  • Cover workstreams including automated data-to-report production, natural-language data access, multilingual questionnaire design, field data quality, and new measurement approaches.
  • Run the stage-gate process.
  • Lead go/no-go reviews and make decisions to stop workstreams, publish findings, and reallocate funding.
  • Serve as the principal technical counterpart to the funder.
  • Lead progress reporting and learning reviews, communicating results candidly.
  • Manage the innovation portfolio, schedule, and risks with the project manager.
  • Coordinate across global development programs.
• Technical Leadership & Architecture
  • Act as technical lead and architect for a cluster of workstreams.
  • Own system design, write design documents, and stay hands-on through prototyping and production.
  • Define acceptance criteria before work is judged.
  • Set quantitative quality thresholds with survey experts.
  • Set architecture and standards across the portfolio.
  • Establish engineering practices for the team.
  • Protect data quality and comparability.
  • Oversee responsible AI, data governance, and ethics.
• Team Leadership & Collaboration
  • Lead and mentor the program's technology team.
  • Bridge technology and survey expertise.
  • Work with national statistical offices and ministries of health to design tools.
  • Share the program's results openly through documentation and presentations.
  • Contribute to business growth efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in IT, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience designing and delivering technology solutions.
• Minimum 5 years leading and mentoring software or data engineering teams.

Requirements

• A track record of architecting and delivering AI/ML or LLM-powered systems in production.
• Experience leading a multi-workstream technology program for a foundation, donor, or government client.
• Deep knowledge of system architecture, data pipelines, software development methods, and at least one major cloud platform.
• Hands-on familiarity with agentic coding tools and specification-driven development.
• U.S. citizenship is required by federal government contract.

Preferred Skills

• Working proficiency in French or Portuguese.
• Background in survey operations or data collection.
• Experience delivering technology for global health or international development programs.
• Experience with field data-collection systems for low-connectivity settings.
• Experience working with national statistical offices or ministries of health.
• Experience leading a stage-gated R&D or innovation portfolio.
• Experience with multi-country deployments and data privacy governance.
• Experience with cybersecurity practices and security controls.
• Publications or conference presentations in AI, survey methods, or global health.
• Advanced degree in computer science, statistics, demography, public health, or a related field.

Professional Skills

• Credible with both engineers and executives.
• Sound judgment under uncertainty.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Works productively and builds relationships at all levels.
• Self-motivated.

Benefits

• The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $131,256.00 - $223,134.00.