[Hiring] Senior Principal, Chief of Data Tradecraft @Maximus

Role Description

The Senior Principal, Chief of Data Tradecraft is the enterprise authority for the methods, standards, patterns, and practices used to transform data into actionable insight, sound decisions, mission outcomes, and responsible AI-enabled capabilities. This is a senior individual contributor role that combines technical depth, analytical rigor, product thinking, federal mission awareness, and executive communication to improve the quality, repeatability, and impact of data and AI solutions across the organization.

This role works across Data Management & Analytics, technology, operations, business segments, and client-facing teams to:

• Develop reusable tradecraft
• Shape high-value data products
• Guide AI-enabled analytical approaches
• Translate complex architectures into practical business and mission outcomes

This is a remote position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study
• 12+ years of relevant professional experience required
• Familiarity with DoD, IC, and Federal missions, functions, tasks, and systems environments required

Requirements

• Extensive experience delivering complex data, analytics, AI, digital modernization, or mission technology initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to translate business or mission needs into deployable data and analytical capabilities
• Deep experience advising senior executives and technical leaders on data, AI, architecture, product strategy, and modernization
• Experience working in regulated, security-sensitive, healthcare, defense, intelligence, or federal civilian environments
• Demonstrated success developing methods, frameworks, governance approaches, reference architectures, or reusable solution patterns
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams and leading through technical credibility rather than organizational authority

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays and paid time off

Company Description

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected characteristics.