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Director of Data & AI

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Ref · CND-80504

Experience
6 yrs
Region
Omaha metro, Nebraska
Availability
2 weeks

Data and AI leader with 6+ years across data science and AI in defense and intelligence. Currently leads a 40-person team of data scientists, engineers, and analysts and owns enterprise data governance across multiple secure networks. Serves as principal advisor to senior executives on AI capability, adoption, and risk, and owns budget planning and cost forecasting for the data and AI portfolio. Holds a PhD.

  • Leads a 40-person data and AI organization as interim director.
  • Owns enterprise data governance, setting data quality, security, and compliance standards across multiple secure networks.
  • Built an enterprise AI literacy program from scratch that saved 2,000+ labor hours.
  • Moves AI use cases through intake, governance-gated pilots, and ethical, bias, and risk review, and sets MLOps lifecycle standards.
  • Built adoption scorecards and AI fluency metrics that guide leadership investment.

Technical Expertise

  • AI Governance
  • Data Governance
  • MLOps
  • AI Risk & Ethics
  • ETL
  • Data Quality
  • AI Literacy & Adoption
  • Budget Planning
  • Team Leadership
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