VP, Technology & AI Strategy
Attain Talent
$200,000–$225,000
Jul 27, 2026
—
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technology executive role — effectively a CTO or VP of Engineering — at a government-focused technology firm, placed through Attain Talent. The hire will own engineering delivery, platform architecture, DevOps, and AI strategy across the organization, including embedding AI into internal workflows and shaping AI-enabled capabilities for commercialization. The role also carries significant client-facing responsibility, including RFP support and engagement with government stakeholders.
Principal level · 12+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $200,000–$225,000
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
We read this from the posting text with AI. Skim the description below before ruling yourself out.
How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
No work location is specified in the posting — the CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role may be remote or hybrid; the posting does not clarify.
The title is not given explicitly; the posting describes a 'senior technology executive' equivalent to a CTO, VP of Engineering, or similar C-suite/executive role. Advertised seniority is set to Unspecified because no level word appears in the title framing.
The role is classified as Principal seniority given its org-wide technical authority, 5+ years of senior leadership required, and explicit mandate to set strategy across engineering, AI, platform, and business development — well beyond a typical Senior scope.
The 5+ years in a senior leadership role (Director, VP, or Principal Architect) is a role-level gate captured in the overall years minimum (12+ years overall); the 5-year leadership sub-requirement is noted here as it cannot be represented separately.
Cloud platform requirement is stated as 'AWS, Azure, or GCP' — AWS is listed as the primary skill with Azure and GCP as named alternatives.
AI-related preferred qualifications (AI-enabled products, AI governance, human-in-the-loop models, operationalizing AI in business processes) are captured as preferred skills. The posting names no specific AI frameworks or tools, so skills are described at the capability level.
The posting mentions 'intelligent search, document processing, summarization, workflow augmentation, and decision support' as example AI use cases under preferred context, not as hard gates.
Salary range of $200,000–$225,000 USD per year is explicitly stated. An annual discretionary bonus is also mentioned but not quantified.
Ignored 5 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): SDLC governance, SaaS platform development, cloud architecture, AI governance, workflow automation.
Read the full posting
The employer publishes the full description on their own site — read it there ↗. Or sign in to read it here — it's free, and it also lets you track this application.