{"id":197227,"date":"2026-02-27T19:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harnham.com\/job\/eb8cdd1a-d1d1-4f13-3bd8-08d5dc096ea6-chief-data-scientist-ts-sci-clearance-washington-district-of-columbia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T00:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T00:03:22","slug":"eb8cdd1a-d1d1-4f13-3bd8-08d5dc096ea6-chief-data-scientist-ts-sci-clearance-washington-district-of-columbia","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.harnham.com\/job\/eb8cdd1a-d1d1-4f13-3bd8-08d5dc096ea6-chief-data-scientist-ts-sci-clearance-washington-district-of-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Data Scientist &#8211; TS\/SCI Clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><a id=\"myCustomID\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harnham.com\/job\/EB8CDD1A-D1D1-4F13-3BD8-08D5DC096EA6\">To Apply for this Job Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Chief Data Scientist &#8211; TS\/SCI Clearance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington, DC &#8211; 4 days\/week onsite<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>$325,000 &#8211; $375,000 + Bonus + Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ROLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As the Chief Data Scientist, you will be required to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Show technical leadership of machine learning and NLP models for production<\/li>\n<li>Work closely across different ML and engineering teams on both model development and production<\/li>\n<li>Own new projects supporting various business functions and product development<\/li>\n<li>Partner directly with the C-suite on data science direction<\/li>\n<li>Expand upon existing AI platforms <\/li>\n<li>Provide deep knowledge and leadership in data science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The successful Chief Data Scientist will likely have the following skills and experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Top Secret Clearance required (TS\/SCI Poly preferred)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>PhD in Computer Science or similar STEM field required<\/li>\n<li>History of owning development of scalable ML models in federal spaces<\/li>\n<li>Team management experience required<\/li>\n<li>Strong Python coding &#8211; ability to step in to support the team as needed<\/li>\n<li>High level of comfort partnering with executive teams; history of pitching new concepts \/ getting buy-in<\/li>\n<li>Experience with NLP preferred<\/li>\n<li>Defense or cybersecurity experience preferred<\/li>\n<li>Comfortable with LLMs, Generative AI and AI Agents<\/li>\n<li>Proven communicator with technical team, clients and senior stakeholders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE BENEFITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A competitive base salary of $325,000 &#8211; $375,000 + bonus + benefits<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please register your interest by sending your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to Tim Jonas via the Apply link on this page.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEYWORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p><img src=https:\/\/counter.adcourier.com\/dGltam9uYXMuNDEwNjEuMTMxOTdAaGFybmhhbXNlYXJjaC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif><\/p>\n<h4><strong><a id=\"otherId\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harnham.com\/job\/EB8CDD1A-D1D1-4F13-3BD8-08D5DC096EA6\">To Apply for this Job Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_promoted":"","_job_location":"Washington, District of Columbia","_application":"","_company_name":"Harnham","_company_website":"https:\/\/www.harnham.com\/","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-categories":[921],"job-types":[60],"class_list":{"0":"post-197227","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","6":"job-type-permanent"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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