What We Do

At the SEI AI Division, we conduct research in applied artificial intelligence and the engineering questions related to the practical design and implementation of AI technologies and systems. We currently lead a community-wide movement to mature the discipline of AI Engineering for Defense and National Security.

As our government customers adopt AI and machine learning to provide leap-ahead mission capabilities, we

• Build real-world, mission-scale AI capabilities through solving practical engineering problems
• Discover and define the processes, practices, and tools to support operationalizing AI for human-centered, robust, secure, and scalable mission capabilities
• Prepare our customers to be ready for the unique challenges of adopting, deploying, using, and maintaining AI capabilities
• Identify and investigate emerging AI and AI-adjacent technologies that are rapidly transforming the technology landscape

Are you creative, curious, and collaborative? Do you enjoy doing meaningful and complex work? Are you interested in making a difference by bringing innovation to government organizations and beyond? Apply to join our team.

Position Summary

As the Program Development Lead on our team, you will lead, shape, and manage customer relationships in the pursuit of capturing research and development opportunities that lead to continuous growth of an increasingly meaningful portfolio of work. You will lead a team to identify, qualify, and pursue new opportunities primarily within the Department of Defense and related federal agencies. The goal is to create strong and enduring relationships that add value for our mission partners, the SEI, and the DoD.

Requirements

• Advanced Technology Experience: You have experience and knowledge of leading-edge technologies and have demonstrated contributions to advanced technology developments. You have worked on areas related to machine learning, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, and human-machine teaming. You are familiar with modern tools and processes for driving innovation and developing real-world applications of advanced technologies.
• Mission and Customer Focused: You have a passion for defense and national security missions and a strong familiarity with how DoD and related government organizations operate. You understand the opportunities to make a significant positive impact on mission capabilities through the smart application of artificial intelligence and related technologies. You have deep knowledge of and experience working with government organizations.
• Leadership and Management Experience: You have current or recent experience leading and managing teams in technology and defense-focused organizations. You have significant experience hiring, managing, mentoring, and growing individuals and teams. You are comfortable setting strategy and direction and implementing plans for organizational success.
• Communication and Connection Expertise: You are an excellent communicator and are comfortable engaging at all levels of government, industry, and academic organizations. You can interact collaboratively and diplomatically with customers and colleagues at all levels of experience and knowledge. You grasp the big picture, direction, and goals of an effort while having the natural ability to dig into the details on problems and complex concepts.
• Innovation-Minded: You have an interest and awareness of technology trends and opportunities in artificial intelligence and adjacent fields. You are familiar with current technical challenges and emerging trends.
• Working in a Creative, Dynamic Environment: You have experience in managing multiple simultaneous projects while thriving in a creative, ever-changing, high-energy environment. You are comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity and work to find creative solutions to problems and challenges.
• Government Research and Innovation: You have a strong working knowledge of how DoD and related government organizations fund and conduct research, development, and innovation. You are knowledgeable about the current DoD innovation ecosystem and how a software-focused Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) at a major research university can and should fit into that ecosystem.

Duties

• Customer and Stakeholder Engagement: You will regularly engage with customers and stakeholders. You will represent the AI Division portfolio by presenting and showcasing our work to customers, sponsors, and partners. You will help build and maintain relationships with the DoD innovation and technology ecosystem including relevant mission, research, and technology development communities.
• Portfolio Management and Growth: You will establish strategic business development goals and plans and implement actions to achieve goals. You will contribute to our continual process of planning, developing, and carrying out an overall business and technology strategy. You will work closely with the SEI AI Division leadership team to strengthen and grow the business, technical, and operational capabilities of the division to increase the impact of our work for mission partners and grow an increasingly meaningful portfolio of work.
• Leadership and Management: You will be a key member of the division leadership team and will manage a team of technical program developers. You will strengthen and grow your team as the division's portfolio of work grows to support our mission partners. You will establish goals, objectives, and plans to sustain and grow a well-aligned and high-impact portfolio of work.
• Collaboration: You will represent SEI products and services, and actively engage with our staff and government customers in various forums to understand their challenges, needs, and offer potential solutions. You will contribute to improving our technical capabilities by sharing your knowledge and insight.
• Process Improvement: You will identify and suggest improvements to how we engage our customers, execute our work, develop our people, and function as a leading-edge research and development lab.

Other Requirements

• Education/experience requirement: BS in relevant discipline with ten (10) years of relevant experience, or MS in relevant discipline with (8) years of relevant experience.
• Flexible to travel to Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., sponsor sites, conferences, and other meetings. Moderate (up to 25%- to 40%) travel outside of your home location.
• An advanced degree in a relevant technical field or an advanced degree in a business-related field with experience leading complex programs/projects is strongly preferred.
• You will be subject to a background investigation and must have the ability to obtain and maintainDepartment of Defense security clearance.
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work for CMU in the United States. CMU will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this opportunity.

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