Chief AI Officer
Chief AI Officer
Offices-to-go · Federal Government / Law Enforcement & Legal Policy · 115,000+ employees · 📍 Washington, DC
The U.S. Department of Justice's first or newly formalized CAIO/Chief Science & Technology Advisor, mandated by federal AI governance requirements to lead enterprise AI policy, risk management, and responsible innovation across one of the largest law enforcement and legal institutions in the world.
Compensation
$180,000-$235,000
AI Maturity
building
Reports To
Assistant Attorney General (Office of Legal Policy), with delegation to Attorney General / Deputy Attorney General
Why Role Exists
New position
Company Stage
enterprise
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as DOJ's senior executive authority on AI, emerging technologies, science, data, and forensic technology
- Lead enterprise AI governance, risk management, and compliance with federal AI policy
- Coordinate AI and technology policy across all DOJ components and regulatory actions
- Represent DOJ's science and technology interests to interagency bodies, industry, academia, and international partners
- Provide executive direction to enable responsible AI innovation department-wide
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship or National status
- Senior Executive Service (SES)-level qualifications with evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership
- Demonstrated expertise in AI, emerging technologies, science policy, or related fields
- Ability to pass SES-level security clearance investigation and background check
- Completion of Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs)
Signals
- ⚠ No explicit salary posted — though SES pay scales are publicly known
- ⚠ Job listed under 'Offices-to-go' — apparent job board aggregation error obscuring the actual employer (DOJ)
- ⚠ Team size and budget not disclosed
- ⚠ Highly bureaucratic SES application process may deter private-sector AI executives
- ✓ Congressionally and executive-mandated CAIO role — driven by federal AI governance directives (OMB M-24-10 and EO 14110)
- ✓ Principal advisor to the Attorney General — among the highest-impact AI roles in the federal government
- ✓ Scope spans the entirety of a 115,000+ person department with significant law enforcement, legal, and national security implications
- ✓ External-facing mandate to represent DOJ at federal, international, and industry levels — strong platform for influence
- ✓ Formal SES designation provides job security and institutional authority