Chief Technology Officer (US Federal Civilian) - CTJ - Secret

Business, Market, and Technology Strategy Provide strategic technology leadership for the Civilian and Tribal Nations business, ensuring customer mission priorities, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies inform business, investment, and go-to-market decisions. Ensure clear, credible, and consistent communication regarding product capabilities, roadmap direction, limitations, and dependencies. Develop and execute an end-to-end Civilian partner engagement strategy aligned to the business's technology priorities and growth objectives. Build executive and technical relationships with Federal systems integrators, solution providers, independent software vendors, and small businesses that influence customer technology decisions and mission outcomes. Guide customers and account teams through architectural tradeoffs, product dependencies, service limitations, and emerging capabilities across commercial and government cloud environments. Apply Federal cybersecurity, compliance, and authorization requirements, including NIST SP 800-53 and 800-171, CUI protection, Authority to Operate, and data sovereignty, to strategy, architecture, and product adoption, engaging specialized expertise where required. Identify repeatable technology patterns, solutions, and engagement models for application across Civilian accounts. Share customer insights, reusable architectures, competitive intelligence, and lessons learned across teams, and align account, technical, partner, and business teams around the Civilian technology agenda. Foster a culture of customer advocacy, technical excellence, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning, leading through influence across a large and highly matrixed organization. Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR Master's Degree AND 9+ years experience working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR 13+ years experience in working in an industry (e.g., financial services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, government, education, technology) and/or driving digital transformation OR equivalent experience. 6+ years experience making recommendations to and/or collaborating with mid-to-senior level executives. 8+ years experience closing large, complex agreements/deals. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination. Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment. Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance 10+ years of experience in enterprise technology, technology strategy, architecture, engineering, consulting, or technical sales, including 5+ years working with or supporting the US Federal Government with significant Federal Civilian exposure. Experience advising senior government or enterprise executives, including CIO, CTO, CISO, CDO, CAIO, mission, and acquisition leaders, on complex technology and transformation decisions. Broad technical expertise across cloud and hybrid infrastructure, cybersecurity and identity, AI, data, and application modernization, with the ability to evaluate complex architectures spanning commercial cloud, government cloud, and hybrid environments. Demonstrated experience translating customer mission objectives into technology strategy, and technology trends into executable customer and business strategies for large, complex government or enterprise accounts. Working knowledge of the Federal cybersecurity, compliance, and government cloud environment, including FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 and 800-171, CUI protection, FIPS, DFARS, and Authority to Operate processes. Demonstrated experience developing technology and go-to-market strategies with Federal systems integrators, solution providers, independent software vendors, and strategic technology partners. Demonstrated ability to lead through influence rather than direct authority, to navigate complex escalations and competing priorities while maintaining executive trust, and to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences. 15+ years of Federal technology industry experience, including service as a CTO, Chief Architect, or comparable senior technical leader, and experience shaping major public-sector transformations, strategic pursuits, or enterprise agreements. Established credibility as a technology leader through executive engagements, industry forums, public speaking, or publications, and a record of influencing product strategy or government cloud roadmaps. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Master's or Ph.D level program completion in related field. Top Secret clearance preferred.