Director, AI FinOps and Governance

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MANTECH seeks a strategic, hands-on AI FinOps and Governance Director to join our team in Herndon, VA.

You will lead the financial management, governance, and value realization of our enterprise AI portfolio across Enterprise IT, Finance, Government Accounting, Information Security, Legal, Contracts, Enterprise Architecture, and business operations. In this hybrid role, you will own AI intake and inventory, serve as the operational lead for MANTECH's AI Governance Board, and ensure all enterprise AI investments are cost-effective, tied to measurable business outcomes, and fully compliant with CUI, ITAR, and CMMC requirements.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to

Leading the enterprise AI FinOps operating model, including policies, decision rights, and financial accountabilities across AI platforms, foundation models, infrastructure, licensing, and consumption.

Managing the enterprise inventory and ServiceNow intake pipeline for all AI use cases, models, and agents, evaluating each proposal for business value, security, feasibility, and ROI.

Directing AI budgeting, forecasting, showback/chargeback, and cost allocation while partnering with Government Accounting to ensure compliance with FAR Part 31, CAS, and DCAA audit standards.

Driving cost optimization across compute, storage, token, and API consumption through license reclamation, right-sizing, workload scheduling, and vendor contract negotiations.

Maintaining the enterprise AI lifecycle governance framework, ensuring documented ownership, risk assessments, human oversight, and auditability from experimentation through retirement.

Collaborating with Legal, Security, and Internal Audit to enforce rigorous compliance controls for CUI, ITAR/EAR, CMMC, DFARS 252.204-7012, and FedRAMP across all AI systems.

Serving as operational lead and executive secretary for the AI Governance Board, preparing decision materials, tracking actions, and delivering executive dashboards on AI spend, risk, and value realization.

The projected compensation range for this position is $153,800.00-$275,800.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories.

In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECH’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

MANTECH considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

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