Lead Scientist, GenAI & Research Enablement

Steampunk
📍 McLean, VA, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 06, 2026

Job Description

**Overview**

The **Lead Scientist** will serve as a technical and scientific leader for high-visibility initiatives that enable large-scale research through cloud computing and Generative AI (GenAI). This role will guide adoption of advanced computational capabilities across a complex research ecosystem and lead a cross-organizational GenAI Community of Practice. The ideal candidate combines deep scientific expertise with experience leading multi-stakeholder initiatives at scale.

**Contributions**

+ Serve as lead for a high-profile, large-scale initiative providing access to cloud and GenAI resources across a distributed research community
+ Provide scientific and technical leadership to accelerate research outcomes through adoption of cloud and GenAI technologies
+ Guide national- or enterprise-level efforts to integrate advanced computational capabilities into research workflows
+ Lead and coordinate a GenAI Community of Practice, fostering collabo...

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Job Details

  • Location McLean, VA
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category other-general
  • Posted Date June 06, 2026
  • Application Deadline June 11, 2026