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Arch is prepared to offer a highly competitive executive compensation package for the right candidate. Compensation may include a strong base salary, performance-based incentives, and additional executive compensation elements tied to growth, customer relationship development, strategic opportunity advancement, contract wins, and overall company success. The final compensation package will be based on the candidate’s experience, seniority, federal relationships, ability to support growth, and demonstrated track record of helping organizations expand within the federal market.

Arch Systems is seeking a dynamic, relationship-driven, and forward-thinking Chief Innovation Officer to lead the company’s innovation strategy and help accelerate growth across the federal government market. This executive will play a critical role in positioning Arch as a trusted partner for federal agencies seeking to modernize operations, adopt emerging technologies, improve mission outcomes, and implement secure, scalable, and innovative solutions.

The most important requirement for this role is deep, established relationships across the federal government. The ideal candidate will be either a former senior government executive with strong access to federal agency leaders and decision-makers, or a senior executive from a large federal contractor or technology company with proven relationships across federal civilian agencies. This individual must bring trusted relationships with senior agency leaders, mission owners, program executives, technology decision-makers, acquisition stakeholders, contracting officials, and key industry partners.

This role requires a leader who can leverage those relationships to understand federal agency priorities, shape opportunities early, influence customer thinking, and position Arch before formal procurements are released. The Chief Innovation Officer must be able to open doors, build credibility with senior stakeholders, and convert strategic relationships into meaningful customer engagement, qualified pipeline, teaming opportunities, and contract growth.

The Chief Innovation Officer will lead Arch’s innovation efforts across artificial intelligence, generative AI, data modernization, cloud modernization, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, digital transformation, intelligent automation, agile software development, and broader IT modernization. The ideal candidate should understand how emerging technologies can be applied in secure federal environments and should be able to communicate the business, technical, and mission value of these solutions to both government and industry stakeholders.

This position will work closely with Arch’s executive leadership, business development, capture, proposal, delivery, and technical teams to support strategic growth.

• Build, strengthen, and maintain deep trusted relationships with senior federal executives, program leaders, technology leaders, contracting officials, acquisition stakeholders, mission owners, and key industry partners.
• Leverage federal relationships to identify customer priorities, understand upcoming agency needs, shape opportunities early, and position Arch before formal procurements are released.
• Use established relationships across federal civilian agencies to expand Arch’s visibility, credibility, and access to strategic growth opportunities.
• Engage directly with senior government decision-makers and influencers to understand mission challenges and introduce innovative AI, IT modernization, cloud, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and data-driven solutions.
• Develop and lead Arch’s enterprise-wide innovation strategy focused on AI, generative AI, automation, IT modernization, cloud modernization, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data modernization, emerging technologies, and federal mission transformation.
• Identify federal agency priorities, technology gaps, and mission challenges that can be addressed through innovative, secure, scalable, and mission-focused technology solutions.
• Support Arch’s business development and capture teams by shaping opportunities early in the acquisition lifecycle and positioning Arch as a differentiated innovation partner.
• Translate agency needs into solution concepts, white papers, executive briefings, RFIs, prototypes, demonstrations, pilot programs, and proposal strategies.
• Lead the development of solution offerings in areas such as artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, natural language processing, predictive analytics, intelligent automation, cloud services, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, agile software development, and data platforms.
• Establish and guide innovation labs, proof-of-concepts, pilot solutions, demonstrations, and reusable technology accelerators that can be leveraged across federal customers.
• Collaborate with technical delivery teams to ensure proposed solutions are practical, secure, compliant, scalable, and executable in federal environments.
• Partner with capture, proposal, and solution architecture teams to develop win themes, technical approaches, oral presentation content, and customer-specific messaging for strategic opportunities.
• Identify, evaluate, and cultivate strategic relationships with cloud providers, AI companies, cybersecurity firms, data platform vendors, large system integrators, small businesses, and specialized technology firms.
• Represent Arch at federal industry days, conferences, customer meetings, technology forums, partner discussions, and executive briefings.
• Monitor federal technology trends, AI policy, IT modernization priorities, cloud adoption strategies, cybersecurity mandates, acquisition trends, and emerging market opportunities.
• Help expand Arch’s footprint across key federal agencies, including HHS, DHS, DOW, USDA, Treasury, NOAA, IRS, CMS, NIH, ACF, FEMA, TSA, ICE, CBP, and other federal organizations.
• Support the development of thought leadership, market-facing content, innovation roadmaps, solution offerings, and customer engagement materials.
• Work with delivery leadership to identify innovation and growth opportunities within existing contracts and help expand customer accounts through new capabilities and mission-focused solutions.
• Advise executive leadership on investment priorities, solution development, go-to-market strategies, partner alignment, technology differentiation, and federal market positioning.
• Help establish Arch’s standards and approach for responsible, ethical, secure, and mission-aligned AI and emerging technology adoption in federal environments.

• Federal government relationship development
• Executive-level customer engagement
• Strategic relationship management
• Opportunity shaping through customer relationships
• Industry partnership development
• Strategic innovation leadership
• Artificial intelligence and emerging technology expertise
• IT modernization strategy
• Cloud modernization
• DevSecOps and agile delivery
• Cybersecurity modernization
• Data modernization and analytics
• Opportunity shaping and capture support
• Executive communication and thought leadership
• Customer engagement and account expansion
• Technical solutioning and solution strategy
• Federal market awareness
• Business growth orientation
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Mission-focused problem solving
• Responsible AI and technology governance
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders

• Builds and expands trusted relationships with senior federal government stakeholders.
• Leverages federal relationships to identify, shape, and advance strategic opportunities.
• Expands Arch’s access to key agency decision-makers, program offices, acquisition stakeholders, and technology leaders.
• Creates meaningful customer engagement that leads to qualified pipeline and contract growth.
• Helps generate qualified federal pipeline aligned to Arch’s strategic growth priorities.
• Shapes new opportunities early in the acquisition lifecycle.
• Supports strategic captures and contributes to contract wins.
• Develops differentiated AI, IT modernization, cloud, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and data-driven solution offerings for federal customers.
• Strengthens Arch’s visibility as an innovation-focused federal contractor.
• Identifies growth opportunities within existing customer accounts.
• Establishes strong partnerships with technology firms, cloud providers, federal integrators, and specialized small businesses.
• Aligns innovation efforts with measurable business growth, contract expansion, and customer mission outcomes.

• A relationship-driven federal executive with deep access to agency leaders, technology decision-makers, mission owners, acquisition stakeholders, and industry partners.
• A former government executive or large business executive who can bring immediate credibility, access, and relationships across the federal market.
• A trusted advisor who can use federal relationships to open doors, understand agency priorities, shape opportunities, and position Arch early.
• A federal innovation leader with strong credibility in AI, IT modernization, cloud, DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data, emerging technologies, and mission modernization.
• A growth-oriented strategist who understands how to shape opportun