Technical Program Manager, Public Sector

Company: Scale AI, Inc.
Location: Washington
Posted on: April 24, 2025

Job Description:

Technical Program Manager, Public Sector
Location: Washington, DC

Scale's Public Sector customer base is growing rapidly, and you will ensure that these customers become passionate, lifelong Scale partners. As a member of our Public Sector Delivery team, you are a catalyst, willing to go deep, get technical, and drive change. You are the ultimate hands-on leader, triaging customer issues and support, using data and analytics to align internal resources around Scale's hardest problems, and driving the creation of tools that add direct value to Scale's Public Sector customers. All of this serves an ultimate goal of delivering outsize value in supporting our Public Sector customer's AI/ML objectives.

Your natural inclination is to dive into both technology and organizational processes to craft effective solutions and gain efficiencies. You are biased towards finding not just one-off solutions, but repeatable and scalable ways to ensure we continually deliver on customer objectives. You have a track record of driving technical projects to completion, and stewarding lasting organizational change. And you are naturally empathetic, have high EQ, and excel at building long-term relationships through diligent problem solving, domain competence, and thoughtful, strategic discussions.

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• Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges, solving undefined problems, and delivering impactful solutions for Public Sector customers
  
• Learn technical concepts and tools to necessary depth, leveraging that expertise to create solutions from scratch or drastically improve existing solutions
  
• Use data, analytics, and technical expertise to align internal resources and create tools that directly add value to customers in the public sector space
  
• Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working federal products/solutions by finding paths to finalworking solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous
  
• Partner with engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver AI systems tailored to unique government use cases in the computer vision and generative AI domains
  
• Lead a cross-functional team to exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives.
  
• Manage the long-term health of the customer base by identifying and preempting areas of risk or concern
  
• Strategically identify ways we can make customer success repeatable and solve issues for future customers
  
• Address engineering problems alongside the product development teams
  
  We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:
  
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  • 10+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government.
    
  • Prior experience at an API technology company and / or managing technical customers using an API
    
  • Prior experience delivering technical solutions to government customers
    
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages
    
  • A proven track record in B2B client facing roles and expanding client relationships
    
  • A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem solving
    
    Must Haves:
    
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    • An active TS/SCI clearance
      
    • Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time
      
    • A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
      
    • An understanding of ML operations process
      
    • A technical background (education or professional experience with CS, Economics, Statistics, Engineering)
      
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
      
    • Minimum of 3 years of work experience leading technical teams in industry or government
      Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is:$149,000-$223,000 USDPLEASE NOTE:Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.
      About Us:
      At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
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