Technical Program Manager, Public Sector Engineering

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We're building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter. Overview The Global Forward Deployments (GFD) organization operates as a critical horizontal layer across Scale, sitting at the intersection of Engineering, Product, Design, Delivery, and GTM. We are growing the GFD Project Management Office (PMO) to bring structure to ambiguity, align teams, organize cross‑functional workstreams, and keep priorities coordinated across the organization. Responsibilities Serve as a central node within the growing GFD PMO, driving alignment across Engineering, Product, and Design initiatives and ensuring priorities remain top‑of‑mind across the organization. Take on Scale's difficult‑but‑ambiguous problems, break them down in a structured way, and drive them to successful outcomes, including technology, organizational processes, and vendor management. Act as the primary technical program manager uniting GFD with Product, ML, Mission & Field Engineering, Delivery, and GTM teams to wrangle contractual deliverables, unblock custom integrations, and drive technical milestones against critical contract checkpoints. Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to improve processes and procedures, ensuring Scale’s continued success. Create an effective feedback loop between all teams within EPD and partner teams such as Legal, BizOps, and Partnerships. Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working Public Sector products/solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous. Requirements: role must be based within the continental United States and requires current U.S. Citizenship. Qualifications Current or past Security Clearance (TS/SCI preferred). Proven experience partnering closely with Product and cross‑functional Engineering teams to align technical roadmaps, manage dependencies, and drive complex, multi‑team initiatives. Experience in project management, including planning, organizing, and managing resources. Capacity to operate effectively and maintain high‑quality output within a high‑tempo, ambiguous, or chaotic environment. Experience in security and compliance, with a focus on cross‑departmental collaboration. Experience delivering secure and reliable solutions within classified, isolated, and air‑gapped environments. Demonstrated understanding of security practices within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). Experience in a high‑growth, fast‑paced technology company. Action‑oriented mindset, balancing creative problem‑solving with a strong drive to achieve outcomes. Nice to Have Experience in microservice design and Kubernetes‑based container orchestration. Experience applying AI or Machine Learning. Strong analytical skills, with experience using data analysis tools or software. Track record of fostering cross‑functional collaboration with Delivery, Sales, and Engineering teams. Backlog refinement & roadmapping experience with tools like Linear and JIRA. Proven experience translating complex SOW requirements into tactical engineering deliverables. Experience maintaining alignment with organizational capacity planning and delivery timelines. Background in Software, Security, or System Engineering. Salary & Benefits Base salary range for this full‑time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Washington DC is $136,000—$260,000 USD. Compensation packages include base salary, equity, and benefits such as comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, generous PTO, and a commuter stipend. EEO Statement We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision. #J-18808-Ljbffr Scale AI, Inc.