AI Delivery Program Lead — Public Sector & Defense (France)

Cohere; USA; Hybrid; USD 125.000 - 171.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Lunch stipend

Health and dental benefits

RRSP matching

Parental Leave

Vacation

Travel & offsite budget

Home office stipend

Zusammenfassung

Cohere is seeking an experienced Program Manager to join our customer-facing Program Management team, focusing on public sector and defence accounts in Europe, especially France. You will bridge advanced AI capabilities with government needs, managing security, data sovereignty, and regulatory compliance while ensuring deployment and scale.

You will collaborate with Strategic Customer, AML, FDE, Platform, Product, and GTM teams, leading technical programs for sensitive government engagements and

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of customer-facing Technical or Engineering Program Manager experience in AI/ML consulting, technology transformation, or enterprise software delivery.
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience working with government, defence, or heavily regulated customers.
• Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder technical programs with stringent compliance requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree or technical certs a plus.

Aufgaben

• Own end-to-end technical program delivery for French and broader European public sector and defence customers, from initial deployment through production scaling
• Serve as the primary technical program point of contact for customers, building trusted relationships with departmental CIOs, IT directors, and technical teams
• Translate complex public sector and defence requirements (security, compliance, accessibility, bilingualism, data sovereignty) into actionable engineering plans
• Navigate complex procurement processes, RFP responses, and contractual technical obligations
• Create and manage project schedules that account for public sector and defence timelines, security review processes, and approval cycles
• Identify and manage dependencies across government departments, security authorities, cloud service providers, and internal Cohere teams
• Navigate risks unique to government and defence deployments: privacy compliance, security, political and regulatory, technology and infrastructure
• Drive alignment between product development priorities and specific customer requirements
• Establish governance checkpoints appropriate for high-stakes government and defence deployments
• Problem-solve complex technical challenges in air-gapped, on-premises, or highly regulated environments
• Coordinate technical work across multiple teams: model customisation, security hardening, integration with government systems, bilingual support

Kenntnisse

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Public sector experience

AI/ML program delivery

Technical liaison

Bilingual (French/English)

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Advanced degree or technical certs a plus

Tools

Cloud architectures

Jobbeschreibung

Cohere is seeking an experienced Program Manager to join our customer-facing Program Management team, focusing on public sector and defence accounts in Europe, especially France. You will bridge advanced AI capabilities with government needs, managing security, data sovereignty, and regulatory compliance while ensuring deployment and scale.

You will collaborate with Strategic Customer, AML, FDE, Platform, Product, and GTM teams, leading technical programs for sensitive government engagements and