Technical Program Manager (Gen AI Data Engine), Public Sector

Scale AI; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 199,200 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Scale AI in Washington, DC, seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead GenAI data workflows and ML Ops for a critical national security customer. You will coordinate across engineering, operations, and public sector teams to deliver reliable AI solutions.

The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance, 3+ years in stakeholder-facing roles, and willingness to be onsite in Northern Virginia 3+ days per week with travel up to 25%. Base salary range is $199,200 – $249,000 USD.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with full-scope polygraph (FSP).
• 3+ years of stakeholder management or customer-facing experience.
• Basic understanding of ML operations, including data labeling, training, and evaluation.
• Familiarity with the U.S. intelligence community and national security apparatus.
• Track record of analytics-driven problem solving.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High cross-functional influence and EQ.
• Willingness to be onsite with a customer in the Northern Virginia vicinity 3+ days/week and travel 25%+.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer relationships from executive to end user.
• Work with national security and intelligence community customers on GenAI data workflows.
• Lead or support cross-functional project teams to meet AI/ML objectives.
• Proactively identify customer needs and pain points to drive success.
• Learn technical concepts deeply to create new solutions or improve existing ones.
• Partner with engineering, operations, and public sector teams to deliver AI systems for government use cases.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Customer-facing role

Analytics-driven problem solving

Verbal and written communication

Cross-functional influence

Willingness to travel

Job description

Technical Program Manager (Gen AI Data Engine), Public Sector

Washington, DC

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 computer vision solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter.

We’re hiring a technical program manager (TPM) to lead and coordinate delivery of GenAI data workflows and ML Ops for a critical national security customer. As a TPM on our public sector delivery team, you will own or support a customer account plan, triage customer technical issues, use data and analytics to align internal resources around Scale’s hardest problems, and drive the data workflows underpinning the reliability of solutions that add direct value to Scale’s Public Sector customers.

You will:

• Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
• Work alongside national security & intelligence community customers to support genAI data workflows
• Lead or support a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives
• Lead with a “whatever-it-takes” mentality, proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success
• Learn technical concepts and tools to necessary depth, leveraging that expertise to create solutions from scratch or drastically improve existing solutions
• Partner with engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver AI systems tailored to unique government use cases in the GenAI data domain

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance with full‑scope polygraph (FSP)
• 3+ years of work experience succeeding in stakeholder management or a customer‑facing role
• A basic understanding of the ML operations process including processes underpinning GenAI data labeling, training, and test & evaluation
• Familiarity with the U.S. intelligence community and national security apparatus
• A track record of structured, analytics‑driven problem solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High cross‑functional influence and EQ
• Willingness to be onsite with a customer in vicinity of Northern Virginia 3+ days per week and able to travel at least 25% of the time (as needed)

We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:

• A technical background (education or professional experience with computer science, economics, statistics, engineering)
• Professional experience, often in a customer‑facing technical program management role in industry or government.
• Prior experience managing technical customers
• A proven track record in B2B client‑facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience owning the technical implementation of solutions to the government

Compensation

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 and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, 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:

$199,200 - $249,000 USD

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