Technical Program Manager, Public Sector AI Delivery

Scale AI; Washington; On-site; USD 166,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity compensation

Learning stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale AI in Washington, DC, is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own cross‑discipline delivery for national security missions. You will partner with customers and engineering to translate needs into concrete requirements and actionable plans.

This role requires TS/SCI clearance, 5+ years in technical delivery, strong API/data systems literacy, and willingness to travel 25–50% for on-site engagements.

Qualifications

• Write detailed technical and product requirements that engineering teams can directly execute against.
• Experience driving complex technical programs across multiple engineering and stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of program management fundamentals, including requirements traceability, dependencies, risks, schedules, and deliverables.
• Ability to reason about data availability and software integration constraints in secure or highly regulated environments.
• Willingness to travel 25–50% for onsite engagements, integration work, user testing, briefings, and formal evaluation events.

Responsibilities

• Own technical execution for one or more national security mission areas from initial requirement through deployment and formal evaluation.
• Translate operational workflows into PRDs, ERDs, and executable engineering work.
• Work alongside engineers during cycle planning to define scope, sequencing, architecture constraints, dependencies, and milestones.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability from customer objective to software build, test event, and formal deliverable.
• Drive Jira/GitLab execution and provide inputs into integrated master schedules and program-level planning.
• Understand and manage data availability, system architecture, integration dependencies, and technical constraints across high-side networks.
• Identify technical blockers early, own their resolution, and elevate critical risks when required.
• Partner with subcontractors and external engineering teams, defining interfaces, deliverables, handoffs, and accountability.

Skills

Technical program management

Software architecture literacy

APIs and data systems

AI/ML-enabled products

Security-compliant delivery

Education

Technical degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, physics, data science, or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Scale AI in Washington, DC, is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own cross‑discipline delivery for national security missions. You will partner with customers and engineering to translate needs into concrete requirements and actionable plans.

This role requires TS/SCI clearance, 5+ years in technical delivery, strong API/data systems literacy, and willingness to travel 25–50% for on-site engagements.