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Program Manager, Public Sector

233k – 291kWashington, DCOnsite10+ YOE
Summary

Lead execution and customer relationships for Scale's public sector portfolio focused on homeland layered defense. Manage cross-functional teams, subcontractors, and government stakeholders while driving technical delivery of AI solutions.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the contractual and internal program lead across a large-scale public sector engagement, integrating multiple sub-efforts under one umbrella (e.g., data pipelines for computer vision, software deployments for GenAI solutions)
  • Own relationships with senior government stakeholders and ensure that we meet contractual obligations, performance metrics, and reporting requirements
  • Own relationships with subcontractors to ensure successful delivery of the prime contract
  • Lead formal engagements such as contract reviews, customer program syncs, performance assessments, and reporting cycles
  • Lead and supervise a team of 3-4 delivery managers who run day-to-day customer engagement efforts
  • Oversee a technical delivery team that will drive product roadmap alignment that adapts evolving customer needs

Requirements

  • An active TS/SCI clearance
  • 10+ years professional experience, ideally managing complex technical programs for DoD or national security customers
  • A proven ability to lead large, cross-functional efforts across delivery, contracts, and customer teams
  • A healthy obsession with establishing and driving adoption of programmatic systems and processes; plus the ability to exert influence and manage associated change
  • Familiarity with FAR-based contracts and program structures like IDIQs, task orders, and OTAs
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to manage performance metrics, contract deliverables, and program budgets
  • A track record of high ownership in ambiguous environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills — especially with senior government stakeholders
  • Deep curiosity about agentic AI and its application to homeland layered defense
  • A willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice-to-Haves

  • Proficiency in Python, SQL or other programming languages
  • A proven track record in B2B + B2G client facing roles and expanding client relationships
  • Prior experience delivering technical solutions to government customers
  • Domain expertise in a relevant field (e.g. modeling and simulation, joint planning processes, intelligence workflows, etc)
Skills
PythonSQLProgram ManagementFAR-based contractsIDIQTask OrdersOTACross-functional LeadershipStakeholder ManagementTechnical Delivery
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