Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector

Scale's public sector business is providing the best of American commercial technology and innovation to protect the homeland and meet the moment. As a member of our public sector delivery team, you will own relationships critical to the portfolio of clients charged with a layered defense for the United States. You will be a catalyst, willing to go deep, get technical, and drive change. You will manage customer relationships and partners as well as partner with our engineering team to solve Scale’s hardest problems. All of this serves an ultimate goal of delivering cutting-edge agentic AI to orchestrate portfolio management for defense of the homeland.

You will:

• Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges, solving undefined problems, and delivering impactful agentic AI solutions
• Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working products / solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous
• Partner with Scale engineering, operations, and other public sector teams to build and deliver AI systems tailored to unique government use cases in the computer vision and generative AI domains
• Lead a cross-functional team to exceed the customer’s AI/ML objectives
• Support and partner across B2B and B2G organizations to achieve the outcomes in delivering the greater layered defense for the United States

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

• 5+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government.
• A proven track record in B2B or government client facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience leading engagements with government customers

Must haves:

• An active TS/SCI clearance
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience leading teams / programs in industry or government 
• A basic understanding of ML operations process
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time

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, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity in 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.

Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of Washington DC and Colorado is:

$163,900—$245,300 USD

PLEASE NOTE:Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us:

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

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. 

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