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Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector

at Scale AI

📍 Colorado Springs, CO Onsite Posted April 02, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category Project & Program Management

About this role

Engagement Manager leads homeland defense public sector engagements, delivering agentic AI for government use cases and managing cross-functional delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive innovation and transformation by solving undefined problems
  • Partner with Scale teams to build AI systems for unique government use cases
  • Lead cross-functional team to exceed AI/ML objectives
  • Manage customer relationships from executive to end user
  • Travel and on-site collaboration with defense customers

Technical Overview

Focus on ML operations and government customer engagements in computer vision and generative AI domains; requires TS/SCI clearance.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior engagement manager with 5+ years in government customer-facing programs, TS/SCI clearance, able to lead cross-functional teams and deliver ML/AI systems in public sector contexts.

Must-Have Skills

An active TS/SCI clearanceMinimum of 3 years of work experience leading teams / programs in industry or governmentA basic understanding of ML operations processA track record of structuredanalytics-driven problem-solvingExcellent verbal and written communication skillsWillingness to travel at least 25% of the time

Required Skills

program managementcustomer-facing engagementsml operationscross-functional leadershipproblem solvingcommunication

Hard Skills

active TS/SCI clearance5+ years of professional experience in customer-facing technical program managementprior government engagementsML operations processstructuredanalytics-driven problem-solvingverbal and written communicationtravel 25%on-site collaborationcross-functional leadershipdomain knowledge in defense or AI workflows

Soft Skills

verbal and written communicationproblem-solvingleadershipstakeholder managementanalytical thinking

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector
Job Function Deliver agentic AI solutions for homeland defense through public sector engagements
Role Subtype Program Manager
Tech Domains Machine Learning Operations, Computer Vision, Generative AI

Keywords for Your Resume

engagement managerhomeland layered defensepublic sectorcolorado springsts/sci clearancegovernment engagementscustomer-facing program managementml operationscomputer visiongenerative aianalytics-driven problem solvingverbal communicationwritten communicationtravel 25%onsite5+ years4 days per week onsitedomain expertisecross-functional leadership

Deal Breakers

no TS/SCI clearance, less than 3 years leading teams, unable to travel 25%+

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