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Program Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector

at Scale AI

📍 Washington, DC Onsite Posted April 02, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 10+ years
Education Not specified
Category Project & Program Management

About this role

Scale AI seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead a homeland layered defense public sector program, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and ensure contractual and performance outcomes for government clients.

Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as the program lead across a large-scale public sector engagement
  • Own relationships with senior government stakeholders and subcontractors
  • Lead contract reviews, program syncs, and reporting cycles
  • Manage a team of 3-4 delivery managers
  • Align product roadmap with evolving customer needs

Technical Overview

The role requires cross-functional leadership across delivery, contracts, and customer teams, with familiarity of FAR-based contracts and IDIQs, OTAs, and threat modeling in defense contexts.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior program manager with 10+ years leading DoD/national security engagements, strong contract acumen, and ability to drive cross-functional teams and manage budgets.

Must-Have Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance10+ years managing complex technical programs for DoD or national security customersAbility to lead large cross-functional effortsFamiliarity with FAR-based contracts and program structures like IDIQstask ordersand OTAsStrong business acumen and ability to manage performance metricscontract deliverablesand program budgets

Nice-to-Have Skills

PythonSQLDomain expertise in modeling and simulationintelligence workflows

Tools & Platforms

PythonSQL

Required Skills

Program managementDoDFAR-based contractsIDIQsOTAsContract managementPerformance metricsBudgetsPythonSQLData pipelinesStakeholder management

Hard Skills

Program managementDoDFAR-based contractsIDIQsOTAsContract managementPerformance metricsBudgetsPythonSQLData pipelinesStakeholder management

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipStakeholder managementChange managementTravel readiness

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector
Job Function Lead and manage Scale AI's homeland defense public sector program, ensuring contract and performance outcomes.
Role Subtype Program Manager

Keywords for Your Resume

Program ManagerHomeland Layered DefensePublic SectorDoDNational SecurityFAR-based contractsIDIQsOTAsContract managementPerformance metricsBudgetsStakeholder managementPythonSQLData pipelinesTravelTS/SCI clearanceWashington DC

Deal Breakers

No TS/SCI clearance, Less than 10 years program management experience, Inability to travel up to 25%

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