Technical Program Lead, Public Sector
Scale AI·Washington, DC·Posted 17 September 2026
About the role
Scale's Public Sector customer base is growing rapidly, and you will ensure that these customers become passionate, lifelong Scale partners. In this role, you will lead technical delivery for one of Scale's most consequential Public Sector programs, building AI-enabled planning and decision-support capability for major Department of War commands. Partnering with the program's Delivery Lead, you own the technical shape of what we ship: how Scale's products come together, where we extend them, and what we build from scratch. You will also lead a team of Technical Program Managers, coaching them through ambiguous problems and multiplying what the group can take on. You will: Lead and mentor a team of Technical Program Managers who own the program's key technical delivery areas, allocating scope, raising the technical bar, and unblocking them as they interface directly with stakeholders and end users Own the technical shape of what we deliver: whether we are combining Scale's products in the right way, extending them in the right way for this program, and being deliberate about what genuinely warrants a bespoke build Plan and sequence releases alongside engineering, anticipating…
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