Engagement Manager - Public Sector

Scale's Public Sector customer base is growing rapidly, and you will be on the front lines of ensuring that these customers become passionate, lifelong Scale partners. As a member of our Public Sector Delivery team, you own the account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. You are the ultimate all-rounder, a hybrid customer success and technical program manager. Day to day, you will manage the customer relationship, deliver AI/ML solutions, use data to refine processes, align internal resources, and triage customer issues. All of this serves an ultimate goal of delivering outsized value in supporting our national security customers’ AI/ML objectives.

You have a bias toward finding not just one-off solutions, but repeatable and scalable ways to ensure we continually deliver on customer objectives. You have a track record of managing active customers, in addition to driving renewals and supporting sales teams in managing upsells. You are naturally empathetic and excel at building long-term relationships through diligent problem-solving and thoughtful, strategic discussions.

You will:

• Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
• Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of your accounts
• Lead a cross-functional project team to exceed the customer’s AI/ML objectives
• Manage the long-term health of the customer base by identifying and preempting areas of risk or concern
• Strategically identify ways we can make customer success repeatable and solve issues for future customers
• Partner with clients to understand operational issues and advocate for their fixes with Scale engineers
• Work directly with customer's engineering teams and end users, answering questions and addressing issues with use of our products and solutions

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

• A technical background (education or professional experience with computer science, economics, statistics, engineering)
• A proven track record in B2B client-facing roles and expanding client relationships
• Prior experience owning the technical implementation of solutions to the government

Must haves:

• An active Top Secret security clearance (required)
• Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time
• A basic understanding of the ML operations process and an aptitude to develop mastery on generative AI workflows / products
• Great cross-functional experience and collaborative ability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
• Minimum 5 years of total work experience, with some experience in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry, professional services engagement management, or in government

Nice to have:

• Experience working in defense tech and/or an AI company
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, or other programming languages
• A deep understanding of ML operations for generative AI workflows
• Experience with modeling, simulation, and / or wargaming

The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is:

$178,000 — $223,000 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.

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