Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector

Scale
San Diego, CAPosted 21 January 2026

Job Description

<p>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.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges, solving undefined problems, and delivering impactful agentic AI solutions</li> <li>Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working products / solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous</li> <li>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</li> <li>Lead a cross-functional team to exceed the customer’s AI/ML objectives</li> <li>Support and partner across B2B and B2G organizations to achieve the outcomes in delivering the greater layered defense for the United States</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government.</li> <li>A proven track record in B2B or government client facing roles and expanding client relationships</li> <li>Prior experience leading engagements with government customers</li> </ul> <p><strong>Must haves:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An active TS/SCI clearance</li> <li>Minimum of 3 years of work experience leading teams / programs in industry or government </li> <li>A basic understanding of ML operations process</li> <li>A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving</li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li> <li>Willingness to travel at least 25% of the time</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><em>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 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.</em></p></div><div class="title">The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of California is:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$163,900</span><span ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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