Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector

Scale AI
New York, Washington
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 248,800 - 345,000 annuallyFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Customer trust-building","Strong judgment under pressure","Clear communication","Extreme ownership","Operating in ambiguity"]

Own product outcomes for Scale’s military planning portfolio and LUX, translating operational reality into high-signal input for engineering and platform teams. Build trusted relationships with senior military and national security stakeholders, drive deployments from contract to production in classified and operationally constrained environments, and determine whether the product or execution is the bottleneck. Coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineering and Platform Capability teams to shape cross-cutting solutions and expansion opportunities.

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Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector

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Job Summary

Own product outcomes for Scale’s military planning portfolio and LUX, translating operational reality into high-signal input for engineering and platform teams. Build trusted relationships with senior military and national security stakeholders, drive deployments from contract to production in classified and operationally constrained environments, and determine whether the product or execution is the bottleneck. Coordinate with Forward Deployed Engineering and Platform Capability teams to shape cross-cutting solutions and expansion opportunities.
Location: New York, Washington
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own product outcomes across Scale’s military planning portfolio and/or high-impact national security accounts for LUX, accountable for product delivery and customer value.
  • •Translate operational reality into high-signal, evidence-backed product input for engineering and platform teams, including tradeoffs and constraints.
  • •Build trusted advisory relationships with senior military, civilian, and mission stakeholders, serving as a reliable escalation point.
  • •Drive deployments from contract to production in classified and operationally constrained environments, defining “production-ready” in DoW settings.
  • •Distinguish whether the product is the constraint versus execution or policy, resolve blockers through the right channels, and shape cross-cutting solutions across stakeholders.
Travel: High travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 248,800 - 345,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirement BenefitsLearning BudgetPaid LeaveCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •Active TOP SECRET security clearance (TS/SCI eligibility preferred).
  • •6+ years in product management, technical program management, or a customer-facing product ownership role, including experience operating at an L6-level of scope and autonomy.
  • •Direct experience working with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) or the broader U.S. national security community.
  • •Working knowledge of either the military planning process (e.g., Joint Planning Process) and modeling/simulation systems (e.g., AFSIM), or real-time streaming data systems (event-driven architectures, low-latency pipelines, high-throughput processing).
  • •Demonstrated record shipping AI or data products into large, constrained, classified, or highly regulated organizations (not pilots).
Experience:6+ years
Skills:Customer trust-buildingStrong judgment under pressureClear communicationExtreme ownershipOperating in ambiguity
Tech Stack:AI/MLReal-time streamingEvent-driven architecturesLow-latency pipelinesHigh-throughput data processingKafkaFlinkKinesisAFSIMJoint Planning ProcessRLHFFine-tuningModel evaluation pipelinesAI agents

Eligibility

Security Clearance:TOP SECRETTS/SCI

Company Brief

Scale AI
Provides data labeling, annotation, and infrastructure services to accelerate machine learning and AI development. Supplies high-quality training data, tooling, and APIs for customers in autonomous vehicles, mapping, robotics, and enterprise AI applications.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2016
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