Engagement Manager, Public Sector (Columbia, MD)

Scale AI•Columbia, MD

17h•$199,200 - $249,000•Onsite

About The Position

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government unlock the potential of AI across national security missions. We’re building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions and delivering them into operational use cases that matter. We’re hiring an engagement manager (EM) to lead and coordinate delivery of agentic workflows for a national security customer. As an EM on our public sector delivery team, you will own or support a large account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. This role is ideal for someone who blends program leadership, customer relationship building, technical fluency, and contract awareness — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

Requirements

An active TS/SCI clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph
3+ years of work experience succeeding in stakeholder management or a customer-facing role delivering enterprise-scale applications / solutions
A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem solving
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to be forward deployed and willingness to travel 25%

Nice To Haves

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
50% travel

Responsibilities

Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
Work alongside customers to scope agentic workflow use cases that Scale’s engineering team will build and you will ultimately refine
Lead or support a cross-functional project team to deliver on and exceed the customer's AI/ML objectives
Lead with a “whatever-it-takes” mentality, proactively identifying customer needs and operator pain points to ensure customer success
Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of customer accounts