Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector

Job summary

Responsibilities

Scale is accelerating the development of AI across the world's most important organizations, including the U.S. Department of War (DoW), its constituent services, and the broader U.S. National Security industry.

• Own product outcomes across Scale's military planning portfolio and/or its highest-impact national security accounts for LUX, spanning multiple DoW and National Security…
• Translate operational reality into high-signal product input for engineering and platform teams — specific, evidence-backed product perspective with tradeoffs articulated, not…
• Build trusted advisory relationships with senior military leaders (flag/general officer and senior civilian equivalents), National Security customer stakeholders, and senior…
• Drive deployments from contract to production inside classified and operationally constrained environments — whether that means military planning workflows or LUX's low-latency…
• Distinguish where the product is the constraint from where execution, integration, policy, or change management is the constraint.

What they're looking for

• Active TOP SECRET security clearance (TS/SCI eligibility preferred).
• 6+ years in product management, technical program management, or a customer-facing product ownership role
• Direct experience working with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) or the broader U.S. national security community.
• Working knowledge of at least one of the following, with an ability to speak credibly to the other:
• The military planning process (e.g., the Joint Planning Process) and modeling/simulation systems (e.g., AFSIM).

Tech stack

• Kafka