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Technical Program Lead, Public Sector
Scale AI INC · 🇺🇸 Washington, DC
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The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship/clearance.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 74 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 3 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Scale AI INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Growth Program Manager” (Sales Engineers) in CA: $190k–$190k, median $190k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 74 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 3 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Scale's Public Sector customer base is growing rapidly, and you will ensure that these customers become passionate, lifelong Scale partners. In this role, you will lead technical delivery for one of Scale's most consequential Public Sector programs, building AI-enabled planning and decision-support capability for major Department of War commands. Partnering with the program's Delivery Lead, you own the technical shape of what we ship: how Scale's products come together, where we extend them, and what we build from scratch. You will also lead a team of Technical Program Managers, coaching them through ambiguous problems and multiplying what the group can take on. You will: • Lead and mentor a team of Technical Program Managers who own the program's key technical delivery areas, allocating scope, raising the technical bar, and unblocking them as they interface directly with stakeholders and end users • Own the technical shape of what we deliver: whether we are combining Scale's products in the right way, extending them in the right way for this program, and being deliberate about what genuinely warrants a bespoke build • Plan and sequence releases alongside engineering, anticipating technical risk early and putting engineering trade-offs in terms stakeholders can decide on • Serve as the senior technical voice to program stakeholders and users, translating operational needs into delivery decisions the team can execute against • Drive innovation and transformation by diving deep into technical and operational challenges, solving undefined problems, and delivering impactful solutions for Public Sector customers • Leverage technical concepts, tools, and expertise to create solutions from scratch or drastically improve existing solutions • Use data, analytics, and technical expertise to align internal resources and create tools that directly add value to customers in the public sector space • Transition AI/ML technologies and processes into working Public Sector products / solutions even when requirements are undefined or ambiguous • Partner with 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 • Set the technical direction for a cross-functional team of engineers, operations, and delivery staff 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 • Build with an eye toward reuse, identifying where program work can generalize into durable capability and surfacing it to Product, while holding the line on the program's technical delivery goals • Address engineering problems alongside the product development teams Must Haves: • An active TS/SCI clearance • 7+ years of experience succeeding in stakeholder management or customer-facing role • Experience leading or mentoring other program managers, engineers, or technical staff • Demonstrated ownership of the technical delivery of a complex, multi-workstream program with senior government or enterprise stakeholders • Technical background (education or professional experience with CS, Economics, Statistics, Engineering) • Deep understanding of ML operations process • Working knowledge of software delivery pipelines and DevOps principles • A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Willingness to travel : 25–50% (typically 1–2 weeks per month on-site with CONUS and OCONUS customers) We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have: • 10+ years of professional experience, often in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry or government. • Exp