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Deployment Strategist
Scale AI INC · 🇺🇸 Washington, DC
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- 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)).
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- 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.
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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 is building AI for the world's most consequential decisions. In the Intelligence Community, that means deploying Agentic AI into the workflows that power overhead intelligence, geospatial analysis, and imagery exploitation — the systems that give the United States and its allies an irreplaceable strategic edge. As the Defense Deployment Strategist for NRO and NGA, you are Scale's point of presence at the intersection of AI and national intelligence. You will lead the end-to-end effort to land, deploy, and scale Agentic AI capabilities inside two of the most technically sophisticated and mission-critical agencies in the U.S. government. This is not a sales role. This is a full-spectrum capture, deployment, and growth role — and you are the one running it. Deployment Strategist NRO and NGA represent the frontier of AI adoption within the IC. NGA's GEOINT Pathfinder, Foundation GEOINT Services, and data modernization programs are actively seeking agentic AI capabilities that can automate imagery exploitation, fuse multi-source intelligence, and accelerate analyst workflows. NRO's Ground Enterprise and Systems Acquisition Directorate are investing in AI-enabled data pipelines and autonomous processing at scale. Your job is to ensure Scale is embedded in both. Winning here means navigating IC acquisition authorities — not just standard DoD contracting. You understand the difference between an NGA BAA, an IC OTA, and a Program of Record. You know that the path from prototype to production inside the IC requires executive sponsorship at the SES/Flag level, and you know how to earn it. Responsibilities: This is an individual contributor role with heavy leadership expectations. You are the "CEO of the Account," responsible for the following: • Full-Spectrum Capture & Quota Ownership Carry and exceed a multi-million dollar annual revenue quota across NRO and NGA. You own the entire lifecycle: shaping requirements before the RFP drops, influencing the acquisition strategy, navigating source selection, and closing. You are not waiting for inbound leads — you are building the funnel. • Mission Partner Engagement Develop and execute deep account strategies for NRO and NGA. You will maintain active, trusted relationships with SES-level sponsors, PEOs, mission area leads, and technical evaluators. You understand their modernization roadmaps — GEOINT Pathfinder, the Ground Enterprise, IC IT Enterprise — and you position Scale at the center of their most ambitious programs. • IC Acquisition Navigation You know how to leverage IC-specific acquisition vehicles: NGA's research BAAs, NRO's OTAs, and classified program vehicles. You can shape a white paper, respond to an RFI, and architect a deal structure that survives IC oversight. You have navigated the Valley of Death before and helped a program cross it. • Agentic Solutioning for GEOINT & Overhead Intelligence Work directly with analysts, mission engineers, and imagery exploitation teams to co-design Agentic AI workflows. Whether the mission need is automating change detection, accelerating multi-INT fusion, or deploying foundation models against geospatial data pipelines — you can translate the operational requirement into a buildable technical specification for Scale's engineering team. • SI & Prime Orchestration The IC does not buy software directly from startups at scale. You will manage and negotiate teaming agreements with Tier 1 primes — Leidos, Booz Allen, Northrop Grumman, Maxar, L3Harris — ensuring Scale is the agentic AI engine inside their winning proposals. You are the lead negotiator for sub-contracting arrangements and you protect Scale's programmatic position through contract award. • Operational Transition & Scale When the contract is signed, your job deepens. You