Engagement Manager (Germany), Public Sector

Scale AI
Washington, US
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level professionals with TS/SCI clearance who thrive in fast-moving, mission-driven environments and are willing to relocate to Germany.

Best fit for

  • Professionals with active TS/SCI clearance and stakeholder management experience
    — “An active TS/SCI clearance
  • Candidates comfortable with frequent travel and eventual relocation to Germany
    — “Willingness to initially travel 50% of the time to Germany and ultimately relocate there
  • Individuals with technical fluency and a track record in B2B client-facing roles
    — “A basic understanding of GenAI/ML

Things to consider

  • Requires eventual relocation to Germany after initial travel period
    — “ultimately relocate to Germany to be onsite with customers
  • High travel commitment upfront before permanent relocation
    — “initially travel 50% of the time to Germany

How to stand out

  • Highlight specific examples of delivering enterprise-scale solutions in government contexts
    — “delivering enterprise-scale applications / solutions
  • Demonstrate structured problem-solving with analytics in past roles
    — “structured, analytics-driven problem solving
  • Showcase experience expanding client relationships in technical implementations
    — “expanding client relationships
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Customer satisfaction
  • Project delivery
Typical background
Technical program managementCustomer success

Skills & requirements

Required

Program ManagementCustomer SuccessAi/ml

Preferred

Technical FluencyContract Management

About the role

Original posting from Scale AI via Greenhouse

Scale AI is at the forefront of the AI revolution, helping the U.S. government and allied partners 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 who is eager to travel regularly to Europe and ultimately relocate to Germany to be onsite with customers. As an EM on our public sector delivery team, you will 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, technical fluency, and contract awareness — and who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous, and mission-driven environments.

You will:

Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user

Be forward deployed in Germany with customers to scope agentic workflow use cases that Scale’s engineering team will build and refine

Lead 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

Must haves:

An active TS/SCI clearance

5+ 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

A basic understanding of GenAI/ML 

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Willingness to initially travel 50% of the time to Germany and ultimately relocate there

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.

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

Domain expertise in a relevant field (e.g. modeling and simulation, joint planning, intelligence workflows)

Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You'll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of Washington DC is:$191,200—$291,000 USDPLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

About Us:

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status. 

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.

We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision. 

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Source: Scale AI careers (Greenhouse)

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