About the job
SummaryBy Outscal
Scale is seeking a Federal Engagement Manager to manage customer relationships and deliver AI/ML solutions. Must have 6+ years of experience in technical program management, a technical background, and proven track record in B2B client-facing roles. Experience with API technology, government customers, and ML Operations is a plus.
Scale's Public Sector customer base is growing rapidly, and you will be on the front lines of ensuring that these customers become passionate, lifelong Scale partners. As a member of our Federal Delivery team, you own the account plan, manage day-to-day execution for customers, and ensure an incredible customer experience. You are the ultimate all-rounder, a hybrid Customer Success and Technical Program Manager. Day to day, you will manage the customer relationship, deliver AI/ML solutions, use data to refine processes, align internal resources, and triage customer issues. All of this serves an ultimate goal of delivering outsize value in supporting our Federal customer’s AI/ML objectives.
Your bias toward finding not just one-off solutions, but repeatable and scalable ways to ensure we continually deliver on customer objectives. You have a track record of managing active customers, in addition to driving renewals and supporting sales teams in managing upsells. You are naturally empathetic and excel at building long-term relationships through diligent problem-solving and thoughtful, strategic discussions.
You will:
- Manage customer relationships from the executive to the end user
- Oversee onboarding and successful implementation of your accounts
- Lead a cross-functional project team 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
- Strategically identify ways we can make customer success repeatable and solve issues for future customers
- Partner with clients to understand operational issues and advocate for their fixes with Scale engineers
- Work directly with customer's engineering teams and end users, answering questions and addressing issues with use of our products and solutions
We have a diverse team with a variety of skill sets, many have:
- An active Top Secret Clearance with polygraph
- Minimum 6 years of work experience, with experience in a customer-facing technical program management role in industry, professional services engagement management or in government
- A technical background (education or professional experience with CS, Economics, Statistics, Engineering)
- A proven track record in B2B client-facing roles and expanding client relationships
- A basic understanding of the ML Operations process
- Great cross-functional experience and collaborative ability
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- A track record of structured, analytics-driven problem-solving
- A history of diligence and organization across multiple work streams
- Willingness to travel at least 30% of the time
Nice to haves:
- Prior experience at an API technology company and / or managing technical customers using an API
- Prior experience delivering technical solutions to government customers