Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defence
Core
Technical Program Manager leading end-to-end delivery of frontier AI models and solutions for Canadian public sector and defence organizations.
Role type
Senior, hands-on IC Technical Program Manager
Builds
Production AI solutions (LLMs, agentic systems, RAG) for government and defence clients
Domain
Public Sector & Defence, Enterprise AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical program delivery, executive communication, government procurement navigation, security compliance management, cross-functional coordination, risk management, bilingualism (English/French)
Preferred skills
Active Top Secret security clearance, experience with GC Cloud services, knowledge of Algorithmic Impact Assessments, PMP/PgMP certification
Technologies
LLMs, agentic systems, MCP, RAG, fine-tuning, evals, Azure, AWS GovCloud
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end technical program delivery from deployment to scaling, serve as primary technical point of contact for government CIOs, translate complex government requirements into engineering plans, navigate government procurement and RFP processes, manage project schedules accounting for security reviews and ministerial approvals, coordinate technical work across model customization and security hardening teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC