Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defence, UK
Core
End-to-end technical program delivery for UK public sector and defence customers, bridging frontier AI capabilities with government requirements.
Role type
Senior customer-facing Technical Program Manager (AI/ML)
Builds
Production AI solutions (LLMs, agentic systems, RAG) for government and defence organisations
Domain
Public sector & Defence, Enterprise AI/ML
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical program delivery, executive communication, government procurement navigation, security compliance management, multi-stakeholder coordination, AI/ML technical concepts (LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning), enterprise software deployment architectures
Preferred skills
UK government security clearance (Top Secret), defence sector experience, GC Cloud services (Azure/AWS GovCloud), Algorithmic Impact Assessments, PMP/PgMP certification
Technologies
LLMs, agentic systems, MCP, RAG, fine-tuning, evals, API integrations, model inference, data pipelines, ML operations, 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 and IT directors; translate complex government requirements into engineering plans; navigate procurement processes and RFP responses; manage project schedules accounting for security reviews and ministerial approvals; coordinate technical work across model customisation, security hardening, and integration teams; present technical roadmaps to senior government officials.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
