Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defense, France
Core
Technical Program Manager leading end-to-end delivery of frontier AI models and solutions for French and European public sector and defence customers.
Role type
Senior, hands-on IC Technical Program Manager (AI/ML)
Builds
Production AI solutions, model customizations, and secure integrations for government and defence clients
Domain
Public sector & Defense, Enterprise AI/ML, National Security
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical program delivery, executive communication, stakeholder management, complex procurement navigation, security compliance, data sovereignty management, risk management, cross-functional coordination, technical roadmap translation
Preferred skills
AI/ML technical background (LLMs, RAG, fine-tuning), government/defence domain expertise, air-gapped environment experience, algorithmic impact assessment knowledge
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 CIOs and IT directors, translate complex requirements into engineering plans, navigate procurement and contractual obligations, manage project schedules with security review cycles, identify dependencies across government and internal teams, ensure on-time delivery meeting security and performance standards, coordinate technical work across model customization and integration teams, establish governance checkpoints for high-stakes deployments, problem-solve in air-gapped or regulated environments
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC