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Posted Mar 17Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defence
at Cohere
GermanyHybrid
Responsibilities
- requirements - Drive alignment between product development priorities and specific government
Requirements
- We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents.
- We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
- This is a highly specialized role requiring an individual who understands both the technical complexity of frontier AI models and the unique
- You will be the critical bridge between our cutting-edge AI capabilities and the specific needs of ministerial departments, public bodies, agencies, Crown corporations, and defence organizations.
- You'll navigate complex procurement processes, stringent security requirements, data sovereignty concerns, and regulatory compliance while ensuring our customers successfully deploy and scale our AI solutions.
- In this role, you'll collaborate with our Strategic Customer team, Applied ML (AML), Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE), Platform, Product, and Go-to-Market teams, serving as the technical program lead and trusted advisor for our most sensitive and high-impact government engagements.
- experience as an Engineering or Technical Program Manager - At least 2 years in customer-facing technical delivery and operations for enterprise-grade software or AI/ML solutions -
- Experience working with government, defence, or heavily regulated customers (public sector, defence contractors) - Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder technical programs with stringent compliance
- requirements Technical Background: - Strong understanding of enterprise software deployment architectures (cloud, on-premises, hybrid, air-gapped) - Strong understanding and
- experience with LLM training, fine-tuning, or deployment would be a strong differentiator - Comfortable discussing API integrations, model inference, data pipelines, and ML operations with technical stakeholders Government & Defence Acumen: - Deep understanding of how government organizations procure, evaluate, and deploy technology - Familiarity with German government
- Experience with technical risk impact assessments (such as Algorithmic Impact Assessments) or AI ethics frameworks is a strong asset - Eligible to obtain German government security clearance (Top Secret preferred) Nice to Have: - Active German government security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) - strong preference for active Top Secret clearance - Bilingual (German/English) proficiency - Background in or strong familiarity with German defence, intelligence, or critical infrastructure sectors -