Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery

• Own end-to-end technical program delivery for Germany and broader European public sector and defence customers, from initial deployment through production scaling
• Serve as the primary technical program point of contact for customers, building trusted relationships with departmental CIOs, IT directors, and technical teams
• Translate public sector and defence requirements into actionable engineering plans
• Navigate complex procurement processes, RFP responses, and contractual technical obligations
• Provide clear, timely, and objective communication across engineering, customer, public sector, and defence stakeholders
• Translate AI/ML technical concepts into government-appropriate language for decision-makers
• Present technical roadmaps and status updates to senior stakeholders and departmental executives
• Represent Cohere’s technical capabilities in sensitive government and defence contexts
• Create and manage project schedules accounting for government and defence timelines, security reviews, and approval cycles
• Identify and manage dependencies across government departments, security authorities, cloud service providers, and internal teams
• Navigate privacy, security, political, regulatory, technology, and infrastructure risks
• Drive alignment between product development priorities and customer requirements
• Ensure on-time delivery of AI solutions meeting security, privacy, accessibility, and performance standards
• Coordinate technical work across model customisation, security hardening, government-system integration, and bilingual support
• Establish governance checkpoints for high-stakes government and defence deployments
• Solve complex technical challenges in air-gapped, on-premises, or highly regulated environments

• Must be a German citizen living in Germany
• Fluent in German
• 6+ years of experience as a customer-facing Technical or Engineering Program Manager in AI/ML consulting, technology transformation, or enterprise software delivery
• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management
• Experience working with government, defence, or heavily regulated customers
• Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder technical programs with stringent compliance requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Strong understanding of enterprise software deployment architectures: cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and air-gapped
• Working knowledge of modern AI, including LLMs, agentic systems, MCP, RAG, fine-tuning, evals, and responsible AI
• Comfortable discussing API integrations, model inference, data pipelines, and ML operations with technical stakeholders
• Deep understanding of government and defence technology procurement, evaluation, and deployment
• Familiarity with European government requirements, including data sovereignty, privacy laws, accessibility standards, official language obligations, and security classifications
• Understanding of defence and national security considerations in AI deployment
• Eligible to obtain a German security clearance
• Active German security clearance is a nice-to-have
• Bilingual English/German proficiency is a nice-to-have
• Background in or strong familiarity with European defence, intelligence, or critical infrastructure sectors is a nice-to-have
• Experience with GC Cloud services such as Azure and AWS GovCloud or Protected B/C environments is a nice-to-have
• Project management certification such as PMP or PgMP, or government-specific methodologies, is a nice-to-have

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch
• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health
• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme
• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent
• Annual enrichment benefits: arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit
• Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
• Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite
• Co-working benefit for employees not near an office
• $500 home office stipend
• For office-based employees: daily lunch program, snacks, and regular community and social events