Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defence, UK
Cohere · London
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At a glance
Highlights
- Lead end-to-end AI delivery for UK public sector and defence customers.
- Drive sensitive, high-impact AI deployments for national security missions.
- Bridge frontier AI capabilities with government digital transformation.
What they offer
- $75/£75 weekly lunch stipend
- Full health and dental benefits including mental health budget
- Pension scheme with matching
- 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months
- 6 weeks of paid vacation
- Annual enrichment, education and wellness benefits
- $500 home office stipend plus co-working benefit
Ideal candidate
Customer-obsessed program leader with government and defence delivery experience who thrives in high-stakes, regulated environments and cares deeply about responsible, secure AI adoption for public good.
Requirements
- 6+ years as customer-facing Technical or Engineering Program Manager in AI/ML consulting, transformation or enterprise software delivery
- Experience working with government, defence or heavily regulated customers
- Proven track record managing complex multi-stakeholder programs with stringent compliance requirements
- Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management
- Strong understanding of enterprise deployment architectures: cloud, on-premises, hybrid, air-gapped
- Working knowledge of modern AI: LLMs, agentic systems, RAG, fine-tuning and evals
- Deep understanding of government procurement, evaluation and deployment of technology
- Eligible to obtain UK government security clearance, Top Secret preferred
- remote policy
- Remote-friendly within UK with access to London office and co-working benefit
Lab profile
About Cohere
Security-first enterprise AI company building frontier foundation models for business applications.
What they build
- Command foundation models
- Embed models
- Rerank models
Known for
- Security-first enterprise AI
- Frontier model training and deployment
- Business-focused end-to-end products
Key facts
- Founded in 2019
- Headquartered in Toronto, Canada