Field Program Manager (Active Top Secret Clearance)
Striveworks · Falls Church, Virginia, United States · Falls Church, VA
Defenseonsitemid-senior$145k–$185k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own delivery of trusted AI systems operating in real-world missions.
- Drive execution against program roadmaps with small cross-functional teams.
- Sustain hundreds of deployed models by monitoring performance and drift.
What they offer
- Competitive base salary
- Equity grants
- Cash bonuses
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- HSA and FSA plans
- 401(k) plan
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid parental leave
Ideal candidate
A trusted hands-on leader with defense delivery experience who owns the last mile, builds rapport from Soldier to executive level, and cares deeply about making AI work in real missions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and sufficient technical fluency to engage engineers as informed counterpart
- 4-6+ years of relevant professional experience with defense technology delivery
- Demonstrated experience planning and directing execution of complex, multi-stakeholder activities
- Proven small-team (2-6 person) leadership in high-accountability environments
- Track record building rapport with War Department stakeholders across levels
- Strong written and verbal communication across Soldier-level to executive audiences
- Active Top Secret US security clearance
- remote policy
- Hybrid - 60% on-site at customer sites with up to 20% travel
Lab profile
About Striveworks
Delivers trusted AI systems and assurance for federal missions, sustaining models in production.
What they build
- AI assurance and monitoring platform
- Agentic AI systems
- Production federal AI solutions
Known for
- Production AI deployment
- Model monitoring and drift management
- Federal and defense missions
- Long-term system sustainment
Key facts
- Founded in 2018
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