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Technical Program Manager, AI Delivery for Public Sector & Defense, France

Cohere· Product Management & Program Management
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FranceFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager focusing on public sector and defence accounts in Europe (France), bridging Cohere’s frontier AI capabilities with government and defence customer needs. Responsible for end-to-end technical program delivery, strategic communication with executives, and navigating complex security, compliance, and procurement requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end technical program delivery for French 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 complex public sector and defence requirements (security, compliance, accessibility, bilingualism, data sovereignty) into actionable engineering plans
  • Navigate complex procurement processes, RFP responses, and contractual technical obligations.
  • Provide clear, timely, and objective communication across Cohere's engineering organisation, customer stakeholders, pubic sector and defence leadership
  • Translate between AI/ML technical concepts and government-appropriate language for decision-makers who may not have deep technical backgrounds
  • Present technical roadmaps and status updates to senior stakeholders including departmental executives
  • Represent Cohere's technical capabilities in sensitive government and defence contexts.
  • Create and manage project schedules that account for public sector and defence timelines, security review processes, and approval cycles
  • Identify and manage dependencies across government departments, security authorities, cloud service providers, and internal Cohere teams
  • Navigate risks unique to government and defence deployments: privacy compliance, security, political and regulatory, technology and infrastructure.
  • Drive alignment between product development priorities and specific customer requirements.
  • Ensure on-time delivery of AI solutions that meet security, privacy, accessibility, and performance standards
  • Coordinate technical work across multiple teams: model customisation, security hardening, integration with government systems, bilingual support
  • Establish governance checkpoints appropriate for high-stakes government and defence deployments
  • Problem-solve complex technical challenges in air-gapped, on-premises, or highly regulated environments.

Qualifications

  • 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; advanced degree or technical certs a plus

Skills

Required:Executive communicationStakeholder managementTechnical program managementSecurity complianceCloud/on-prem deploymentProcurement & RFP management
Nice to have:AI/ML conceptsBilingual communication

Benefits

  • 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, 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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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