Scale AI
Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command
$203K–$254K
Los Angeles, CA · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years across the stated fields; time in uniform in the Space Force or Air Force space counts heavily.
- Education
- BS/BA required; technical degree or MBA preferred.
About the job
Leads capture, contracting, and deployment of Scale’s agentic AI solutions across Space Systems Command, converting prototypes into funded, program-level deployments.
What you'll do
- Own the SSC account lifecycle, including opportunity development, proposal work, contract awards, and a multi-million-dollar annual revenue quota.
- Guide delivery and account growth after contract award, securing follow-on funding and expanding deployments across SSC’s PEOs.
- Co-design agentic AI workflows with technical teams and operators, and negotiate teaming and subcontracting arrangements with systems integrators and space primes.
What they ask for
- 7+ years across space operations, government acquisitions, complex enterprise IT sales, or defense business development.
- Track record of closing and implementing multi-year deals and securing budget line items; experience transitioning technology into deployed capability in a major PEO or program office.
- Active Secret clearance; based in the Los Angeles area and able to work on-site or with the customer 3 days a week; able to travel 20–30%.
- BS/BA required.
Nice to have
- TS/SCI clearance; technical degree or MBA.
- Existing relationships across SSC, the Space Force enterprise, major space primes, and integrators.
Pay
$203,200 — $254,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Agentic AI, AI/ML, computer vision, autonomy, RAG
AI focus
Deploy and co-design agentic AI workflows for space operations, including space domain awareness, ground-segment modernization, tasking, and targeting.
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