Field Program Manager (Active Top Secret Clearance)

“In 36 months, agentic AI systems will be an operating reality across major institutions. We intend to be central to it.” — Dr. Jim Rebesco, Cofounder and CEO, Striveworks

The government’s demand for AI is growing far faster than the systems required to support it. Fewer than 15% of federal AI programs have reached sustained production, despite billions of dollars invested. The models perform in testing, but they degrade in the real world. And when performance drops, trust goes with it.

Striveworks was built to solve that problem.

What you’ll build

Since 2018, we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use cases—providing a layer of assurance underneath hundreds of deployed models that monitors performance, manages drift, and sustains systems long after they leave the lab.

A Field Program Manager for Striveworks will be challenged - and trusted - on day one. The Field Program Manager is a hands-on leader aligned to a U.S. Army Corps HQ, and serves as Striveworks' primary program leadership presence for the NGC2 (Next Generation Command and Control) program with the Corps: owning delivery, customer relationships, and the growth of Striveworks' mission footprint within the formation. This is not a coordination role. The FPM collaborates across a small, cross-functional project team, to drive execution against the program roadmap, and is the person Striveworks leadership calls when something is at risk.

This role is built for someone who has operated in complex Army environments, knows how decisions are made at Division level and above, and is done watching technology fail to land because nobody owned the last mile.

What it’s like here

We lead with trust, treat each other with respect, and use candor consistently, kindly, and constructively. We care deeply about our work, and we find genuine satisfaction in doing it well. Above all, we take ownership—because we feel the weight of collective results personally. We are looking for people who share these values and are eager to put them into practice.

What we’re looking for

• Bachelor's degree and sufficient technical fluency to engage software engineers and data scientists as an informed, non-technical counterpart

• 4–6+ years of relevant professional experience with military operations at Division (2-star) level or higher — former Field Grade Officer or Senior NCO strongly preferred

• Demonstrated experience planning and directing execution of complex, multi-stakeholder project activities; proven small-team (2–6 person) leadership in high-accountability environments

• Track record of building and sustaining rapport and trust with senior military and civilian stakeholders across organizational levels