Senior Technical Program Manager

About LILT

AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation. We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone
, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality. At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—
Work together, win together;
Find a way or make one;
Quicker than they expect;
Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.

The Government Team at LILT

LILT is expanding its US public sector offering to serve mission-focused analysts and linguists with the most cutting-edge translation technology. LILT’s government team provides a fast, multilingual, high-quality AI translation platform to United States and allied government customers. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of LILT's AI platform and our customers.

As a key member of our team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of LILT's public sector business. Your expertise in engineering, program management, and linguistics will be instrumental in driving the development of innovative solutions for a wide range of government customers.

Where You’ll Work

This position is based out of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once an office is opened.

Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. Candidates with active or recent TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph (and can satisfy other security-related requirements) are preferred. Candidates without this security clearance must be able to apply for and maintain TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

What You’ll Do

We have an opening for a Senior Technical Program Manager to support LILT’s government team focusing on US Government customers such as the military and national security. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will work with technical and senior leadership across the program to ensure our government offering meets the highest technical standards. This position is based out of the Washington D.C. metro area where you will start as fully remote and then transition to hybrid once an office is opened.

Moderate travel to customer sites in the region is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement technical roadmaps aligned with customer use cases
• Develop comprehensive roadmaps and manage multiple tasks with varying priorities
• Specify and implement provisioning, management, and monitoring solutions tailored to unique security and cyber requirements of diverse government customers
• Oversee the entire lifecycle of these solutions, from initial technical program review to installation, deployment, and expanded usage
• Propose and champion enhancements to the LILT product roadmap that enhance government user utility and satisfaction
• Serve as the primary point of contact for government customers, collaborating with external teams, partners, and subcontractors to identify and mitigate programmatic risks, ensuring the achievement of established goals
• Communicate effectively with executive management, providing clear and concise updates on project plans, status, and critical issues, both verbally and in writing
• Timely escalate urgent issues and drive their resolution
• Drive project execution, develop project plans, make informed technical trade-offs, manage risk, track, and report on status both internally and externally, and resolve blocking issues
• Collaborate closely with partner organizations, including government agencies, to ensure that all teams are equipped for success
• Establish goals and metrics to identify…