Director of Governance & Risk Compliance

Scale is seeking a highly experienced and motivated Director of Governance, Risk, and Compliance to build and lead our centralized GRC function to protect and advance the company. We are seeking someone to mature and lead the GRC function, helping to set a strategic, long-term vision, partnering cross-functionally across Scale, and representing Scale's GRC functions with partners, regulators, and other stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of corporate regulatory compliance and risk management, attention to detail, strong leadership and relationship-building skills, and experience building successful compliance programs at high-growth companies.

You Will:

• Lead the GRC function at Scale, including compliance governance, compliance advisory, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

• Manage and develop a team of compliance professionals spanning governance, assurance, and GRC engineering to build scalable systems and processes.

• Own and mature Scale's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting.

• Partner with Legal, Security, Product, Engineering, and Operations, among other teams, to help guide Scale's growth in a highly scrutinized space.

• Own or contribute to Scale's AI governance strategy, including monitoring and operationalizing emerging AI regulations (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, state AI laws).

• Help set and drive vision for how GRC can not only help protect Scale, but serve as a differentiator and competitive advantage.

• Represent the team with internal and external stakeholders (partners, regulators, etc.).

• Take a strategic, long-term view of compliance while still being willing to get into the weeds on specific compliance issues.

Ideally, you’d have:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in GRC, compliance, or related legal/regulatory roles, with demonstrated success building or scaling compliance programs.

• Demonstrated success in building and leading high-quality compliance programs and teams.

• Experience designing and operating an Enterprise Risk Management program.

• Deep knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR, and CPRA.

• Experience with U.S. Government contract compliance requirements (FAR, DFARS, NIST 800-171, CMMC).

• Excellent communicator with the ability to break down complex requirements into easy-to-understand and practical systems.

• Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments with ambiguity and competing priorities.

• Love collaborating with talented professionals across many disciplines—product, design, security, engineering, marketing, and more.

Nice to haves:

• Experience with AI governance frameworks and emerging AI regulatory requirements.

• Experience building a compliance team that helped take a company public.

• Deep knowledge of DoD-specific compliance requirements and security frameworks.

Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is:
$302,400—$378,000 USD

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About Us:

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.

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