Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance

San Francisco, United StatesOn-site

Responsibilities

Advise on anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, gifts and entertainment, third-party risk, and other sensitive corporate compliance matters.
Lead or support privileged compliance investigations, remediation, and escalations, coordinating across Legal and with outside counsel where matters involve potential litigation or enforcement risk.
Develop practical compliance policies, workflows, training, and reporting processes that support Scale’s growth and IPO-readiness.
Represent Scale’s corporate compliance function with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, auditors, partners, and regulators.

experience across corporate compliance, investigations, regulatory counseling, GRC, internal controls, or related areas. •
experience with anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, third-party risk, hotline governance, and privileged investigations. •
Experience maturing ERM, policy governance, training, remediation tracking, risk reporting, and IPO-readiness or public-company compliance.
Strong judgment and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across legal, technical, operational, and executive stakeholders. Nice to haves: •
Experience with AI governance or regulation.
Familiarity with government contractor compliance, export controls, or industrial security. •
Experience with multinational compliance programs, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
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 are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. 10+ years of legal

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 and may be inclusive of several career levels at Scale; it will be determined during the interview process based on work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, 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.
benefits such as a commuter stipend.
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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Scale seeks a business-minded Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance to lead Scale’s corporate compliance program.
This role will set the legal standards, governance model, and escalation framework for the program, working closely with cross-functional partners to translate that guidance into practical workflows.
This is a high-impact role for a lawyer who combines strong legal judgment with practical program execution in a fast-moving, high-visibility business.
This role reports into our Senior Director and Associate General Counsel, Federal and Compliance. You Will:
Mature Scale’s Enterprise Risk Management process, including risk assessment methodology, risk register governance, mitigation tracking, and leadership reporting.
Set legal standards for compliance operations, including hotline triage, sensitive matter review, policy governance, training requirements, and remediation escalation.
Partner across Legal, GRC, Security, Product, Engineering, Finance, People, Public Sector, and other business teams on compliance and IPO-readiness.
Experience building or scaling compliance programs in high-growth technology or similarly complex environments. Strong
Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional
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