b01f1451-476 Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance We are seeking a highly experienced Director of Governance, Risk, and Compliance to build and lead our centralized GRC function. 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. You will manage and develop a team of compliance professionals spanning governance, assurance, and GRC engineering to build scalable systems and processes.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Owning and maturing Scale's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation, and reporting.
  • Partnering with Legal, Security, Product, Engineering, and Operations, among other teams, to help guide Scale's growth in a highly scrutinized space.
  • Owning or contributing to Scale's AI governance strategy, including monitoring and operationalizing emerging AI regulations (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, state AI laws).
  • Helping set and drive vision for how GRC can not only help protect Scale, but serve as a differentiator and competitive advantage.
  • Representing the team with internal and external stakeholders (partners, regulators, etc.).

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).
  • Proven track record of designing and maturing governance and internal control environments to support IPO readiness.
  • 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.

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]]> full-time senior onsite $302,400-$378,000 USD Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Compliance Governance, Compliance Advisory, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, AI Governance, U.S. Government Contract Compliance, IPO Readiness, AI Governance Frameworks, Emerging AI Regulatory Requirements, DoD-Specific Compliance Requirements, Security Frameworks Legal Technology Scale https://logos.yubhub.co/scale.com.png Scale develops reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions, providing high-quality data and full-stack technologies. https://scale.com/ https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4654775005 San Francisco, CA 2026-04-18