Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel, Scale AI
Product Legal - Privacy, Intellectual Property, Employment
$348.6-435.8k
+ Equity
Training and validation data for AI applications
Be an early applicant
Training and validation data for AI applications
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$348.6-435.8k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Brings experience as a trusted legal advisor to senior product, engineering, and operations executives
- Excels at translating complex legal requirements into actionable business strategies and designing scalable frameworks
- Is energized by building and leading high-performing teams while driving impact at the forefront of AI innovation
- Possesses strong cross-functional coordination skills to stay current on business activities and future plans
- Has a strong understanding of privacy, IP, and employment laws and can deftly apply legal requirements to facilitate product development and process implementation
- Experience: 15+ years of legal experience with deep expertise in at least two of the following areas: Privacy, Intellectual Property, Employment Law, Product Counsel, or Regulatory Compliance, with experience advising throughout the product development lifecycle
- Leadership: Proven track record of building, managing, and developing successful legal teams with demonstrated ability to mentor and grow talent
- Education: JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred) in good standing
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically at a high level and from deep in the details to drive complex problem-solving and develop creative, business-forward solutions
- Risk Calibration: Ability to calibrate risk, distinguish business from legal risk, and communicate clearly to executive, business, and technical audiences, building trusted executive relationships
- Execution: Track record of successful implementation of cross-functional strategy and creation of scalable systems and processes to promote efficient organizational growth
- Regulatory Expertise: Experience in US and international privacy, IP, and employment regulatory frameworks with ability to translate multi-jurisdictional requirements into practical legal guidance
- Collaboration: Roll-up-your-sleeves attitude to tackle projects large and small with a low-ego, collaborative approach and outstanding client service focus
- Technical Fluency: Deep interest in artificial intelligence, generative AI, and machine learning technology, with ability to engage effectively with technical teams on complex engineering and product issues
- Agility & Organization: Ability to think quickly and manage evolving priorities in a fast-paced environment with excellent organizational and communication skills
- Professional Judgment: Outstanding professional judgment, team player with a positive attitude, and passion for solving problems
What the job involves
- Scale is seeking an exceptional attorney to lead and manage the Product Legal team, which includes product lawyers with specialized expertise in privacy, intellectual property, and labor and employment law
- You will oversee Scale's global privacy program, intellectual property portfolio, and employment law strategy while serving as a trusted advisor to senior product, engineering, and operations executives
- This role requires building strong relationships across the organization and creating scalable systems and processes to support business goals
- You will advise stakeholders on developing and launching AI products to mitigate risk and maintain compliance in a fast-moving environment, particularly in light of AI advancements, while promoting business flexibility
- This role reports directly to the General Counsel
- Lead and manage the Product Legal team, developing talent and creating scalable legal support systems across privacy, IP, and employment law
- Serve as trusted advisor to senior executives on product development, regulatory compliance, and strategic business initiatives
- Lead product legal strategy embedding compliance by design and advancing creative, business-forward solutions
- Advise throughout the product development lifecycle on privacy, IP, employment, regulatory compliance, and risk management
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Operations, and Security teams to future-proof strategic initiatives involving AI development, customer data, and global contributor networks
- Develop creative solutions for how legal frameworks can support new products and customer experiences in AI
- Lead the team of specialized counsel in privacy, IP, and labor and employment law who oversee Scale's global privacy program, manage the worldwide IP portfolio, and direct labor and employment law strategy
- Embed compliance into product development by design, including GDPR, CCPA, AI regulations, worker classification, and global labor standards
- Create career development opportunities and foster a collaborative culture
- Create scalable processes, templates, and self-service resources to support rapid company growth
- Develop training programs on privacy, IP, and employment law to enhance Scale's compliance culture
- Establish metrics and reporting to demonstrate legal team impact and business value
Application process
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Our take
When training AI models, lack of access to large scale, high quality, labelled data is often the barrier preventing machine learning teams from building something great. In fact, labelled data is even more essential than the algorithms themselves. Scale AI is solving this by providing easy access through developer APIs to a huge variety of labelled data sets covering a large range of areas within computer vision and natural language processing.
It seems that almost every company now is offering artificial intelligence enabled products to automate every aspect of our lives. So, by positioning themselves as the go-to source for high quality tagged data, Scale AI is in an excellent position as the AI sector continues it's exponential growth.
With innovative AI projects across a range of sectors including retail, energy, and healthcare, Scale AI is now a leader in the industry alongside OpenAI. It continues to forge partnerships with fintech tools and software engine developers such as Brex and Luminar to continue its evolution of digital markets.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2024
$1bn
SERIES F
Apr 2021
$325m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company benefits
- Health & Wellbeing: Our holistic approach to supporting Scaliens includes comprehensive health coverage, dental and vision insurance, mental healthcare services, and more. PTO policies and accommodating schedules ensure you’ll get time off when you need it to relax and recharge. Note that our offerings may vary by region as we strive to respond to the unique needs of Scaliens around the globe.
- Personal & Career Growth: Continuously learn and grow through annual learning & development stipend, attending leadership breakfasts, manager training, speaker series, and joining an ERG.
- Building Scale Community: We welcome guests to our offices, and you can expect to see Scalien families and friends around. Join local happy hours, and accept invites to game nights, book clubs, and many other employee-led community events.
- Parental Support: Balancing work and family is essential, and Scale understands the importance of having adequate leave policies in place to promote a healthy home and work life.
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Alexandr Wang
(Founder & CEO)Previously, Alexandr was an Algorithm Developer at Hudson River Trading, a Tech Lead and Quora and a Software Engineer at Addepar.
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