Scale AI

Scale AI

Technical Assurance Lead

Washington, DC

No sponsorship$53k-$800kDetected 13 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsLLMsCybersecurityComplianceProject ManagementAccountingCommunicationCISSP

About the role

  • AI is rapidly changing the world, and Scale is growing to meet that rapid demand across global markets, including accelerating public sector and commercial business.
  • Reporting to the Head of Global Assurance, this is a hands-on individual contributor role with significant autonomy.
  • You'll Have - An active US Top Secret security clearance with minimum IAT Level 2 certification (Security +, CASP, or similar).

Responsibilities

  • Drive cross-functional control implementation by partnering with product, engineering, security, operations, legal, and people ops to deploy technical, administrative, and operational controls.
  • Manage external relationships with auditors, assessors, certification bodies, and regulatory counterparts to achieve and sustain compliance outcomes.
  • Maintain system security documentation and GRC tooling, including continuous updates to security documentation and uploading control evidence to eMASS or Xacta throughout the monitoring phase.
  • Lead compliance reviews for new products and features, and proactively advise the business on emerging certification programs, regulatory changes, and evolving requirements.
  • Maintain and expand Scale's certification portfolio, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and ISO 9001, working with the global GRC team on renewals and new certifications.
  • Support customer and stakeholder assurance activities, including security questionnaires, due diligence responses, compliance input to bids, and customer-facing assurance discussions.

Requirements

  • Experience in project management and taking projects from conception to launch.
  • An ability to translate between business and technical risk and communicate clearly to leadership.
  • Experience managing controls mapping, evidence collection, remediation tracking, and audit coordination across distributed engineering and infrastructure teams.
  • Strong communication skills, sound judgment on escalation, and the ability to operate autonomously while maintaining alignment with a global program.
  • 7+ years of experience in security compliance, technology audit, GRC, cloud security, or related roles, with meaningful exposure to the public sector markets.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, information systems, computer science, or a related field.
  • Experience at a high-growth technology company.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
  • This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

Compensation

  • $53k-$800k

Benefits

  • Set priorities and cadences for intake, evidence collection, remediation tracking, and deadline management, and reporting program health and risks to the Head of Global Assurance.

Company info

  • 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, Ernst & Young, 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.
  • We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com. Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.
  • We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.
  • We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates.
  • We limit the personal data we collect to that which we believe is appropriate and necessary to manage applicants' needs, provide our services, and comply with applicable laws.
  • 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, Ernst & Young, 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.
  • We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
  • If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@scale.com.
  • Please see the United States Department of Labor's Know Your Rights poster for additional information.
  • PLEASE NOTE: We collect, retain and use personal data for our professional business purposes, including notifying you of job opportunities that may be of interest and sharing with our affiliates.
  • Any information we collect in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our internal policies and programs designed to protect personal data.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • An active US Top Secret security clearance with minimum IAT Level 2 certification (Security +, CASP, or similar)

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