Senior Director and AGC, Product Legal (Privacy, IP, Employment)

<p><strong>About Scale AI</strong></p> <p>Scale is at the forefront of powering artificial intelligence. We believe that trust in AI is earned with high-quality data for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI systems. Our products are transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our customers are the world’s most innovative model developers and enterprise and public sector entities looking to apply AI in their organizations.</p> <p><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>About You</strong></p> <p>The successful candidate:</p> <ul> <li>Brings experience as a trusted legal advisor to senior product, engineering, and operations executives.</li> <li>Excels at translating complex legal requirements into actionable business strategies and designing scalable frameworks.</li> <li>Is energized by building and leading high-performing teams while driving impact at the forefront of AI innovation.</li> <li>Possesses strong cross-functional coordination skills to stay current on business activities and future plans.</li> <li>Has a strong understanding of privacy, IP, and employment laws and can deftly apply legal requirements to facilitate product development and process implementation.</li> </ul> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Strategic Leadership</strong> <ul> <li>Lead and manage the Product Legal team, developing talent and creating scalable legal support systems across privacy, IP, and employment law.</li> <li>Serve as trusted advisor to senior executives on product development, regulatory compliance, and strategic business initiatives.</li> <li>Lead product legal strategy embedding compliance by design and advancing creative, business-forward solutions.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Product Counsel</strong> <ul> <li>Advise throughout the product development lifecycle on privacy, IP, employment, regulatory compliance, and risk management.</li> <li>Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Operations, and Security teams to future-proof strategic initiatives involving AI development, customer data, and global contributor networks.</li> <li>Develop creative solutions for how legal frameworks can support new products and customer experiences in AI.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Team Leadership & Specialized Counsel</strong> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>Embed compliance into product development by design, including GDPR, CCPA, AI regulations, worker classification, and global labor standards.</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Team Development ... (truncated, view full listing at source)