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.