Director of Governance & Risk Compliance

Responsibilities

• Advise on anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, gifts and entertainment, third-party risk, and other sensitive corporate compliance matters.
• Lead or support privileged compliance investigations, remediation, and escalations, coordinating across Legal and with outside counsel where matters involve potential litigation or enforcement risk.
• Develop practical compliance policies, workflows, training, and reporting processes that support Scale’s growth and IPO-readiness.
• Mature Scale’s Enterprise Risk Management process, including risk assessment methodology, risk register governance, mitigation tracking, and leadership reporting.
• Set legal standards for compliance operations, including hotline triage, sensitive matter review, policy governance, training requirements, and remediation escalation.
• Partner across Legal, GRC, Security, Product, Engineering, Finance, People, Public Sector, and other business teams on compliance and IPO-readiness.
• Represent Scale’s corporate compliance function with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, auditors, partners, and regulators.

Requirements

• JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of legal experience across corporate compliance, investigations, regulatory counseling, GRC, internal controls, or related areas.
• Experience building or scaling compliance programs in high-growth technology or similarly complex environments.
• Strong experience with anti-bribery and anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, third-party risk, hotline governance, and privileged investigations.
• Experience maturing ERM, policy governance, training, remediation tracking, risk reporting, and IPO-readiness or public-company compliance.
• Strong judgment and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across legal, technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with AI governance or regulation.
• Familiarity with government contractor compliance, export controls, or industrial security.
• Experience with multinational compliance programs, including Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.