# Director of Governance & Risk Compliance

**Company:** [Scale AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/scale-ai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $302k – $378k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption, Fcpa, Third-Party Risk Management, Compliance Investigations, Enterprise Risk Management, Erm, Hotline Governance, Ipo-Readiness Compliance, Policy Development, Regulatory Counseling, Internal Controls
**Posted:** 2026-05-08

> Leads corporate compliance program at high-growth tech company, developing policies, managing investigations, maturing ERM processes, and partnering cross-functionally for IPO-readiness. Requires 10+ years legal experience in compliance, GRC, and regulatory matters with JD and active bar.

## Job Description

## 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.

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