Director, Strategic Projects

Scale is at the forefront of enabling Machine Learning across multiple industries. The Strategic Projects team leads the company’s most ambitious projects and most important growth opportunities. These generally involve delivering results for strategic customers, developing new products or solving novel challenges in order to drive top line growth. 

As Head of Strategic Projects, you will be responsible for the success of all the initiatives taken on by the Strategic Projects team. This includes leading a 25+ person org that includes 10+ product managers. The ideal candidate has a proven track record leading high performing teams, as well as a strong entrepreneurial mindset and is comfortable working under ambiguity and owning “must win” outcomes.

You will:

  • Lead a 25+ person org that includes around 10 Product Managers
  • Lead the development of new product to fulfill the requirements of strategic customers and initiatives
  • Interface with Scale’s executive leadership to help align company priorities and drive focus on important initiatives
  • Own the execution of some of Scale’s most critical new initiatives as well as most of the company’s new enterprise engagements
  • Lead cross-functional projects with diverse stakeholders (Engineering + Ops + Go to Market)
      

Ideally you'd have:

  • Strong entrepreneurial experience - Either you started or held a leadership position at a fast growing tech company
  • Proven track record building and leading high performing teams
  • Experience solving product and operational challenges - Product experience at an operationally intense company is ideal
  • Engineering background - A degree in computer science or equivalent engineering experience
  • Excited to do intense, high impact work - motivated by quick iteration and timelines
  • Proven track record of excellence as an individual contributor - You should be excited to “get in the weeds” and own “must win outcomes” yourself
  • Experience closing large enterprise sales or partnership deals 

The base salary range for this full-time position in our hub locations of San Francisco, New York, or Seattle, is $179,200-$220,000. Compensation packages at Scale include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Scale employees are also granted Stock Options that are awarded upon board of director approval. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

About Us:

At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how machine learning can build innovative products. Our products provide access to human-powered data for hundreds of use cases and are used by industry leaders such as Open AI, Lyft, Meta, GM, Samsung, Airbnb, NVIDIA, and many more. We’ve recently raised $325 million in Series E funding at a valuation of $7B+ and 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 EEO poster and EEO poster supplement for additional information.

 

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