Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance

Job description

Scale seeks a business-minded Director and Associate General Counsel, Compliance to lead Scale’s corporate compliance program. This role will set the legal standards, governance model, and escalation framework for the program, working closely with cross-functional partners to translate that guidance into practical workflows.

This is a high-impact role for a lawyer who combines strong legal judgment with practical program execution in a fast-moving, high-visibility business.

You Will:

• 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.

Ideally, you’d have: