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About the Role

Nscale is seeking a Director, Legal - ESG to establish the legal foundation for its ESG framework and manage the legal and regulatory structure supporting sustainability claims. This role is crucial for ensuring Nscale's public ESG statements are accurate and compliant with regulations, working across various departments to integrate ESG principles into business operations and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Build ESG legal and disclosure architecture, owning the legal and disclosure-control architecture across applicable frameworks (SEC climate disclosure rules, EU CSRD, UK SDR, SECR, GRI, SASB, etc.).
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, reporting requirements, and governance processes.
• Establish the policy suite, regulatory map, disclosure review process, and evidence standards for a scalable ESG legal framework.
• Build a defensible framework capable of operating effectively as Nscale grows.
• Strengthen ESG data governance and assurance readiness by establishing data governance expectations, including source data ownership, methodology documentation, evidence retention, audit trails, and sign-off requirements.
• Ensure external claims are traceable to reliable underlying data.
• Lead Legal input into materiality, ESG risk, and assurance readiness.
• Integrate ESG priorities, targets, and disclosures into enterprise risk, internal audit, and future external assurance processes.
• Review ESG claims and mitigate disclosure risk by providing substantive legal review of external ESG claims and disclosures.
• Mitigate greenwashing, inconsistent-claim, and regulatory risk across ESG communications.
• Advise on substantiation standards and the boundaries of permissible external statements.
• Support a functioning ESG claims and disclosure sign-off process with Corporate Affairs and ESG stakeholders.
• Partner across the business on ESG governance, advising on ESG legal risks material to Nscale’s business.
• Support ESG governance and Board reporting, including Audit & Risk Committee and Nomination & Governance Committee materials.
• Develop practical guidance and training for business teams on ESG claims, approval workflows, escalation triggers, and evidence standards.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in England & Wales or an equivalent jurisdiction, with significant post-qualification experience across ESG, sustainability, governance, and regulatory disclosure work.
• Proven experience building governance frameworks from the ground up, including policies, controls, review processes, escalation routes, and evidence standards capable of withstanding audit or external assurance.
• Deep working knowledge of ESG and sustainability regulation and reporting frameworks, with the ability to translate requirements into practical controls and business processes.
• Strong understanding of ESG disclosure risk, green claims, anti-greenwashing standards, substantiation requirements, and the governance needed to support public-facing statements.
• Strong commercial judgment, with the confidence to operate as a credible partner to various departments and senior leadership.
• Sector exposure to data centres, infrastructure, energy, technology, or AI infrastructure, including familiarity with associated environmental, supply-chain, and community issues.
• Experience with ESG investor engagement, rating agencies, or customer sustainability diligence (e.g., MSCI, Sustainalytics, EcoVadis).
• Experience working in a fast-scaling company or regulated or externally scrutinized environment.
• Sound, defensible judgment under scrutiny and the ability to make regulatory complexity actionable.
• Low-ego, high-accountability operator who can build structure from ambiguity and move work forward in a shared-ownership model.

Skills

• ESG
• Sustainability
• Governance
• Regulatory Disclosure
• Legal Framework Building
• Policy Development
• Control Implementation
• Risk Management
• Data Governance
• Assurance Readiness
• Disclosure Review
• Green Claims Mitigation
• Substantiation Standards
• Cross-functional Partnership
• ESG Risk Advising
• Board Reporting
• Training Development

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Director

Education Level

• Qualified lawyer

Salary/Compensations

• Highly competitive compensation package (base + bonus + equity)

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan participation

About the Company

• Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and enterprise customers.
• Nscale reduces the complexity of AI development, bolstering technical capabilities and supporting strategic business outcomes like cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
• The company culture emphasizes relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, with a focus on building trust through openness and transparency.
• Nscale is building the technology that powers the future of AI.

Equal Opportunity

• Nscale strongly encourages applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
• Nscale will provide accommodations to support specific situations if notified.