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About the Role
Scale is seeking a VP of Research to lead the ML Research function, responsible for delivery, quality, performance, and roadmap execution. This role involves blending cutting-edge research with applied ML impact, building a world-class research organization, and expanding the capabilities and safeguards of frontier AI systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead the ML Research function, responsible for delivery, quality, performance, and roadmap execution
- Build and scale a global high-performing team, with an emphasis on initiative ownership and ML excellence
- Partner directly with Fortune 100 customers and the GTM team to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and delivery teams across Scale to drive cutting edge research
- Shape the long-term vision and org design of the ML Research team, aligned with business growth and product evolution
- Manage and mentor senior ML Research leaders and instill a culture of accountability, speed, and results
- Make rigorous tradeoffs across technical and business dimensions, backed by financial insight and operational understanding
- Represent ML Research in cross-functional planning cycles, including headcount, budget, and strategic initiatives
Requirements
- Strong track record of leading ML Research teams in high-growth environments, ideally in ML, infrastructure, or complex systems
- Experience scaling research organizations across geographies and understanding how to structure and evolve teams effectively
- Operates with urgency and clarity—able to distill priorities and move teams from ambiguity to execution
- Experience partnering deeply with sales, delivery, and customer success teams
- Equally comfortable in the weeds and at the executive level; knows when to lead from the front and when to empower others
- Credibility and curiosity in core technical areas—especially product engineering, infrastructure, or AI agent systems
Skills
- ML Research
- Applied ML
- Generative AI
- Frontier AI
- LLMs
- AI agent systems
- Product engineering
- Infrastructure
Location
- San Francisco
- New York
- Seattle
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- VP level
Salary/Compensations
- $453,600—$567,000 USD
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous PTO
- Commuter stipend
About the Company
- Scale is the leading data and evaluation partner for frontier AI companies, dedicated to advancing the progress of generative AI.
- Scale's mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions.
- Scale's products provide high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact.
- Scale works closely with industry leaders like Meta, Ernst & Young, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force.
Equal Opportunity
- Scale is 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.
- We comply with the United States Department of Labor's Pay Transparency provision.