At Scale AI, our mission is to accelerate the development of AI applications. For 8 years, Scale has been the leading AI data foundry, helping fuel some of the most exciting advancements in AI, including generative AI, defense applications, and autonomous vehicles. With our recent Series F round, we’re accelerating the abundance of frontier data to pave the road to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). We're also expanding on our prior model evaluation work with enterprise customers and governments, to deepen our capabilities and offerings for both public and private evaluations.   The Executive Recruiting team partners across the business to hire Director+ technical and non-technical roles. Recruiters joining today will develop executive recruiting and sourcing strategies that will scale with the new challenges we’re facing. 

You will:

• Drive and lead the top-of-funnel recruiting strategy and research for executive hiring.
• Use advanced search techniques and tools to identify high-potential executive candidates for leadership roles across various functions. 
• Create detailed market maps of senior talent across the AI, technology, and data industries, keeping a pulse on competitors and talent movements.
• Develop and implement comprehensive sourcing strategies to build robust pipelines of executive talent.
• Work closely with recruiters, hiring managers, and leadership to understand hiring needs, role requirements, and company culture to target the right talent.
• Stay informed on industry trends, salary benchmarks, and competitive intelligence. Provide insights and reports to inform recruitment strategies.
• Support sensitive and confidential executive searches, maintaining strict confidentiality throughout the search process.
• Continuously build and expand a network of potential candidates, industry experts, and advisors to ensure a future-ready talent pipeline.

Ideally you'd have:

• 7+ years of sourcing experience ideally sourcing executives for high growth tech companies.
• Ability to use data, both quantitative and qualitative, to influence hiring managers and leaders.
• Ability to distill complex information into a consumable and organized format with a focus on content, tone and structure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience sourcing for complex, Director+ technical roles. 
• Effective organization and stakeholder management of Director+ searches.
• Located in the Bay Area, can commute 3x per week to the San Francisco office.

***We are considering a range of levels for this role. Leveling will be determined based on interview performance and experience. Compensation will be aligned accordingly.

Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles 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. Scale employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process, and confirm whether the hired role will be eligible for equity grant. 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.

Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is:$142,000—$203,000 USD

PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants.

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 organizations build and deploy AI.  Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We 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 affirmative action employer and 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 Know Your Rights poster for additional information.

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