Strategic Projects Lead (AI Safety)

Company

Scale AI develops reliable AI systems, high-quality training data, and full-stack technologies for leading models, enterprises, and governments.

What you will do

• Manage day-to-day partnerships with frontier AI labs, including customer conversations, engagement scoping, and account growth.
• Explain adversarial methodologies, vulnerability taxonomies, benchmark findings, and their commercial implications to technical buyers.
• Partner with Enterprise and Public Sector account teams on opportunities involving AI safety, red teaming, and LLM-based cybersecurity.
• Coordinate research and operations delivery by aligning scope, capacity, timelines, and commitments.
• Support public benchmark launches and shape their framing, rollout, and customer narrative.
• Feed customer needs, failures, and market signals into the product roadmap.

Requirements

• Working fluency in model behavior, adversarial ML, and AI safety.
• Experience managing technical accounts or partnerships with AI labs, large enterprises, or federal agencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to translate between research and commercial audiences.
• Operational rigor, including careful scoping, commitment tracking, and execution of complex engagements.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action.

Nice to have

• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands-on red teaming, penetration testing, or adversarial ML experience.
• Background at a frontier AI lab, AI policy organization, or national security agency.
• Experience contributing to public benchmarks, evaluations, or research publications.
• Advanced degree in a relevant technical field.

Culture & Benefits

• Base salary range of $151,200–$189,000 USD, with potential equity compensation for eligible roles.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, and generous paid time off.
• Potential commuter stipend for eligible roles.
• Inclusive equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation support.