Strategic Projects Lead (AI, Cybersecurity)

Location: U.S.-oriented public sector role requiring an active Top Secret security clearance.

Company

Scale AI develops high-quality training and evaluation data and full-stack technologies for AI applications used by enterprises and government organizations.

What you will do

• Build and maintain efficient, scalable data labeling and evaluation pipeline infrastructure.
• Own delivery of high-priority data production programs and progressively lead major customer pipelines.
• Partner with Machine Learning and Go-to-Market teams on taxonomy design and technical feasibility validation.
• Define human data strategy and coordinate technical, operational, customer, and subject-matter stakeholders.
• Manage program-level COGS through workforce planning, tooling choices, and process optimization.
• Design customer taxonomies, validate data quality, and use analytics to identify bottlenecks and improve performance.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret security clearance required.
• 2–3 years of experience in product development, data science, or operations.
• Successful project management experience and comfort working with ambiguity.
• Ability to analyze operational data, build queries, identify trends, and optimize processes.
• Technical understanding of supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning from human feedback, and reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards.

Nice to have

• Experience in defense technology or an AI company.
• Technical degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field.
• Deep understanding of machine learning operations for generative AI workflows and products.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on AI applications for major enterprise and public sector customers.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, and generous paid time off.
• Potential commuter stipend and equity eligibility for qualifying roles.
• Inclusive equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodation support.