Director, Legal Securities Compliance

About the role

We are seeking a Director, Securities Compliance to help strengthen and mature Nscale’s securities and ethics compliance capability as the company scales. Reporting to the VP, Compliance & Ethics, US, you will be our dedicated subject-matter specialist for securities compliance, MNPI governance, conflicts of interest, personal-account dealing, and related controls. This dedicated specialist role within the global compliance function combines strong technical judgment with hands-on operational delivery. You will design pragmatic, defensible processes and run them in practice across Legal, Finance, Tax, Rewards, Equity Administration, Company Secretariat, and senior business leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate Nscale’s securities and dealing compliance framework: policies, MNPI and conflicts controls, restricted-information controls, and personal-account dealing controls
• Be the subject-matter expert, providing authoritative technical advice and approvals to employees, executives, and the business, escalating novel or higher-risk matters to stakeholders.
• Run intake, assessment, approvals, logging, follow-up, and record retention for the program’s clearance and control processes.
• Maintain information controls. Build and maintain restricted-information and conflicts registers, including updates, access controls, and supporting documentation.
• Own the control evidence. Maintain complete and accurate records, logs, approvals, and control evidence in line with governance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
• Design and run attestations, communications, and periodic certifications for relevant populations.
• Develop and deliver effective training for relevant populations and control owners.
• Lead issue identification, escalation, and remediation for securities and dealing control matters.
• Report on the program, producing reporting and metrics on program activity, exceptions, and key control indicators.
• Support assurance and response to regulatory, audit, and internal review requests, ensuring documentation is complete, accurate, and accessible.
• Embed a controls culture, championing disciplined execution, responsiveness, and attention to detail across the program.

About You

• At least 8 years of deep, demonstrable expertise in securities and dealing compliance, ideally with cross-border exposure.
• Strong technical command of MNPI and conflicts controls, clearance and approval processes, restricted-information controls, and personal-account dealing.
• Hands-on track record building and personally operating compliance processes and controls; comfortable being both the designer and the operator in a fast-scaling environment.
• Strong process and program-management skills, with the ability to operate with precision, pace, and sound judgment.
• Proven ability to manage highly sensitive and confidential information with discretion, and strong stakeholder skills with the credibility to advise and constructively challenge executivesacross Compliance, Legal, Finance, Tax, HR/Reward, Equity Administration, and Company Secretariat.
• Preferrable candidates with experience supporting a securities compliance program and familiarity with relevant securities / market-abuse regimes and Hyperscaler, AI lab, or technology in-house experience, plus relevant professional certification or legal qualification.