Program Manager, Compliance

About the role

As the Program Manager for Compliance at Scale, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the effective operation of our Compliance department and GRC function, maintaining the highest industry standards. Reporting to the Director & Associate General Counsel, Compliance, you will manage Scale's enterprise compliance program, turning policy into practice across anti-bribery and anti-corruption, gifts and entertainment, conflicts of interest, third-party risk and sanctions, policy lifecycle, and company-wide training. This is a hands-on builder role supporting Commercial, Public Sector, and international business lines, working closely with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Security, and go-to-market teams.

Responsibilities

• Help build, design, improve, and streamline Scale's core compliance programs, including anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC), gifts and entertainment, conflicts of interest, and third-party risk and sanctions screening.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to improve compliance policies, processes, and procedures.
• Monitor regulatory developments relevant to Scale's business, translate them into concrete policy and process changes, and track compliance obligations flowing out of customer contracts.
• Partner with leadership to build, mature, and operationalize the company's enterprise risk management (ERM) framework, identifying and assessing key business risks.
• Build the reporting layer: metrics and periodic reporting that give Legal & GRC leadership a defensible picture of program health.
• Flex into audit and assurance work during peak certification periods, and own inbound customer and investor compliance diligence questionnaires.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building or operating ethics and compliance programs in-house, with hands-on ownership of ABAC and at least one of gifts and entertainment, conflicts of interest, or third-party risk.
• A track record of building policies, processes, and controls from scratch and successfully implementing them within a business.
• Experience leading day-to-day activities and improving processes.
• An action-oriented mindset, balancing creative problem-solving with a strong drive to achieve outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using data analysis tools or software.
• Experience in project management, including planning, organizing, and managing resources.

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with various compliance frameworks, both auditing and implementing, such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST 800-53.
• Experience applying AI or Machine Learning.
• International compliance experience, particularly government contracting or public sector business in the GCC, EMEA, or APAC.
• Experience with GRC tooling or third-party risk management systems, and certification such as CCEP or CCEP-I.
• Current or past U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• A learning and development stipend.
• Generous PTO.
• Commuter stipend (role-dependent).

Pay

The base salary range for this full-time position in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle is $164,800—$206,000 USD. Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries and may be inclusive of several career levels. Final compensation will be determined during the interview process based on work location, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and relevant education or training.

About Us

At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power leading models and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications. We work 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.