SVP, Legal (Global Infrastructure & Projects)

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. We enable AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development, bolstering technical capabilities, and supporting strategic business outcomes such as cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. Our culture thrives on relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member drives excellence and urgency.

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior Vice President of Legal (Global Infrastructure & Projects) to lead legal strategy and execution across Nscale's global projects portfolio. This includes real estate, power procurement, data centre design and construction, colocation leasing and fit-out works, infrastructure procurement, and related business services. This strategic leadership role is based in the United States with global scope, reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer with a dotted-line relationship to the Regional General Counsel.

You will partner closely with executive leadership, senior internal stakeholders, and the Data Centre/Projects and AI Infrastructure teams to support the legal strategy, negotiation, and execution of complex projects across multiple jurisdictions. The role is central to enabling the successful delivery of large-scale developments by providing commercially minded legal guidance across the full project lifecycle, from site selection and energy arrangements through construction, procurement, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal strategy and execution for global infrastructure and data centre projects across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with executive leadership and project teams on the strategy, negotiation, and execution of large-scale developments across North America, APAC, the UK, and EMEA.
• Support project delivery across the full lifecycle with commercially-focused legal counsel.
• Advise on site selection, land acquisition, and related transactions.
• Oversee legal aspects of regulatory compliance, zoning, and permitting processes.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks connected to project development and implementation.
• Provide legal advice on power reservation and energy supply arrangements.
• Counsel internal teams on data centre design and construction matters, including alignment with customer deployment requirements.
• Mitigate risks tied to infrastructure, construction, and energy-related project work.
• Structure complex commercial agreements in partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Negotiate vendor, contractor, and other project-related commercial agreements.
• Lead procurement-related legal work supporting infrastructure development.
• Manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Influence decision-making at the executive level through clear, risk-based legal guidance.

Requirements

• 15+ years PQE as a lawyer supporting infrastructure, construction, or energy projects.
• Proven track record working on large-scale, multi-jurisdictional digital infrastructure developments.
• Deep expertise in commercial real estate and/or construction, regulatory frameworks, and commercial contracting.
• Strong leadership skills with experience operating effectively at the executive level.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management capability across senior internal and external partners.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills in complex commercial environments.
• Strategic and commercially minded approach to legal problem-solving.
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, global environment, including calmness under pressure.
• High ownership and accountability with the ability to manage competing priorities.

Benefits

• Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months.
• Opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies and shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed.
• Dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions, with support for leading critical cross-functional initiatives.
• Human-first flexibility: autonomy to shape your day around life's moments while delivering results.