Strategic Projects Lead, Red Team

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Gen AI Operations · listed June 2, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
2+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$151,200 – $189,000 USD
Requirements listed
4
Length
893 words

In the posting’s own words

Scale's Red Team and Safety function stress-tests the most capable AI models in the world, and shapes how labs, governments, and enterprises deploy them. We are hiring a Strategic Partnerships Lead to own day-to-day partnerships with frontier model developers. This is a hands-on role for someone who is technically curious, comfortable with researchers, and operationally rigorous. You will partner closely with research, operations, and go-to-market.

What it asks for · 4

  • Working fluency in model behavior, adversarial ML, and AI safety, enough to hold a substantive conversation with researchers and ML engineers.
  • Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to translate between research and commercial audiences.
  • 2+ years of relevant experience.
  • Advanced degree in a relevant technical field.

Also a plus

  • 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.

Degree language

  • Advanced degree in a relevant technical field.

Tools and skills named

Models & research
  • Machine learning3×
  • Evaluations2×
  • LLM2×
Go to market
  • Partnerships4×
  • Go-to-market
Security & compliance
  • Security3×
  • Penetration testing
Product & design
  • Roadmap
Ways of working
  • Testing

Words the posting leans on

  • model5×
  • research5×
  • safety5×
  • adversarial4×
  • benchmark4×
  • customer4×
  • enterprises4×
  • experience4×
  • frontier4×
  • labs4×
  • partnerships4×
  • red4×
  • scope4×
  • accounts3×
  • engagements3×
  • partner3×

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