Head of International Security

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As our International Head of Security, you will own and unify Scale’s security strategy across our non-US affairs: Global Public Sector and non-US Enterprise deals. You will drive the execution, customer engagements and compliance with frameworks such as GDPR, ISO27001, UK Cyber Essentials Plus, the EU AI Act, NIS2 and country-specific sovereignty requirements while staying tightly aligned to our global secure-by-default architecture set by the Head of Security.

What it asks for · 7

• Demonstrated experience building and scaling security programs that materially improved risk posture.
• Hands-on familiarity with GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, UK Cyber Essentials Plus, NIS2, and the EU AI Act.
• Ability to operate cross-functionally with Engineering, Product, Legal, Compliance, Sales, and Public Sector stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI-specific threat vectors such as training data poisoning, prompt injection, tool/plugin abuse, and protection of model-related IP.
• Working knowledge of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) sovereign compliance and privacy regulations (such as UAE DESC CSP and Qatar NCSA NISCF/NIA)
• Proven ability to build secure-by-design multi-tenant systems serving FTSE 100 / Euro Stoxx 50 / global Fortune 500 clients across multiple regulatory regimes.
• Experience leading red-teaming, adversarial testing, or offense-informed defense programs.

Also a plus

• Experience securing AI / ML platforms, LLM-based systems, or agentic applications
• Familiarity with AI-specific threat vectors such as training data poisoning, prompt injection, tool/plugin abuse, and protection of model-related IP.
• Experience operating at the intersection of enterprise SaaS and government or national security customers.
• Working knowledge of GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) sovereign compliance and privacy regulations (such as UAE DESC CSP and Qatar NCSA NISCF/NIA)
• Proven ability to build secure-by-design multi-tenant systems serving FTSE 100 / Euro Stoxx 50 / global Fortune 500 clients across multiple regulatory regimes.
• Experience leading red-teaming, adversarial testing, or offense-informed defense programs.
• Active or eligible for UK clearance (SC or DV), NATO clearance, or equivalent in another allied jurisdiction.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• security22×
• customer11×
• international10×
• data9×
• global8×
• enterprise7×
• product6×
• regional6×
• experience5×
• risk5×
• compliance4×
• drive4×
• execution4×
• government4×
• lead4×
• partner4×

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