Federal Operations Site Lead, St. Louis - Scale AI｜Meet.jobs

Scale's Federal customer base is growing rapidly, and you will be on the front lines of machine learning (ML) operations to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications for the Department of Defense and other national security customers. As Saint Louis Operations Site Lead, you have complete ownership of the outcomes of Scale’s St. Louis AI Center. You will be at the forefront of leading Scale’s Federal labeler workforce and managing site operations across unclassified and classified work sites. This role is for someone who gets excited about leading people, is highly organized, has a strong prioritization ability, can run to ground complex processes with multiple stakeholders, and can develop and grow an organization.

You will:

• Lead site operations across two sites to include recruiting, human resources, security, office management, IT, finance, etc.
• Oversee a 300+ full time employee and contractor workforce of data quality specialists (labelers) working on unclassified and classified government data
• Lead Scale’s growth in STL to potentially doubling over the next 1-2 years
• Own outcomes in their entirety: from ideation and strategy to in-the-weeds delivery of results
• Lead customer-facing presentations on the capabilities and growth of the Saint Louis workforce
• Coach and develop leaders in the workforce to overcome hurdles and achieve high-impact outcomes
• Be a relentlessly positive cultural agent to professionalize the labeler workforce

Ideally you’d have:

• 5+ years of experience in a general manager, operations, growth, or consulting role requiring a blend of operational, strategic, and cross-functional work
• A strong orientation towards outcomes and a history of being scrappy when it counts
• An easygoing interpersonal style and ability to work and build relationships with a wide range of people
• Experience leading small teams and managing multiple, complex work streams
• A fundamental understanding of AI/ML training

Nice to haves:

• MBA or relevant master’s degree
• Background in intelligence work, particularly geospatial analysis
• Active U.S. security clearance (Secret or Top Secret - SCI)

As this role has complete ownership of the outcomes of Scale’s St. Louis AI Center, it is expected to be an onsite-first role. Scale will provide relocation as necessary.

The base salary range for this full-time position in our hub location of St. Louis, MO is $136,000 - 163,200. Compensation packages at Scale include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Scale employees are also granted Stock Options that are awarded upon board of director approval. You’ll also receive benefits including, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. Additionally, this role may be eligible for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

Scale AI focuses on Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Developer APIs, Image Recognition, and Developer Tools. Their company has offices in San Francisco. They have a large team that's between 201-500 employees. To date, Scale AI has raised $277.62M of funding; their latest round was closed on December 2020 at a valuation of $3.5B.

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