VP, Research

Scale AI
San Francisco, New York
Full timeUSD 453,600 - 567,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Skills: ["Leadership","Initiative ownership","Accountability","Cross-functional collaboration","Strategic planning"]

Lead Scale’s ML and frontier AI research organization, combining cutting-edge research with applied machine learning impact. Shape long-term technical direction, translate science into production-ready solutions, and partner across GTM, delivery, engineering, product, and customers—especially Fortune 100 teams. Build and scale a global team, set quality/performance/roadmap execution standards, and develop safeguards to deploy trustworthy AI responsibly.

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VP, Research

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Job Summary

Lead Scale’s ML and frontier AI research organization, combining cutting-edge research with applied machine learning impact. Shape long-term technical direction, translate science into production-ready solutions, and partner across GTM, delivery, engineering, product, and customers—especially Fortune 100 teams. Build and scale a global team, set quality/performance/roadmap execution standards, and develop safeguards to deploy trustworthy AI responsibly.
Location: San Francisco, New York
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the ML Research function, owning delivery, quality, performance, and roadmap execution.
  • •Build and scale a global high-performing team with an emphasis on initiative ownership and ML excellence.
  • •Partner with Fortune 100 customers and the GTM team to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
  • •Collaborate across engineering, product, and delivery to drive cutting-edge research.
  • •Shape ML Research’s long-term vision and org design; manage and mentor senior ML research leaders and represent the team in cross-functional planning.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 453,600 - 567,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRetirement BenefitsLearning BudgetPaid LeaveCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •Strong track record leading ML research teams in high-growth environments, ideally in ML, infrastructure, or complex systems.
  • •Experience scaling research organizations across geographies and structuring/evolving teams effectively.
  • •Operate with urgency and clarity—distill priorities and move teams from ambiguity to execution.
  • •Partner deeply with sales, delivery, and customer success teams.
  • •Credibility and curiosity in core technical areas, especially product engineering, infrastructure, or AI agent systems.
Experience:Frontier AIGenerative AILLMAgentic applications
Skills:LeadershipInitiative ownershipAccountabilityCross-functional collaborationStrategic planning
Languages:English

Company Brief

Scale AI
Provides data labeling, annotation, and infrastructure services to accelerate machine learning and AI development. Supplies high-quality training data, tooling, and APIs for customers in autonomous vehicles, mapping, robotics, and enterprise AI applications.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2016
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