EMEA & MENA Workplace Leader - Operations & Projects

Scale AI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Scale AI seeks a Senior Workplace Leader for EMEA & MENA to own on-site operations, capital projects, and vendor performance across regional offices. You will partner with country leads, Finance, Legal, People, and Physical Security to ensure safe, compliant, and engaging workplaces that scale with growth.

You will drive end-to-end build-outs, lease management, and budget planning, and act as the regional escalation point for issues.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in workplace operations, corporate real estate, or facilities management.
• Hands-on project delivery experience in UK and ideally the Middle East; understanding Gulf vs Europe landlord, fit-out, permitting, and vendor dynamics.
• Real vendor and commercial management depth, including scoping/negotiating services contracts and enforcing SLAs.
• Experience at a high-growth technology company scaling internationally.
• Additional regional language capability and/or hands-on GCC experience.

Responsibilities

• Own on-site operations across Scale's regional offices, including life safety and workplace experience.
• Deliver spaces through capital projects end-to-end including design, contractors, budget, schedule, and handover.
• Track leases, renewals, landlord obligations, and service contract expiries; surface critical dates early for action.
• Forecast space needs against headcount and align with global workplace standards.
• Serve as regional escalation point and partner with country leads and local stakeholders to resolve issues.

Skills

Facilities management

Vendor management

Project delivery

Budget planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Scale AI seeks a Senior Workplace Leader for EMEA & MENA to own on-site operations, capital projects, and vendor performance across regional offices. You will partner with country leads, Finance, Legal, People, and Physical Security to ensure safe, compliant, and engaging workplaces that scale with growth.

You will drive end-to-end build-outs, lease management, and budget planning, and act as the regional escalation point for issues.