Strategic Cyber & AI Data Lead

Visa Hunt; Washington; On-site; USD 139,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning & development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale AI is seeking a Cyber focused Strategic Projects Lead to drive high-impact cyber projects that create world-class test data and evaluation datasets for large language models in the Public Sector space.

You will build data labeling pipelines, optimize an in-house expert workforce, and manage program COGS while coordinating with ML and GTM teams to scope scalable customer engagements. A Top Secret clearance and cyber experience are required.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• 2–3 years of experience in product development, data science, or operations.
• Experience in cybersecurity domains such as penetration testing, red/blue teaming, vulnerability assessment, network security, or cyber operations.
• Ability to analyze complex operational data, build queries, and identify trends.
• Technical aptitude to produce data for post-training techniques such as supervised fine tuning (SFT), reinforcement learning through human feedback (RLHF), Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR).

Responsibilities

• Develop, build, and maintain the operations infrastructure required to ensure data labeling pipelines are efficient, scalable, and produce high-quality outputs.
• Partner closely with customers to understand their requirements and design dataset taxonomies that evaluate agents and models or improve model performance.
• Take ownership of day-to-day progress on high-priority data production pipelines, ensuring projects move forward efficiently.
• Partner with subject matter experts in their fields to validate the quality of our data and to translate deep cyber domain knowledge into scalable processes and measurable outcomes.
• Work with our Machine Learning and Go-to-Market teams to scope customer engagements via technical feasibility validation to ensure deals are scalable and executable.
• Influence cross-org collaboration to define and advance human data strategy, influencing technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure data quality, scalability, and long-term platform leverage.
• Own the financial health of programs by managing project-level COGS through workforce planning, tooling decisions, and process optimization.
• Utilize analytics and data visualization tools to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and make data-driven decisions to optimize pipeline performance.
• Own larger and larger components of our data delivery processes, until you ultimately serve as the full owner of our most visible and high impact customer pipelines

Skills

Cybersecurity

Data analysis

Project management

Operations

ML operations

Team collaboration

Education

Technical degree

Job description

Scale AI is seeking a Cyber focused Strategic Projects Lead to drive high-impact cyber projects that create world-class test data and evaluation datasets for large language models in the Public Sector space.

You will build data labeling pipelines, optimize an in-house expert workforce, and manage program COGS while coordinating with ML and GTM teams to scope scalable customer engagements. A Top Secret clearance and cyber experience are required.