Strategic Projects Lead, Red Team

Front Door Defense; New York (NY); On-site; USD 152,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Retirement benefits

Learning and development stipend

Generous PTO

Commuter stipend

Job summary

Scale is looking for a Strategic Projects Lead to manage partnerships with frontier AI model developers. This role will require technical curiosity and operational rigor, as you partner closely with research and go-to-market teams.

The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of model behavior and AI safety along with a strong communication background. Compensation includes a competitive salary and equity, with benefits such as health coverage and PTO.

Qualifications

• Working fluency in model behavior, adversarial ML, and AI safety.
• Experience managing technical accounts or partnerships with AI labs or agencies.
• Genuine interest in AI safety evidenced in work or research.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of frontier-lab partnerships day-to-day.
• Act as a credible subject-matter expert in customer conversations.
• Partner with account teams to qualify and close opportunities.

Skills

Model behavior

Adversarial ML

AI safety

Strong communication

Education

Advanced degree in a relevant technical field

Job description

Strategic Projects Lead, Red Team

Scale's Red Team and Safety function stress-tests the most capable AI models in the world, and shapes how labs, governments, and enterprises deploy them. We are hiring a Strategic Partnerships Lead to own day-to-day partnerships with frontier model developers. This is a hands‑on role for someone who is technically curious, comfortable with researchers, and operationally rigorous. You will partner closely with research, operations, and go‑to‑market.

Red Team and Safety is a nimble function that stress‑tests frontier AI. We partner with major model developers to generate adversarial data, run evaluations, and publish benchmarks across jailbreaks, prompt injection, agentic misuse, LLM‑based cyber security, CBRN, political bias, and self‑harm. Our work shapes how leading labs train their models and how governments and enterprises deploy them.

You will

• Own a portfolio of frontier‑lab partnerships day‑to‑day. Run customer conversations, scope new engagements, and grow accounts from one‑off projects into ongoing scope.
• Act as a credible subject‑matter expert in customer conversations; explain adversarial methodology, vulnerability taxonomies, benchmark findings, and what they imply commercially, in language that lands with technical buyers.
• Partner with Enterprise and Public Sector account teams to qualify and close opportunities where safety, red teaming, or LLM‑based cyber security are part of the deal.
• Coordinate delivery with research and operations leads. Make sure scope, capacity, and timelines line up before we commit, and unblock the team as engagements run.
• Contribute to public benchmark launches. Help shape the framing, the rollout, and the narrative we take to customers and the field.
• Feed signal back into the roadmap. Surface what customers are asking for, what is breaking, and what we should build next.

Ideally, you would have

• Working fluency in model behavior, adversarial ML, and AI safety, enough to hold a substantive conversation with researchers and ML engineers.
• Experience managing technical accounts or partnerships, ideally with frontier AI labs, large enterprises, or federal agencies.
• Genuine interest in AI safety, evidenced in prior work, writing, or research.
• Strong written and verbal communication and the ability to translate between research and commercial audiences.
• Operational rigor; you scope carefully, track commitments, and keep complex engagements moving.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward action.

Nice to haves

• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Hands‑on red teaming, penetration testing, or adversarial ML experience.
• Background at a frontier AI lab, AI policy organization, or national security agency.
• Experience contributing to public benchmarks, evaluations, or research publications.
• Advanced degree in a relevant technical field.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: $152,000 - $190,000 USD per year. Eligible roles also receive equity and benefits, including comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, a learning and development stipend, and generous PTO. This role may also be eligible for a commuter stipend.

EEO Statement

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