SVP, Legal (Global Infrastructure & Projects)

Nscale; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Nscale seeks a Senior Vice President of Legal (Global Infrastructure & Projects) to lead legal strategy and execution across its worldwide infrastructure portfolio. Based in the United States with global scope, you will partner with executive leadership and key internal teams to support complex projects from site selection through construction and risk management.

You will provide commercially minded legal guidance across the full project lifecycle, overseeing regulatory, energy, real estate,

Qualifications

• 15+ years PQE in infrastructure, construction, or energy projects.
• Experience on large-scale, multi-jurisdictional digital infrastructure developments.
• Deep expertise in commercial real estate and/or construction, regulatory frameworks, and contracting.
• Strong leadership at an executive level.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management with senior internal and external partners.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills in complex environments.
• Strategic and commercially minded approach to legal problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal strategy and execution for global infrastructure and data centre projects across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with executive leadership on strategy, negotiation, and execution of large-scale developments across regions.
• Provide commercially-focused legal counsel to support project delivery across the full lifecycle.
• Advise on site selection, land acquisition, and related transactions.
• Oversee regulatory compliance, zoning, and permitting processes.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks connected to project development.
• Counsel on power reservation and energy supply arrangements.
• Structure complex commercial agreements with internal stakeholders.
• Negotiate vendor, contractor, and project-related agreements.
• Lead procurement-related legal work and manage external counsel.

Skills

PQE 15+ years

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation & influencing

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership & accountability

Job description

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you'll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About The Role

We're hiring our Senior Vice President of Legal (Global Infrastructure & Projects) to lead legal strategy and execution across Nscale's global projects portfolio, including real estate, power procurement, data centre design and construction, colocation leasing and fit-out works, infrastructure procurement, and related business services.

This is a strategic leadership role based in the United States with global scope, reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer with a dotted-line relationship to the Regional General Counsel. You will partner closely with executive leadership, senior internal stakeholders, and the Data Centre/Projects and AI Infrastructure teams to support the legal strategy, negotiation, and execution of complex projects across multiple jurisdictions.

The role is central to enabling the successful delivery of large-scale developments by providing commercially minded legal guidance across the full project lifecycle. From site selection and energy arrangements through construction, procurement, and risk management and bankability, your work will help shape how critical infrastructure is planned and delivered globally.

What You'll be Doing

• Lead legal strategy and execution for global infrastructure and data centre projects across multiple jurisdictions.
• Partner with executive leadership and project teams on the strategy, negotiation, and execution of large-scale developments across North America, APAC, the UK, and EMEA.
• Support project delivery across the full lifecycle with commercially-focused legal counsel.
• Advise on site selection, land acquisition, and related transactions.
• Oversee legal aspects of regulatory compliance, zoning, and permitting processes.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks connected to project development and implementation.
• Provide legal advice on power reservation and energy supply arrangements.
• Counsel internal teams on data centre design and construction matters, including consultation with our AI Infrastructure team for alignment with customer deployment requirements.
• Mitigate risks tied to infrastructure, construction, and energy-related project work.
• Structure complex commercial agreements in partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Negotiate vendor, contractor, and other project-related commercial agreements.
• Lead procurement-related legal work supporting infrastructure development.
• Manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Influence decision-making at executive level through clear, risk-based legal guidance.

About You

• 15+ years PQE as a lawyer supporting infrastructure, construction, or energy projects
• Proven track record working on large-scale, multi-jurisdictional digital infrastructure developments
• Deep expertise in commercial real estate and/or construction, regulatory frameworks, and commercial contracting
• Strong leadership skills with experience operating effectively at executive level
• Demonstrated stakeholder management capability across senior internal and external partners
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills in complex commercial environments
• Strategic and commercially minded approach to legal problem-solving
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, global environment, including calmness under pressure
• High ownership and accountability with the ability to manage competing priorities

What We Can Offer You

• Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months.
• Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed.
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy, always with our full support.
• Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Nscale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace.

We believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities.

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there's anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

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