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Public Sector Lead, Defence & Security

Scale AI · London, UK

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own Scale's commercial plan for UK defence and national security customers.
  • Build dependable AI applications from pilot to operational capability.
  • Forward deploy alongside MOD teams to field reliable AI systems.

Ideal candidate

Entrepreneurial seller who knows UK defence from the inside and thrives in ambiguity. You build trusted senior relationships and want to shape how AI moves into real operational use.

Requirements

  • Sold and delivered technology or transformation work into UK defence or national security
  • Deep knowledge of at least one defence organisation and how it buys
  • Understand defence and public sector procurement, frameworks and single-source rules
  • Track record opening doors, running complex pursuits and owning results
  • Established relationships with senior defence stakeholders
  • Hold or eligible for UK SC clearance, DV desirable
  • Thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments

Lab profile

About Scale AI

AI data foundry providing high-quality data for training, fine-tuning, and evaluating AI systems.

What they build

  • Training, fine-tuning, and evaluation data for frontier models
  • Multimodal and coding data for audio, image, video and world models
  • Custom AI applications for enterprise and global public sector

Known for

  • Leading data partner for frontier model developers
  • Trusted across enterprise, defense and public sector
  • Depth in multimodal, coding and physical AI
  • End-to-end capability from strategy to delivery and evaluation

Key facts

  • Founded in 2016
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Private company backed by Accel, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Nvidia and Meta
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