Scale AI · 4 hours ago
Business Operations & Strategy Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$176K/yr - $220K/yr
4+ years expScale AI is focused on accelerating the development of AI applications and is seeking a Business Operations & Strategy Manager to join their team. The role involves tackling complex operational challenges, building relationships across the organization, and driving strategic initiatives to support the company's growth in the AI industry.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data Collection and LabelingGenerative AIImage RecognitionMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Take on Scale’s difficult-but-ambiguous problems, breaking them down in a structured way and driving them to successful outcomes
Dive deeply into our operations and data - you will become an expert on how Scale operates, and develop a deep understanding of the AI industry
Build high trust relationships across the organization to partner with and influence outcomes beyond what you directly touch
Have full ownership of your work and outcome - we support each other as a team, but you will have broad latitude to run autonomously as you get up to speed
Partner with, influence, and support the Scale executive team as we tackle the most difficult decisions in the business
Help incubate, seed, and scale new teams
Design, manage, and iterate on the operational and analytical systems and processes that make Scale hum
Eventually spin out to take on full ownership of a given role, team, or opportunity in Scale
Qualification
Required
The ability to run on your own, operating at the highest level in a rapidly changing industry during a period of hypergrowth
A penchant for digging deeply into the data yourself, thinking from first principles, and iterating quickly to deliver results
A strong orientation toward outcomes, and a history of being scrappy when it counts
Low ego - you will be joining a team of truly exceptional generalist athletes, there is no room for ego
An easygoing interpersonal style that you bring to bear in everything from deep technical conversations with engineers to polished executive level comms
Proven ability to build high trust relationships with a wide range of people across the organization
A history of developing lightweight processes and getting them adopted
Experience in product or project management, taking projects from conception to launch
Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical skills
Preferred
4+ years of experience in a highly strategic, analytical and operational role within a rapidly growing company
2+ years consulting (McKinsey, Bain, or BCG preferred), investment banking, private equity, or hedge fund experience
Top MBA
Experience with SQL or a willingness/aptitude to learn
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
Retirement benefits
A learning and development stipend
Generous PTO
Commuter stipend
Company
Scale AI
Scale’s mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world’s most important decisions.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$15.9BKey Investors
MetaAccelTiger Global Management
2025-06-10Corporate Round· $14.3B
2025-06-04Series Unknown
2024-05-21Series F· $1B
Leadership Team
Jason Droege
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Dennis Cinelli
Chief Financial Officer
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