# VP, Research at Scale

- Company: Scale
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Index and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.scale.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco, CA; New York, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4611448005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/scale-vp-research/

## About the role

We’re looking for a VP of Research to lead this charge. This is a critical leadership role where you will blend cutting-edge research with real-world applied ML impact and build a world-class research organization that expands that capabilities of frontier AI systems and develops safeguards to deploy them responsibly.

## What they're looking for

- Has a strong track record of leading ML Research teams in high-growth environments, ideally in ML, infrastructure, or complex systems
- Has scaled research organizations across geographies and understands how to structure and evolve teams effectively
- Operates with urgency and clarity—able to distill priorities and move teams from ambiguity to execution
- Has experience partnering deeply with sales, delivery, and customer success teams
- Is equally comfortable in the weeds and at the executive level, knows when to lead from the front and when to empower others
- Brings credibility and curiosity in core technical areas—especially product engineering, infrastructure, or AI agent systems

Tags: Research