Lead Counsel, Global Public Sector

Scale AI · Dubai

Hybrid: DubaiFull TimeSales & Business Development
Posted Today

Job description

Responsibilities

  • Drive Scale AI’s international expansion by enabling market entry and operations outside the US
  • Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including Sovereign AI deals and master services agreements
  • Manage complex public tenders as a prime, subcontractor, or consortium partner
  • Counsel on privacy and emerging regulatory requirements
  • Design, implement, and iterate on policies and processes to manage legal and business risk
  • Partner within Legal and across functions and geographies to deliver business solutions

Requirements

  • UK, common law, or EU legal qualification
  • 7+ years PQE in the technology sector
  • Substantial experience working on English law matters
  • Extensive experience negotiating complex SaaS and bespoke software development agreements
  • Experience with government engagements and public procurement processes
  • Familiarity with EU law
  • Strong commercial and IP legal skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with legal issues related to AI and emerging AI regulatory requirements
  • Privacy counselling and regulatory compliance experience
  • Experience working at or closely with GCC-based governments and enterprises
  • Proficiency in Arabic

About the Company

Scale AI develops reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, helping enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications.

Skills & tools

SAASProcurement

What the team is looking for

Use this list as a quick fit check before you apply.

  1. 01UK, common law, or EU legal qualification
  2. 027+ years PQE in technology sector
  3. 03Experience with SaaS and software development agreements
  4. 04Experience with public procurement
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