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Scale AI INC

Strategic Contracts Lead, Public Sector

Washington, DC Posted today

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Posting rules out sponsorship

The posting rules out sponsorship or requires citizenship or security clearance.

  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 74 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
  • What Scale AI INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Strategic Account Manager” (Sales Engineers) in NY: $195k–$195k, median $195k.
  • Security clearance mentionedFrom the posting’s own wording.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Employer is on a government sponsor record
The US Department of Labor certified 74 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
No salary bar for this route
H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
What Scale AI INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
1 certified filing for “Strategic Account Manager” (Sales Engineers) in NY: $195k–$195k, median $195k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).

US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).

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About the role

Scale is at the forefront of powering artificial intelligence. We believe that to build exceptional artificial intelligence, you need exceptional human intelligence. Scale operates the largest global platform of knowledge workers that help deliver the human intelligence needed to build artificial intelligence. Scale is seeking a Contract Manager to support our commercial and public sector teams. In this role, you will help scale (pun intended!) the legal department by working closely with business and legal teams to review, draft, and negotiate agreements. As an essential member of the legal team, you will also help refine workflows, manage processes, and be a critical cross functional partner. We are looking for someone who is excited about developing processes, getting into the weeds in our contract data, and improving efficiency across the legal team. You will: • Develop, maintain, and administer government contracts lifecycle management processes and systems. • Negotiate and administer agreements between Scale and our customers, subcontractors, and vendors ensuring adherence to company policies and government regulations. • Respond to inquiries from our customers, subcontractors, and vendors. • Maintain Scale registration, reporting, and disclosures in government systems such as SAM.gov, PIEE, CPARS, etc. • Work closely with public sector legal teams to manage and improve our contracting processes, including contract management systems and contracts signature systems • Guide stakeholders in self-serve contracting processes as well as directly negotiate NDAs, task orders, modifications, prime contracts, vendor agreements, and other agreements • Partner with cross functional partners to track ongoing obligations post-signature • Document fulfillment of contract milestones/deliverables, invoices and cash collection. • Support the business and legal team members on legal review for customer questionnaires, security questionnaires, and a variety of other customer-driven requests. • Help build and maintain internal processes, resources, and tools to help scale the legal function. You have: • Active Top Secret Security Clearance. • Experience with a wide array of legal documents and contractual agreements, including NDAs, task orders, modifications, prime contracts, vendor agreements, and other commercial contracts • Experience working with contract lifecycle management tools such as Ironclad. • Bachelor’s degree. • 5+ years of experience as a contracts manager, paralegal, or similar experience • Knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and other agency supplements. • Knowledge of government contract and subcontract processes including flow downs, change management, inspection, acceptance, payment, warranty, close-out and records retention. • Experience with Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) terms and mitigation plans. • A roll-up your sleeves attitude to tackle projects large and small and a collaborative, low-ego approach to collaborating across the organization Nice to have's: • Strong background working with SaaS or other technology companies. • Experience with government acquisitions via Broad Agency Announcement, Commercial Solutions Opening, Other Transaction Authority, SBIR Phase 3, Consortiums, and other unique competitive and non-competitive government procurement types. • Experience with GSA schedules, Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), BPAs, and other multi-award contract vehicles. • A track record of taking initiative and being resourceful to accomplish ambitious goals. • Effective organizational skills and and ability to juggle many competing priorities. • Fluency with spreadsheets, basic statistic

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