Director Legal Critical Infrastructure
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead end-to-end contracting for US data centre campuses. You will negotiate construction, design, equipment, operations and maintenance, real estate, and power agreements; manage contracts through closeout; maintain contract templates; coordinate insurance and bonding; and manage external counsel.
Requirements
- 7+ years of construction and infrastructure legal experience.
- Experience negotiating major construction EPC, design-build, professional services, and equipment supply agreements.
- Experience with large-scale, mission-critical, or industrial projects.
- Knowledge of construction risk allocation.
- Ability to negotiate multiple high-value contracts.
- Ability to explain legal and commercial risk to non-lawyers and senior stakeholders.
- Qualification as an attorney admitted in at least one US state and in good standing.
Responsibilities
- Lead negotiations for owner-contractor, EPC, and design-build agreements.
- Draft and negotiate design and consultancy agreements.
- Negotiate supply, installation, and O&M agreements for power generation and critical equipment.
- Support site acquisition, development arrangements, ground leases, and power arrangements.
- Maintain infrastructure contract templates and playbooks.
- Manage contracts through delivery and closeout.
- Coordinate insurance and bonding requirements.
- Manage US outside counsel.
- Partner with construction, procurement, finance, real estate, energy, and operations stakeholders.
Benefits
- Eligibility for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Parental leave.
- Retirement plan participation.