Senior Director, Legal - Policy and Regulatory Counsel
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.
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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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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will be the lead US regulatory and policy lawyer, partnering with Policy and Government Relations on legislative drafting and policy impacts, and shaping regulatory strategy for US campuses from site selection through operation. This is a player-coach role where you lead high-stakes matters and manage outside counsel across multiple states.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited US law school and active membership of at least one US state bar
- 15+ years of energy or data center regulatory experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house
- Experience managing multi-state outside counsel teams and budgets
- Ability to explain complex regulatory risk to non-lawyers, executives and the Board
- Confident advocate with regulators, utilities and communities
Responsibilities
- Partner with Policy on advocacy around GPU, large-load, co-location and data center rulemakings
- Help determine regulatory strategy for US campuses
- Manage strategy on contested permits
- Run regulatory due diligence on site acquisitions, power deals and project-financed sites
- Ensure EPC, PPA, interconnection and O&M agreements reflect regulatory requirements
- Support Debt Capital Markets Legal and lenders on regulatory conditions precedent
- Advise on proposed legislation and engagement with policymakers
- Support public-company disclosure on regulatory and environmental matters
- Manage outside regulatory counsel across multiple states
Benefits
- Bonus and equity eligibility
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation