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Data Acquisition Lead, Frontier Environments

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
47 days
Scale AI's roles stay open a median of 66 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
2% of Scale AI's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Scale AI
high
192 stale, 5 reposted of 217 open
Hiring momentum
270 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

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About this role

As the Data Acquisition Lead at Scale, you will be responsible for developing and executing strategies to acquire data from various organizations, essentially creating a new commercial function from scratch. Your role will involve mapping potential data sources, structuring deals, and collaborating with technical teams to ensure the data is valuable for AI training. This position requires a hands-on approach to build processes and pipelines for data acquisition.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Scale AI as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years in business development, corporate development, commercial strategy, or early-stage go-to-market roles
  • Strong track record of managing external relationships
  • Strong business judgment and ability to evaluate partnership value
  • Clear communication skills and comfort working with senior stakeholders
  • Ability to operate independently while staying connected to cross-functional teams
  • Practical, hands-on approach to building new functions

Nice to have

  • Experience in AI, data infrastructure, marketplaces, platforms, or high-growth technology companies
  • Familiarity with post-training, reinforcement learning, evaluations, or synthetic data
  • Experience with data licensing, intellectual property, or regulated data
  • Experience partnering with Legal and Finance on complex agreements

What you get

  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Learning and development stipend
  • Generous PTO
  • Potential commuter stipend
  • Equity-based compensation

Worth weighing

  • No specific salary listed, but a range is provided for similar roles
  • Role involves building a commercial function from scratch, which may entail high uncertainty
  • Position requires comfort in ambiguous environments

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Listed by Scale AI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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