EMEA Assurance Lead
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About the Role
Scale AI seeks an EMEA Assurance Lead in Doha, Qatar to drive assurance programs across EMEA public sector and commercial business. This individual contributor role involves designing and owning EMEA-specific controls, managing certifications like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and supporting customer assurance activities.
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Responsibilities
- Lead region specific assurance programs across the GCC and UK, including Qatar NCSA NIA, KSA NCA ECC, UAE DESC ISR, UK Cyber Essentials Plus, DCC, and NCSC Secure by Design
- Work with global GRC team to maintain and renew certifications including SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and ISO 9001, and extend to EMEA operations
- Design and maintain EMEA specific controls, adapting global controls framework to sovereign regulatory and customer requirements
- Set priorities and operating cadences for EMEA assurance workflows, including intake, evidence collection, control owner follow up, remediation tracking, and deadline management
- Support EMEA public sector customer assurance activities, including security questionnaires, compliance due diligence, and customer facing assurance discussions
- Partner with Legal on EMEA contract driven assurance obligations, data protection and AI governance compliance intersections
- Manage relationships with EMEA based external auditors, assessors, certification bodies, and regulatory counterparts
- Support internal and external audits across EMEA and report into Head of Global Assurance on program health, key risks, certification timelines, and regional regulatory developments
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity compliance, GRC, public sector assurance, IT audit, cloud security, or related roles
- Experience executing government or public sector assurance programs in the UK, EU, or GCC
- Deep familiarity with UK Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials+, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, or equivalent frameworks
- Familiarity with sovereign security regimes in the GCC (e.g., Qatar NCSA NIA, KSA SCCC/NCA, UAE DESC/NESA)
- Familiarity with relevant EMEA data protection and AI governance requirements (e.g., GDPR, PDPPL, EU AI Act)
- Experience managing controls mapping, evidence collection, remediation tracking, and audit coordination across distributed teams
- Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Strong communication skills and ability to operate autonomously
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Overview
- Scale is powering the generative AI wave by providing the data and infrastructure for companies to build large scale foundation models.
- Scale seeks an EMEA Assurance Lead to drive assurance programs across Scale's EMEA public sector and commercial business.
- Reporting to the Head of Global Assurance, this is a hands on individual contributor role with significant autonomy.
You Will
- Lead region specific assurance programs across the GCC and UK, including Qatar NCSA National Information Assurance (NIA), KSA NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC), UAE DESC Information Security Regulation (ISR), and UK Cyber Essentials Plus, Defence Cyber Certification (DCC), and NCSC Secure b
- Work with the global GRC team to maintain and renew Scale's existing certifications and obtain new ones, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, and ISO 9001.
- Design and maintain EMEA specific controls, adapting Scale's global controls framework to sovereign regulatory and customer requirements.
- Set priorities and operating cadences for EMEA assurance workflows, including intake, evidence collection, control owner follow up, remediation tracking, and deadline management.
- Support EMEA public sector customer assurance activities, including security questionnaires, compliance due diligence responses, customer facing assurance discussions, and compliance input to bid and capture processes.
- Partner with Legal on EMEA contract driven assurance obligations, data protection and AI governance compliance intersections (e.g., GDPR, Qatar PDPPL, EU AI Act).
- Manage relationships with EMEA based external auditors, assessors, certification bodies, and regulatory counterparts.
- Support internal and external audits across EMEA and report into the Head of Global Assurance on program health, key risks, certification timelines, and regional regulatory developments.
Ideally, You’d Have
- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity compliance, GRC, public sector assurance, IT audit, cloud security, or related roles, with meaningful exposure to EMEA markets.
- Experience executing government or public sector assurance programs in the UK, EU, or GCC.
- Deep familiarity with one or more of: UK Cyber Essentials/Cyber Essentials+, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 42001, SOC 2, or equivalent frameworks, and with sovereign security regimes in the GCC.
- Familiarity with relevant EMEA data protection and AI governance requirements (e.g., GDPR, PDPPL, EU AI Act).
- Experience managing controls mapping, evidence collection, remediation tracking, and audit coordination across distributed engineering and infrastructure teams.
- Experience with cloud environments (one or more of: AWS, Azure, GCP) and the ability to assess cloud architecture against compliance requirements.
- Strong communication skills, sound judgment on escalation, and the ability to operate autonomously in a region while maintaining alignment with a global program.
Nice to Have
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, ISO 42001 Internal Auditor, or CCSP.
- Experience with NATO information assurance standards or defence procurement prerequisites.
- Familiarity with EMEA health sector or medical device regulatory requirements.
- Working knowledge of Arabic.
- UK SC or DV clearance, or eligibility for equivalent EMEA government security clearances.
- Experience at a Big 4 firm or in a high growth technology company.
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