Director, Legal - ESG (AI)

TL;DR

Director, Legal - ESG (AI): Building the legal and regulatory architecture for ESG frameworks to support audit-ready sustainability claims with an accent on disclosure controls and regulatory mapping. Focus on mitigating greenwashing risks, establishing data governance, and ensuring compliance with SEC, EU CSRD, and UK SDR standards.

Location: London

Company

Nscale is a GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI startups and large enterprises.

What you will do

• Build ESG legal and disclosure architecture across frameworks including SEC climate disclosure rules, EU CSRD, UK SDR, SECR, GRI, and SASB.
• Establish ESG data governance expectations, including source data ownership, methodology documentation, and audit trails.
• Perform substantive legal reviews of external ESG claims and disclosures to mitigate greenwashing and regulatory risks.
• Partner with Corporate Affairs, Finance, HSEQ, and Operations to create a consistent ESG disclosure narrative and operating model.
• Advise on legal risks related to energy grid impact, carbon claims, supply-chain due diligence, and responsible AI.
• Support ESG governance and Board reporting for the Audit & Risk and Nomination & Governance Committees.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer in England & Wales or an equivalent jurisdiction.
• Significant post-qualification experience across ESG, sustainability, governance, and regulatory disclosure work.
• Deep working knowledge of ESG and sustainability regulation and reporting frameworks.
• Proven experience building governance frameworks from the ground up, including policies and controls capable of withstanding audit.
• Sector exposure to data centers, infrastructure, energy, technology, or AI infrastructure.
• Experience with ESG investor engagement or rating agencies such as MSCI, Sustainalytics, or EcoVadis.

Culture & Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, and equity.
• Human-first flexibility with a workplace that trusts employees to shape their own schedules.
• Opportunity to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed in a fast-growing company.
• Dynamic progression plan tailored to individual ambitions and leadership of cross-functional initiatives.
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, and retirement plan participation.