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Area Manager, Red Team
Scale AIAI Infrastructure company
Dallas, United States$98,000 - $122,000 USDManager
Accel
Y Combinator
Founders Fund
Index Ventures
Coatue
Meta
Operations & Strategy
About the role
TL;DR
Manage contributor workforce for AI safety testing, focusing on people management and operational leadership.
- •Scale AI is seeking Area Managers within the Red Team & Safety Center to lead and manage the contributor workforce conducting adversarial safety testing of frontier AI models.
- •Area Managers are responsible for people management, workforce allocation, and operational leadership across multiple campaigns and Campaign Lead teams.
- •Key Responsibilities Manage 2–4 Campaign Leads and oversee a total contributor population of ~30–45 Own workforce allocation: Receive project staffing requests from delivery, assign contributors based on skill, availability, and project needs Conduct weekly 1:1 performance feedback sessions with Campaign Leads and contributors; draft performance documentation with input from CLs Take HR actions including “seek to understand” conversations, performance improvement plans, and escalations to HR Manage all EOR administrative coordination: Timecards, PTO, benefits questions, and teaming partner liaison with HireArt Requirements 2+ years of professional experience in AI red teaming, trust and safety, content safety operations, or a closely related field 1+ years of direct people management or team leadership experience Strong organizational and workforce planning skills; ability to manage allocations across multiple concurrent projects Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to deliver clear performance feedback and represent team needs to leadership Experience with HR processes including performance management, corrective actions, and onboarding
Required skills
Workforce PlanningHRPerformance Management
Domain expertise
ai
Benefits & perks
equity, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, generous PTO, commuter stipend
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptSQLBashNode.jsReactAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitLinuxJiraConfluenceSlack