Director, People Partnering – AI Infrastructure (US)
Nscale, Seattle, WA, United States
Director, People Partnering – AI Infrastructure (US)
Seattle
About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.
About the Role The Director, People Partnering – AI Infrastructure (US) will lead the development and delivery of strategic people partnering across Nscale’s AI Infrastructure organisation in the United States.
This role will directly partner with the
President of AI Infrastructure
and their leadership team across
Technology, Product, AI Infrastructure Operations, and Security . You will play a critical role in shaping the people strategy that enables the build, scale, and secure operation of Nscale’s AI infrastructure platform.
This is a highly strategic and commercially aligned role, balancing organisational design, talent strategy, leadership capability, and operational excellence within a deeply technical, high-growth environment.
Reporting to the Global Director, Head of People Partnering, you will act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership while ensuring scalable, compliant, and high-performance people practices across the US region.
Strategic Executive Partnering
Serve as a trusted advisor to the President of AI Infrastructure and their senior leadership team across Technology, Product, AI Infrastructure Operations, and Security.
Shape and execute a forward-looking people strategy aligned to AI Infrastructure growth, operational resilience, and innovation priorities.
Coach senior leaders to build high-performing, accountable, and scalable teams in a complex, technical environment.
Partner on organisational design, workforce planning, and capability mapping to support rapid infrastructure expansion and product evolution. Act as the People lead for AI Infrastructure within the global People Partnering leadership team.
Organisational Design & Workforce Planning
Lead organisational design initiatives to ensure scalable structures, clear accountabilities, and optimal team effectiveness across engineering, product, operations, and security.
Drive workforce planning aligned to infrastructure buildout, capacity expansion, and security requirements.
Partner with leaders to identify critical skills (e.g., distributed systems, AI workloads, GPU infrastructure, cloud security) and develop targeted hiring and development strategies.
Support succession planning and leadership pipeline development for critical technical roles.
Performance & Leadership Enablement
Lead performance enablement frameworks that drive clarity, accountability, and excellence across technical teams.
Design leadership development initiatives tailored to engineering and infrastructure leaders.
Provide executive coaching to senior leaders to elevate capability, influence, and alignment with Nscale values.
Equip managers with tools and training to foster continuous learning, innovation, and high standards of delivery.
Employee Relations & Risk
Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters within the US regulatory environment.
Partner closely with Legal and Security leadership on sensitive cases involving technical teams or operational risk.
Ensure compliance with US employment laws and regulatory standards.
Develop ER strategies that balance speed, fairness, and risk mitigation in a fast-scaling infrastructure environment.
Change & Transformation
Lead change management initiatives tied to infrastructure scaling, platform evolution, security enhancements, and operating model changes.
Develop communication and engagement strategies to drive clarity and adoption across technical populations.
Balance business velocity with employee experience and organisational health.
Talent Strategy & Capability Building
Partner with Talent Acquisition to build proactive hiring strategies for niche technical and AI infrastructure skillsets.
Identify capability gaps across Technology, Product, Operations, and Security and implement targeted development initiatives.
Support internal mobility and career architecture for technical career paths.
Strengthen retention strategies for high-impact technical and infrastructure talent.
People Data & Analytics
Leverage people analytics to assess trends in attrition, engagement, performance, and workforce capability within AI Infrastructure.
Establish dashboards and KPIs specific to technical and infrastructure functions.
Translate workforce data into actionable insights for executive decision-making.
Compensation & Rewards
Partner with Global Total Rewards to ensure competitive compensation structures aligned to US technical markets.
Guide leadership on reward strategies for critical infrastructure and security talent.
Monitor market trends in AI infrastructure, cloud engineering, and security talent to maintain competitive positioning.
About You
Extensive HR leadership experience within high-growth technology, cloud, infrastructure, or AI-driven environments.
Proven experience partnering directly with C-suite or executive-level technical leaders.
Strong understanding of engineering, product, infrastructure operations, and security team dynamics.
Experience supporting US-based technical populations in scaling environments.
Strong expertise in organisational design, workforce planning, employee relations, and leadership development.
Deep knowledge of US employment law and regulatory frameworks.
High commercial acumen and ability to align people strategy with infrastructure growth and operational performance.
Strong analytical capability, with experience leveraging data to influence executive decision-making.
Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and executive coaching skills.
High emotional intelligence, adaptability, and ability to operate in ambiguity.
Preferred
Experience supporting AI infrastructure, cloud, hyperscale, or data centre organisations.
Experience in a matrixed, globally distributed technology organisation.
Membership of a recognised HR professional body.
Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.
About the Role The Director, People Partnering – AI Infrastructure (US) will lead the development and delivery of strategic people partnering across Nscale’s AI Infrastructure organisation in the United States.
This role will directly partner with the
President of AI Infrastructure
and their leadership team across
Technology, Product, AI Infrastructure Operations, and Security . You will play a critical role in shaping the people strategy that enables the build, scale, and secure operation of Nscale’s AI infrastructure platform.
This is a highly strategic and commercially aligned role, balancing organisational design, talent strategy, leadership capability, and operational excellence within a deeply technical, high-growth environment.
Reporting to the Global Director, Head of People Partnering, you will act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership while ensuring scalable, compliant, and high-performance people practices across the US region.
Strategic Executive Partnering
Serve as a trusted advisor to the President of AI Infrastructure and their senior leadership team across Technology, Product, AI Infrastructure Operations, and Security.
Shape and execute a forward-looking people strategy aligned to AI Infrastructure growth, operational resilience, and innovation priorities.
Coach senior leaders to build high-performing, accountable, and scalable teams in a complex, technical environment.
Partner on organisational design, workforce planning, and capability mapping to support rapid infrastructure expansion and product evolution. Act as the People lead for AI Infrastructure within the global People Partnering leadership team.
Organisational Design & Workforce Planning
Lead organisational design initiatives to ensure scalable structures, clear accountabilities, and optimal team effectiveness across engineering, product, operations, and security.
Drive workforce planning aligned to infrastructure buildout, capacity expansion, and security requirements.
Partner with leaders to identify critical skills (e.g., distributed systems, AI workloads, GPU infrastructure, cloud security) and develop targeted hiring and development strategies.
Support succession planning and leadership pipeline development for critical technical roles.
Performance & Leadership Enablement
Lead performance enablement frameworks that drive clarity, accountability, and excellence across technical teams.
Design leadership development initiatives tailored to engineering and infrastructure leaders.
Provide executive coaching to senior leaders to elevate capability, influence, and alignment with Nscale values.
Equip managers with tools and training to foster continuous learning, innovation, and high standards of delivery.
Employee Relations & Risk
Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters within the US regulatory environment.
Partner closely with Legal and Security leadership on sensitive cases involving technical teams or operational risk.
Ensure compliance with US employment laws and regulatory standards.
Develop ER strategies that balance speed, fairness, and risk mitigation in a fast-scaling infrastructure environment.
Change & Transformation
Lead change management initiatives tied to infrastructure scaling, platform evolution, security enhancements, and operating model changes.
Develop communication and engagement strategies to drive clarity and adoption across technical populations.
Balance business velocity with employee experience and organisational health.
Talent Strategy & Capability Building
Partner with Talent Acquisition to build proactive hiring strategies for niche technical and AI infrastructure skillsets.
Identify capability gaps across Technology, Product, Operations, and Security and implement targeted development initiatives.
Support internal mobility and career architecture for technical career paths.
Strengthen retention strategies for high-impact technical and infrastructure talent.
People Data & Analytics
Leverage people analytics to assess trends in attrition, engagement, performance, and workforce capability within AI Infrastructure.
Establish dashboards and KPIs specific to technical and infrastructure functions.
Translate workforce data into actionable insights for executive decision-making.
Compensation & Rewards
Partner with Global Total Rewards to ensure competitive compensation structures aligned to US technical markets.
Guide leadership on reward strategies for critical infrastructure and security talent.
Monitor market trends in AI infrastructure, cloud engineering, and security talent to maintain competitive positioning.
About You
Extensive HR leadership experience within high-growth technology, cloud, infrastructure, or AI-driven environments.
Proven experience partnering directly with C-suite or executive-level technical leaders.
Strong understanding of engineering, product, infrastructure operations, and security team dynamics.
Experience supporting US-based technical populations in scaling environments.
Strong expertise in organisational design, workforce planning, employee relations, and leadership development.
Deep knowledge of US employment law and regulatory frameworks.
High commercial acumen and ability to align people strategy with infrastructure growth and operational performance.
Strong analytical capability, with experience leveraging data to influence executive decision-making.
Exceptional stakeholder management, influencing, and executive coaching skills.
High emotional intelligence, adaptability, and ability to operate in ambiguity.
Preferred
Experience supporting AI infrastructure, cloud, hyperscale, or data centre organisations.
Experience in a matrixed, globally distributed technology organisation.
Membership of a recognised HR professional body.
Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field.
For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.
#J-18808-Ljbffr