Compliance & Ethics, Senior Manager

Compliance & Ethics, Senior Manager, UK

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.

At Nscale, our Legal & Compliance team plays a critical role in driving business success by partnering with stakeholders to anticipate regulatory change, operationalise compliance requirements, and deliver solutions that protect the company while enabling commercial opportunities, to scale confidently, sustainably, and with integrity.

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

We are seeking a highly capable Compliance & Ethics, Senior Manager to provide compliance and regulatory support, advance global compliance initiatives, and embed strong ethics and compliance practices across the business. Reporting to our VP, Global Compliance & Ethics, this role will play a critical part in trade compliance and anti-bribery/anti-corruption (ABC) oversight, while also driving effective training, third-party risk management, policy governance, and compliance operations.

In this role, you will:

• Navigate complex and ambiguous challenges with confidence, making informed, practical decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Translate regulatory concepts and compliance best practices; applying them pragmatically to anticipate and mitigate risk exposure.
• Apply strong analytical skills and benchmarking rigor to track metrics, interpret data, and identify actionable insights.

What You’ll be Doing

Export Compliance Risk Mitigation

• Support the identification and management of global export compliance risks, including sanctions exposure, product classification, end-use reviews, and license applications.
• Help translate complex trade compliance requirements into practical, scalable processes in collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Technology.
• Maintain trade compliance registers, track license applications, and monitor completion timelines to support business continuity.

Third-Party Due Diligence and Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Standards

• Implement and monitor third-party due diligence procedures, embedding ABC and trade compliance checks into onboarding, contracting, and vendor monitoring.
• Provide practical support and guidance on ABC risk areas (e.g., gifts, entertainment, travel & expense, intermediaries) to ensure alignment with global standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to balance commercial priorities with compliance safeguards.
• Maintain and update compliance risk registers to support identification of gaps and implementation of mitigation strategies.

Training, Communications, Culture & Investigations

• Design and deliver engaging training on ABC, sanctions, export controls, and ethics topics, ensuring high completion and retention rates.
• Support delivery of compliance communications and awareness initiatives that reinforce ethical decision-making.
• Act as a point of contact providing practical, risk-based guidance to colleagues on day-to-day compliance questions.
• Support the intake, triage, and resolution of reported compliance matters.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to deploy global E&C training campaigns, ensuring completion tracking and reporting accuracy.
• Analyse compliance trends and prepare reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights.

Risk Assessments & Regulatory Mapping

• Contribute to periodic risk assessments across multiple domains (ABC, export and sanctions, conflicts management, culture), helping produce actionable recommendations.
• Support proactive horizon scanning of emerging legislation and evolving export regulations (U.S., EU, APAC, and other key markets).
• Prepare reporting dashboards to track compliance data, highlight risks, and support proactive responsiveness.

About You

• 8–10 years of experience in compliance, legal counsel, or related roles with global exposure to export controls, anti-bribery/anti-corruption (ABC), and third-party risk management).
• Solid understanding of global trade regulations, export classifications, licensing requirements, and sanctions, with the ability to apply these in practice.
• Strong project and collaborative stakeholder management skills, with experience tracking KPIs, reporting metrics, and executing effectively in a fast-paced environment..
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience drafting policies, training content, and compliance communications.
• Detail-oriented and highly organised, with a commercial, pragmatic mindset.
• Developing expertise in one or more of the following compliance domains: internal investigations, enterprise risk assessments, sanctions compliance, global regulatory mapping, policy governance, or ESG reporting.

Nice to Have:

• Proficiency with reputable GRC tooling (automation, workflows, reporting dashboards, training management).
• Hands-on experience assisting with investigations or contributing to culture and awareness initiatives.

What We Can Offer You

At Nscale, you\’ll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We\’re building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

• Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months. 🚀
• Join the fastest-growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI. ✨
• Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by trying new things, leading, challenging the status quo, and owning your impact, always with our full support.
• Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life\’s moments.
• Join our thriving remote-first team. Geography is no barrier to impact or connection. We build seamless virtual collaboration, empowering you, wherever you work.

Equal Opportunities Statement

At Nscale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.