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Head of Compliance
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Worldwide
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
Head of Compliance to lead the compliance function across EMCD's international crypto ecosystem, combining regulatory strategy, operational compliance and business partnership across multiple products and legal entities.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
What you'll do
- Own the group-level compliance framework across EMCD products and legal entities.
- Lead AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, Travel Rule, and customer/counterparty risk controls.
- Define regulatory and licensing strategy across existing and new markets.
- Support new product launches and market entry by identifying regulatory risks and designing workable compliance structures.
- Lead interactions with regulators, banks, payment providers, external counsel and other financial partners.
- Oversee regulatory audits, inspections, reporting, remediation and ongoing compliance obligations.
- Assess complex or high-risk cases and provide clear, risk-based recommendations to the business.
- Build scalable compliance processes that support growth without unnecessary operational friction.
- Lead and develop the existing compliance team and own the function's overall results.
- Work closely with the CEO, Legal, Product, Finance and business leaders.
What we're looking for
- Senior compliance leadership experience in crypto, fintech, payments, banking or another regulated financial environment.
- Strong practical knowledge of AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring and financial-crime risk.
- Hands-on experience with regulatory licensing and working directly with regulators across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience assessing new products, markets and business models from a regulatory and compliance perspective.
- Strong understanding of crypto-specific risks, including wallets, custody, transaction flows, Travel Rule and high-risk jurisdictions.
- Experience working with banks, payment providers and other regulated counterparties.
- Proven ability to balance business enablement with risk management, proposing alternatives rather than only identifying restrictions.
- Strong ownership and decision-making skills.
- Experience leading and developing a compliance team.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience obtaining a VASP license/registration in Argentina (PSAV registration with the CNV).
Your team
Compliance
Benefits
- A senior leadership role with direct impact on how EMCD scales across products and jurisdictions.
- High ownership and autonomy in shaping the compliance function, frameworks, priorities and ways of working.
- Close collaboration with the CEO and senior leaders across Legal, Product, Finance and business teams.
- Remote-first company — work from anywhere in the world.
- Extended time off: 20 paid vacation days + 12 additional paid days off per year.
- 100% paid sick leave.
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About EMCD
The largest mining pool in Eastern Europe
A leading technology company in the crypto industry, best known as the largest mining pool in Eastern Europe, building a multi-product ecosystem across mining, wallets, earn products, B2B infrastructure and other digital-asset services, operating through multiple legal entities and jurisdictions with products at different stages of maturity and regulation.
Key facts
- Crypto
- Largest mining pool in Eastern Europe
- Multi-product ecosystem across mining, wallets, earn products, B2B infrastructure and other digital-asset services
- Operates through multiple legal entities and jurisdictions
- Remote-first company