Head of Marketing Compliance

About the role

In this senior position, you will lead the compliance review process for various products and features at OKX, a prominent crypto exchange. Your role will involve assessing regulatory requirements and risks, ensuring that new initiatives align with compliance standards.

You will collaborate with multiple teams, including Product, Engineering, and Legal, to create scalable compliance solutions. Success in this role hinges on your ability to balance compliance rigor with practical business needs, fostering a culture of compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

The salary range for this role is between $150,000 and $250,000, reflecting the seniority and expertise required.

Skills that matter here

• Blockchain: This role requires a strong understanding of blockchain technology and its applications in crypto products.
• AML/CFT: Experience in anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism regulations is crucial for compliance.
• Regulatory advisory: You will provide regulatory advisory services to ensure product compliance with relevant laws.
• KYC: Knowledge of Know Your Customer processes is necessary for assessing compliance risks.
• Project management: Strong project management skills are essential for managing multiple compliance reviews effectively.
• Stakeholder management: You will need excellent stakeholder management skills to influence product decisions and engage with various teams.

Who this role suits

• A professional with over 8 years of experience in compliance, legal, or risk roles, particularly in financial services or fintech.
• Someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and can operate independently while managing complex compliance challenges.
• An individual with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical solutions.
• A self-motivated person who values integrity and has excellent communication skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.

From the employer

What You'll Be Doing

• Own and deliver day-to-day compliance reviews of new products, features, market expansions and material changes to existing products across OKX's global business and product suite.
• Review product requirements, technical documentation, user journeys, onboarding flows, trading or transaction mechanics, reward structures, disclosures and operational processes.
• Apply a risk-based waterfall that distinguishes hard legal or regulatory blockers from risks that may be addressed through controls, product conditions, jurisdictional restrictions, monitoring or escalation.
• Conduct and document product compliance risk assessments covering areas such as regulatory perimeter and licensing, AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, consumer protection, financial promotions, trading and market conduct, asset safeguarding, data privacy and third-party risk.
• Produce clear, concise and evidence-based and solutions-based compliance recommendations setting out identified risks, required mitigants, residual exposure and the proposed approval or escalation route.
• Work directly with Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, Central Compliance and local Compliance teams to develop practical and scalable solutions to identified compliance requirements.
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation and audit trails for product reviews, decisions, conditions, exceptions, approvals and subsequent changes.
• Support post-launch monitoring, control testing and assurance in partnership with Audit, Product and other Compliance teams, and drive remediation of identified issues.
• Promote a compliance-by-design culture within the product lifecycle; communicate the Product Compliance framework and program requirements to relevant stakeholders and deliver targeted training or guidance to Product, Engineering and business teams as required.
• Support special projects and priority product launches in a fast-paced and continually evolving environment.

What We Look For In You

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in Compliance, Legal or Risk within financial services, fintech, payments or the cryptocurrency industry.
• Bachelor's degree in law, finance, business, economics, engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant hands-on experience in product compliance, regulatory advisory or product risk assessment, including advising on new products and material product changes.
• Strong understanding of the digital-asset industry and the products offered by crypto platforms, including trading, custody, payments, staking or earn products, lending, structured products, wallets or DeFi.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, including licensing and regulatory-perimeter considerations, AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, consumer protection, financial promotions and trading or market-conduct requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze products or initiatives involving significant complexity and risk and translate regulatory requirements into practical product requirements and controls.
• Experience in and demonstrated success in leveraging AI-enabled technology to maintain risk assessment standards, including ongoing tuning of agentic skills aligned with the Company’s risk appetite.
• Excellent risk judgment and the ability to balance compliance rigor with a pragmatic, risk-based approach that supports responsible commercial outcomes.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver repeatable product compliance solutions, controls and review processes aligned with broader group requirements.
• Strong project-management and execution skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent reviews, maintain accurate documentation and meet product-launch deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present clear recommendations and lead discussions with Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, senior management and other Compliance stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to influence product decisions and constructively challenge proposals without compromising Compliance rigor.
• Self-motivated, proactive and comfortable operating independently within a fast-paced, globally dispersed team.
• High personal integrity and sound professional judgment, including the ability to identify when an issue requires escalation.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package.
• L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development.
• Various team building programs and company events.
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants.
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