Sanctions Compliance Lead

Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

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• Substantive, hands-on experience leading an economic sanctions compliance program (OFAC, EU, UK, and other applicable regimes) in a commercial environment, including program design, policy ownership, and risk governance
• Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures, blocking or reject reports, and other regulator filings end to end, including coordinating counsel, internal stakeholders, and remediation
• Experience assessing sanctions risk on an ongoing basis and owning the remediation of identified issues and delivery of program enhancements through to closure
• Experience governing a restricted-party screening program, including list scope, match thresholds, escalation criteria, and screening vendor management
• A track record of reporting on program health and risk to senior leadership, an audit committee, or a board, and of driving decisions on risk appetite with executives
• Working knowledge of US export controls (EAR and BIS rules) sufficient to oversee an export controls program and partner effectively with technical subject-matter experts
• Experience partnering with in-house and outside counsel to interpret trade controls requirements and translating them into practical guidance for product, engineering, operations, and commercial teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting policy and preparing materials for senior leadership
• 10+ years of relevant experience in economic sanctions compliance, including several years leading a program or team
• Experience managing and developing compliance professionals
• Experience conducting sanctions diligence for acquisitions, vendors, and third parties, including state-ownership and 50 percent rule analysis
• Experience partnering with trust and safety, enforcement, or threat intelligence teams on account actions and sanctions escalations
• Exposure to sanctions compliance in software, cloud, fintech, or AI contexts, including globally accessible platforms and downstream access risk
• Prior experience in a Big 4 or other compliance consulting or advisory professional services firm, or at OFAC or another trade regulator
• Experience in a hyper-scaling tech company or other fast-paced environment
• Sound judgment and the ability to make risk-based decisions and move work forward with imperfect information
• A leadership style characterized by integrity, humility, strategic thinking, and solution-orientation

Role-specific policy: For this role, we expect staff to be able to work from either our Washington, DC, San Francisco, or New York City office at least 3 days a week, though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$270,000—$345,000 USD

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