Head of Compliance

19 hours, 56 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Operations

Gauntlet

Gauntlet is a DeFi infrastructure and research company that provides quantitative risk management, simulation, and institutional yield products for crypto-native financial applications and protocols. Its public materials emphasize safer onchain yield, protocol optimization, and institutional capital deployment.

Software Development
51-200
Founded 2018

Description

  • Build and run Gauntlet's compliance program, including priorities, governance, controls, and operating cadence.
  • Draft, update, and implement compliance policies and procedures across the business.
  • Establish a practical compliance testing and monitoring program.
  • Create reporting, escalation, and governance processes for leadership visibility into compliance risks and issues.
  • Support regulatory registrations and prepare the business for related requirements.
  • Coordinate regulatory examinations, audits, and information requests.
  • Partner with Legal, Product, Engineering, Finance, People, and commercial teams to embed compliance into day-to-day work.
  • Review and improve company-wide compliance training.
  • Advise on financial crime, privacy, marketing, securities, anti-corruption, employment, and related issues.
  • Use AI and automation to improve compliance workflows and keep the program current as the business evolves.

Requirements

  • Experience building, materially improving, or standing up a compliance program or major part of one.
  • Broad compliance experience across multiple domains, with understanding of policies, controls, monitoring, testing, training, reporting, and governance.
  • Experience supporting regulatory registrations, examinations, audits, or similar engagements.
  • Ability to work directly on the details and execute without an established compliance function in place.
  • Ability to give clear, practical guidance and manage risk pragmatically while escalating when needed.
  • Strong judgment and confidence to raise concerns directly when something does not look right.
  • Comfort working in a growing company with evolving priorities and regulatory questions.
  • Experience in crypto, digital assets, or onchain financial products is a plus.
  • Compliance designation such as CAMS, CRCM, or CCEP is a plus.
  • Experience using AI, automation, or data tooling within a compliance program is a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work from anywhere in the US and Canada.
  • Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country office visit perk.
  • 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees.
  • $1,000 work-from-home stipend.
  • Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data.
  • Unlimited vacation.
  • 100% paid 12-week parental leave.
  • Fertility benefits.
  • Opportunity for incentive compensation.
  • Base salary range of $200,000 to $240,000, plus additional on-target earnings potential and equity.

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