Compliance Manager, Europe

DayOne; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DayOne is expanding its European compliance function and seeks a seasoned Compliance Manager to design and oversee policies, risk management, and governance across EU/EEA.

You will implement risk assessments, monitor regulatory changes, train staff, and drive a culture of ethics and integrity in a fast-growing data center business.

This role offers visibility with senior leadership and requires cross-country collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in corporate compliance, regulatory compliance, risk management, ethics and compliance, or related discipline.
• Experience supporting multiple jurisdictions within a multinational organization.
• Practical experience developing policies, conducting compliance risk assessments and managing regulatory change.
• Knowledge of compliance risk-management principles and governance frameworks.
• Experience translating regulatory requirements into policies, controls and business practices.
• Extensive knowledge of EU/EEA compliance matters, risk assessments, and third-party risk management.

Responsibilities

• Policy and Procedures Development/Management: Review, draft, update, and disseminate compliance policies for EU/EEA operations.
• Screening & Monitoring: Manage onboarding due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and third‑party risk across EU/EEA countries.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct periodic compliance risk assessments and maintain dashboards for reporting to management.
• Regulatory/Requirements Monitoring: Track EU/EEA laws and support country implementations.
• Training: Develop and deliver compliance training across EU/EEA countries.
• Incident Management: Support investigations and liaise with Legal, HR, Information Security and other stakeholders.

Skills

Policy implementation

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law/Business/Compliance

Job description

About DayOne Data Centers

DayOne Data Centers is a Singapore-headquartered global digital infrastructure platform that develops and operates next-generation data centers across Asia Pacific and Europe. Trusted by leading hyperscalers and businesses, the company engineers, builds, and operates high-capacity, AI-ready campuses with speed, scale, and reliability.

About DayOne

DayOne builds and operates hyperscale data centers across eight marketurp in APAC and Europe. DayOne is a global leader in the development and operation of high-performance data centers. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry, we’ve built a robust presence across Asia and our journey in Europe is just getting started. As we expand into new international markets, we’re looking for talented, driven individuals to join us on this exciting journey. This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to be a key contributor to our dynamic team and help shape the future of global data infrastructure. We raised US$4.5B in Series C funding, and we're building the internal functions to match that scale. Many of our corporate functions are still being built rather than inherited. The processes, systems and ways of working need to be defined by the people joining them.

Location

We welcome applications from candidates in London, Amsterdam, Madrid, Paris or Helsinki. Business travel within Europe may be required from time to time.

About The Role

As DayOne grows across Europe and the European Economic Area, its compliance framework must keep pace with regulatory obligations, governance standards and ethical business practices across multiple jurisdictions. As Compliance Manager, you'll help build the scalable policies, risk‑management processes and controls that make this possible. The role will involve designing, implementing, and monitoring compliance risk management frameworks, policies and procedures, supporting regulatory change implementation across jurisdictions, and promoting a culture of ethics, accountability, and integrity across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Policy and Procedures Development/Management: Review, draft, update, and disseminate compliance policies, procedures, and desk instructions for EU and EEA operations. Monitor key policy areas including gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, related party transactions, personal account dealing/insider trading, anti‑bribery and corruption, sanctions, and data privacy.
• Screening & Monitoring: Manage screening and monitoring processes in conjunction with onboarding and business teams, including due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and tracking of higher-risk vendors, customers, counterparties, and other relevant third parties across EU and EEA countries.
• Risk Assessment: Conduct periodic compliance risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities across EU and EEA operations and support implementation of corrective actions. Maintain compliance risk assessment records, dashboards, and reporting materials for management and governance updates.
• Regulatory/Requirements Monitoring: Track, assess, and communicate new and evolving EU, EEA, and local jurisdictional laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, and industry expectations affecting the business. Support affected business units in implementing key requirements consistently across relevant countries.
• Training: Develop, coordinate, and deliver engaging compliance training programs for employees and management across EU and EEA countries. Support periodic training and attestations for key policies, including conflicts of interest, anti‑bribery and corruption, sanctions, whistleblowing, market conduct, and data privacy.
• Incident Management: Support investigations of compliance breaches, whistleblower reports, data privacy incidents, and other compliance matters. Liaise with Legal, HR, Information Security, business stakeholders, and external advisers where required, while maintaining appropriate audit trails and mitigation follow-up.

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Compliance, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 8 to 12 years of experience in corporate compliance, regulatory compliance, risk management, ethics and compliance, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting multiple jurisdictions within a multinational organization.
• Practical experience developing policies, conducting compliance risk assessments and managing regulatory change.
• Knowledge of compliance risk‑management principles and governance frameworks.
• Experience translating regulatory requirements into policies, controls and business practices.
• Extensive working knowledge of EU and EEA corporate compliance matters, and, without limitation, experience with risk assessments, corporate governance, regulatory change management, anti‑bribery and corruption, sanctions, conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, and third‑party risk management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
• Ability to communicate compliance guidance clearly to senior and cross‑functional stakeholders in English.

Behavioural Skills

• Strong analytical, judgment, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities, with the confidence to advise senior stakeholders and work across functions and countries.
• Highly organized, able to manage multiple priorities, and comfortable handling confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

Good to Have

• Experience in a regulated industry, such as financial services, insurance, fintech, payments, telecommunications, energy or healthcare.
• Professional certification in compliance, risk management, financial crime, data privacy or governance.
• Practical experience with GDPR and European privacy regulations.
• Experience supporting sanctions, anti‑bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, conflicts management or third‑party risk programmes.
• Additional European language skills.

Why DayOne?

This is a role for someone who wants to shape a growing global compliance function rather than inherit one to maintain. You'll work directly with senior compliance and business leaders to define the policies, governance and risk‑management practices that support DayOne across Europe and the EEA. The decisions you make will help establish how compliance operates as the business grows.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

DayOne is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our team and drive better outcomes for the communities we serve worldwide.

DayOne is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.