Global Licensing & Regulatory Authorisations Lead

Tether.io; España; Remote; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tether is seeking a Head of Licensing and Regulatory Authorisations to lead the development and execution of a global authorisations strategy across jurisdictions, coordinating a distributed team of regional regulatory affairs professionals. The role focuses on securing and maintaining regulatory approvals and aligning with global policies to enable market growth.

You will engage regulators, senior leadership, and regional teams to drive licensing initiatives end‑to‑end, ensuring consistent

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in regulatory licensing and authorisations, regulatory affairs, compliance, or related fields (financial services, payments, fintech, crypto, or technology).
• Proven experience managing complex regulatory authorisation processes across multiple regions or markets.
• Strong understanding of diverse regulatory frameworks and supervisory expectations globally.
• Experience working within or leading a regional or matrixed team structure is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a unified global licensing strategy, ensuring consistency across regional approaches.
• Oversee and guide the preparation, submission, and management of licensing applications and/or other regulatory authorisation processes.
• Serve as the central point of coordination for licensing and regulatory authorisation activity across all regions.
• Act as a senior representative in regulatory engagements where global coordination or executive‑level involvement is required.
• Coordinate with regional teams to ensure understanding around local regulatory requirements and governance, capital, operational, and reporting needs.
• Lead and mentor the global regulatory and licensing team, building capability and consistency across regions.

Skills

Cross-regional coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Job description

Tether is seeking a Head of Licensing and Regulatory Authorisations to lead the development and execution of a global authorisations strategy across jurisdictions, coordinating a distributed team of regional regulatory affairs professionals. The role focuses on securing and maintaining regulatory approvals and aligning with global policies to enable market growth.

You will engage regulators, senior leadership, and regional teams to drive licensing initiatives end‑to‑end, ensuring consistent