Remote Regulatory Law Expert & Compliance Specialist

Smartrecruiters, Inc.; Madrid; Remote; EUR 111,000 - 123,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Regulatory Law Expert to serve as a compliance specialist on a contract basis. This remote-ready role offers hourly compensation and the opportunity to design regulatory programs, oversee agency investigations, and draft regulatory filings across multiple sectors.

Ideal candidates will have 5+ years as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel, direct ownership of compliance programs, and familiarity with regulatory tooling and agency rulemaking.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking actually work.

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations, and enforcement actions.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation, healthcare and FDA regulation, antitrust and competition law, data privacy and cybersecurity regulation, and environmental and energy regulation.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms, compliance management systems, and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies to the standards track a world targets (US: Administrative Procedure Act, agency-specific statutes and regulations; International: EU regulations and directives, UK regulatory frameworks), and produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Job description

Regulatory Law Expert - Compliance Specialist

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Regulatory Law Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $90–$100/hour Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations, and enforcement actions.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation , healthcare and FDA regulation , antitrust and competition law , data privacy and cybersecurity regulation , and environmental and energy regulation .
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms, compliance management systems, and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies to the standards track a world targets (US: Administrative Procedure Act , agency-specific statutes and regulations; International: EU regulations and directives, UK regulatory frameworks ), and produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years working as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking actually work.
• A recognized professional credential is strongly preferred (JD with bar admission , or an international equivalent).

Preferred

• Prior rubric, training, or compliance documentation authorship is a plus.