Head of Compliance

1inch; City Of London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading DeFi ecosystem in the UK seeks a Head of Compliance to lead compliance functions under the Legal department. The role ensures regulatory and risk obligations are met, promoting innovation in decentralized products. Candidates should have extensive experience in fintech or crypto and strong skills in AML, investigations, and communication. Join our dynamic team to make a real impact.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in compliance, risk, or legal roles within fintech, crypto, or financial crime.
• Direct experience in AML/CTF, sanctions, investigations, and regulator/LEA liaison.
• Strong documentation and SOP development skills.

Responsibilities

• Run and tune TRM/Blockaid/Innerworks/Web3Antivirus, manage alert triage.
• Oversee resolver and API client vetting, maintain approval logs.
• Lead wallet tracing, incident response, and evidence control.

Skills

Compliance

Risk Management

Legal Knowledge

Communication

Documentation Skills

Tools

TRM Labs

Blockaid

Web3Antivirus

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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1inch is the DeFi ecosystem building financial freedom for everyone. 1inch products help users and builders trade, hold and track digital assets - with the self-custody, comprehensive security and the intuitive user experience they need to unlock the potential of true crypto ownership. 1inch protocols and APIs provide core infrastructure across the DeFi industry and beyond.

So if you're someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team.

Location: We hire with a focus on Dubai and Europe. For this role, we prefer candidates who are either based in Dubai or working remotely within +/- 4 hours GST time.

The Head of Compliance will lead and operate 1inch's compliance function under the Legal department. This role ensures that 1inch meets its regulatory and risk obligations while supporting crypto-native innovation across decentralised products and institutional-facing APIs.

The ideal candidate brings both hands-on execution and strategic thinking, with experience in crypto, financial crime, sanctions, law enforcement response, and policy governance. You'll collaborate with Legal, Security, Product, and Engineering, and own critical compliance programs (AML, enforcement, resolver onboarding, screening, etc.) across the group.

Responsibilities

• Risk & Screening Operations: Run and tune TRM/Blockaid/Innerworks/Web3Antivirus, VPN/IP rules; manage alert triage with SLAs and control false positives.
• Counterparty Onboarding: Oversee resolver and API client vetting, enhanced due diligence dossiers, and security questionnaires; maintain approval logs and exemptions.
• Investigations & Incident Response: Lead wallet tracing, token-warning triggers, resolver offboarding/kill-switches, refunds/seizures with Legal and IT.
• Law Enforcement & Regulator Interface: Manage valid LEA requests, evidence chains, disclosure control, and response timelines; maintain an audit-ready tracker.
• Governance & Reporting: Deliver monthly AML/Risk reports; support RiskCo; maintain core policy frameworks (sanctions, seizures/refunds, insider trading/MNPI, training).
• Licensing & Entity Support: Establish and maintain governance scaffolding for Dubai (VARA) and support compliance for EU/Swiss/BVI entities. Lead regulator engagement and ongoing filings/assurance.
• Culture & Enablement: Deliver concise, high-signal training (via TalentLMS) and embed guardrails into product UX (warnings, pre-trade compliance checks).
• KPIs (Owned or Co-Owned)
• 90% alert triage SLA within 48 hours and 20% quarter-over-quarter reduction in false positives.
• 95% control coverage across all checkpoints.
• 100% LEA SLA compliance with complete evidence documentation.
• Resolver/API client decisions delivered within SLA; 100% EDD dossiers completed and tracked.
• 100% on-time delivery of monthly AML/Risk reports with documented incidents and resulting control enhancements.
• Launch DeFi Ops Risk Playbook v3.0
• Operationalize runbooks for TRM/Blockaid thresholds, routing, and QA;

Requirements

• 7-10+ years in compliance, risk, or legal roles within fintech, crypto, or financial crime.
• Direct experience in AML/CTF, sanctions, investigations, and regulator/LEA liaison.
• Proficiency with TRM Labs, Blockaid, Web3Antivirus, Innerworks, and on-chain analytics.
• Strong documentation and SOP development skills; familiarity with Jira/Confluence.
• Demonstrated ability to implement compliance controls within product and engineering workflows.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment across Legal, Product, Security, and Ops.

Nice to haves

• Crypto-native experience or prior work at a DeFi protocol or Web3 infrastructure provider.
• Familiarity with cross-border licensing regimes (e.g., VARA, EU MiCA).
• Experience supporting security audits, dApp incident response, or product launches.

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