Senior Crypto Sanctions Intelligence Lead (Hybrid)

Elliptic; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working budget

Learning & Development budget

Holidays: 25 days + bank holidays

Birthday day off

Enhanced parental leave

Private Health Insurance

Mental health support

Life Assurance: 4x salary

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Elliptic is seeking a Senior Sanctions Intelligence SME to own end-to-end coverage of global sanctions regimes, driving high-quality outputs and scalable processes. You will collaborate across Product, Engineering and Customer teams to translate intelligence into platform capabilities and client-ready content.

You will mentor colleagues, develop monitoring models, and represent Elliptic at industry events and regulatory engagements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as an intelligence analyst, investigator, or compliance specialist in sanctions or financial crime.
• Independent SME with practical knowledge of OFAC, UK, EU and UN frameworks.
• Experience designing monitoring, alerting or investigation playbooks in compliance/intelligence.
• Ability to identify systemic coverage risks and drive durable remediation including automation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; deliver stakeholder-ready outputs on time.
• Proficiency with blockchain analytics tools and OSINT resources. AI fluency is essential.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the go-to SME on global sanctions regimes and resolve complex analytical questions independently.
• Own and document a comprehensive coverage framework for sanctions designation regimes.
• Lead end-to-end investigations into cryptoasset exposure to sanctioned entities and evasion networks.
• Define and drive the evolution of Elliptic's sanctions monitoring operating model.
• Identify coverage gaps and drive remediation across regimes and designating authorities.
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues and translate intelligence into platform capabilities.
• Produce reports, briefings, blogs, whitepapers, and client-ready content.
• Represent Elliptic's sanctions intelligence at events, briefings and regulatory engagements.

Skills

Sanctions intelligence

AI fluency

OSINT analytics

Stakeholder comms

Cross-functional work

Tools

Blockchain analytics tools

Job description

Elliptic is seeking a Senior Sanctions Intelligence SME to own end-to-end coverage of global sanctions regimes, driving high-quality outputs and scalable processes. You will collaborate across Product, Engineering and Customer teams to translate intelligence into platform capabilities and client-ready content.

You will mentor colleagues, develop monitoring models, and represent Elliptic at industry events and regulatory engagements.