Compliance, Licensing & Strategic Initiatives

Kalshi; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

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Job summary

Kalshi is seeking an experienced Compliance professional to own licensing and charter initiatives as it expands into new products and jurisdictions. You will drive the bank/trust charter strategy and coordinate licensing efforts across regulators, legal, finance, product, and operations in a hands-on, execution‑driven role.

The ideal candidate brings 8–12 years in financial‑services compliance, direct OCC charter experience, and a proven ability to translate complex regulatory questions into

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in financial-services compliance or licensing.
• Direct experience with OCC national trust bank or national bank charter applications.
• Proven track record owning complex regulatory licensing from assessment to approval.
• Strong knowledge of bank or trust regulatory frameworks and governance.
• Ability to translate ambiguous questions into actionable plans.
• Excellent written communications for regulator-facing materials.
• Experience working with senior executives, regulators, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Own licensing and charter initiatives end-to-end, including OCC options.
• Develop licensing strategies for products, payments, custody, and jurisdictions.
• Prepare regulatory applications, policies, and governance materials.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, and Ops.
• Manage regulatory diligence with outside counsel, regulators, partners.
• Evaluate licensing implications of M&A, partnerships, or new businesses.
• Conduct regulatory and competitive landscape analyses and present findings.
• Build execution plans with milestones and dependencies.
• Help design and operationalize compliance program if charter obtained.
• Drive high-priority regulatory initiatives as the footprint expands.

Skills

Regulatory licensing

Fintech compliance

OCC charter experience

Project management

Regulator engagement

Cross-functional

Diligence execution

Regulatory strategy

Written communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

What is Kalshi?

Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history, is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.

We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position.

• Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet.




• Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets.

Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.

Role Roadmap

As part of Kalshi’s Compliance team, you will own some of the company’s most important regulatory expansion initiatives as Kalshi enters new products, payment rails, jurisdictions, and regulated business lines. Your initial priority will be driving Kalshi’s bank and trust charter strategy, including the potential pursuit of an OCC charter, while also supporting other licensing, market-entry, M&A, and strategic regulatory initiatives.

This is a hands‑on execution role with significant strategic exposure. You will be expected to take ambiguous regulatory questions, develop a clear path forward, and then drive the underlying diligence, applications, documentation, and cross‑functional work required to execute. In the near term, a major objective will be developing and executing Kalshi’s trust or bank charter roadmap. Longer term, if a charter is obtained, you may play a central role in building and operating the compliance program for that regulated entity.

The ideal candidate has personally worked through complex financial‑services licensing processes and is equally comfortable developing the strategy, engaging with regulators and advisors, and doing the detailed execution required to get an application across the finish line.

What You’ll Do

• Own Kalshi’s licensing and charter initiatives end‑to‑end, with an initial focus on evaluating and potentially pursuing an OCC national trust bank or national bank charter




• Develop licensing strategies for new products, payment rails, custody capabilities, stablecoin‑related infrastructure, jurisdictions, and regulated business models




• Prepare and coordinate regulatory applications, supporting documentation, policies, business plans, governance materials, and other materials required for licensing and charter processes




• Serve as a central cross‑functional owner across Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, Operations, and executive leadership for major licensing initiatives




• Manage regulatory diligence workstreams and coordinate with outside counsel, consultants, regulators, banking partners, and other external stakeholders




• Evaluate licensing implications associated with potential acquisitions, investments, partnerships, or entry into new regulated businesses




• Conduct regulatory and competitive landscape analysis and translate findings into clear recommendations for senior leadership




• Build execution plans for ambiguous strategic initiatives, establish milestones and dependencies, and drive workstreams through completion




• If Kalshi obtains a bank or trust charter, help design and operationalize the entity’s compliance program




• Take on other high‑priority strategic compliance initiatives as Kalshi’s business and regulatory footprint expand

What You Bring

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in financial‑services compliance, regulatory licensing, bank regulatory matters, fintech, crypto, payments, or related fields




• Direct, substantive experience working on an OCC national trust bank or national bank charter application, ideally within a fintech, crypto, payments, or other technology‑driven financial‑services company




• Experience owning complex regulatory licensing processes from initial assessment through application, regulator engagement, remediation, and approval




• Strong understanding of bank or trust regulatory frameworks, licensing requirements, governance expectations, and compliance program design




• Demonstrated ability to independently take ambiguous regulatory or strategic questions and turn them into clear recommendations and executable workplans




• Strong project‑management skills with the ability to drive multiple complex, cross‑functional workstreams simultaneously




• Excellent written communication skills and comfort producing regulator‑facing applications, memoranda, policies, presentations, and executive‑level recommendations




• Comfortable working directly with senior executives, regulators, outside counsel, and other sophisticated external stakeholders




• Highly execution‑oriented and willing to personally drive detailed diligence, documentation, and application work rather than only managing advisors




• Experience with regulatory M&A diligence, money transmission licensing, payments regulation, custody, stablecoins, or other financial‑services licenses is a plus




• Comfortable operating without an established playbook in a fast‑moving and evolving regulatory environment

NYC Pay Transparency Disclosure:

Salary Range: $150,000 to $250,000 annually plus equity and benefits.
This range reflects current market data for this role. Kalshi has minimal hierarchy and broad variance in experience levels within each title; if your compensation expectations exceed this range, we encourage you to reach out - we’re always happy to discuss.

Our Culture

Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out. We dream big. We love our craft deeply and are proud of what we put out in the world. We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets.

Kalshians are Kalshi’s most important asset: we pick Kalshians carefully, so we trust them fully on day 1.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our mission and values, we’d love to hear from you.