Global AML & Lending Compliance Lead

Motive; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Lead Compliance Manager to own AML/BSA, sanctions, and KYC/KYB programs across the US, Canada, and future markets. You will translate regulatory requirements into policy and controls, and collaborate with Product, Legal, Risk Ops, and Engineering to embed compliance in new products and geographies.

Reporting to the Head of Risk, Financial Products, you’ll build scalable governance, lead audits, and manage relationships with issuing banks and card networks to ensure programs

Qualifications

• 8+ years of compliance, audit, or risk management in lending, payments, or financial services.
• Experience owning AML/BSA, sanctions, KYC/KYB programs.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into policy and controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain AML/BSA, sanctions, and KYC/KYB policies across US/Canada and other markets.
• Design and monitor sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and escalation controls.
• Serve as primary contact for issuing banks and card networks, including audits and exams.
• Partner with Legal, Risk, Product, and Engineering to embed lending-compliance in new products and markets.
• Lead internal and third-party compliance audits and drive remediation with evidence across jurisdictions.
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate them into policy updates.
• Build governance and playbooks for new market entry and scaling the compliance function.

Skills

AML/BSA

Sanctions

KYC/KYB

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Motive is seeking a Lead Compliance Manager to own AML/BSA, sanctions, and KYC/KYB programs across the US, Canada, and future markets. You will translate regulatory requirements into policy and controls, and collaborate with Product, Legal, Risk Ops, and Engineering to embed compliance in new products and geographies.

Reporting to the Head of Risk, Financial Products, you’ll build scalable governance, lead audits, and manage relationships with issuing banks and card networks to ensure programs