Global Payments Risk & Compliance Lead

Storm2; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Storm2 seeks a Head of Risk & Compliance to architect and lead a global network-wide governance, risk, and compliance program for a growing payments ecosystem. You will shape policies, controls, and processes across product, legal, and operations, partnering with regulators and external counsel to support market expansion.

The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on implementation, influencing how the network sits with participants, and how compliance is enforced through governance and

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience in compliance, payments risk, financial crime, regulatory affairs, or related functions
• Strong experience within payments, banking, fintech, financial infrastructure, consulting, or regulatory environments
• Deep understanding of cross-border payments, transaction monitoring, settlement models, sanctions compliance, AML/CTF frameworks, and fraud controls
• Experience assessing licensing requirements and managing regulatory applications across one or more jurisdictions
• Hands-on background leading regulatory engagements, audits, examinations, supervisory interactions
• Expertise conducting partner due diligence, third-party assessments, audits, and ongoing risk reviews
• Experience implementing financial crime, sanctions screening, or transaction monitoring platforms
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical policies, controls, operating procedures, and system requirements
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence executives, regulators, external partners, and legal counsel
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
• Professional certifications such as CAMS, CFCS, CFE, CRCM, CIPP, CISA, CRCMP, or PCIP are advantageous

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the network-wide compliance, regulatory, and risk management program
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, governance frameworks, participant obligations, and network operating rules
• Design and oversee sanctions screening, AML/CTF controls, fraud prevention programs, monitoring frameworks, and escalation processes
• Lead participant onboarding, due diligence reviews, risk assessments, periodic audits, and ongoing monitoring programs
• Establish reciprocal partner assessment processes, including evidence collection, risk ratings, remediation tracking, and enforcement actions
• Assess regulatory requirements for new products, payment corridors, settlement structures, and market expansion initiatives
• Partner with external counsel to determine licensing, registration, approval, or exemption requirements across multiple jurisdictions
• Lead regulatory applications, supervisory interactions, compliance reporting, and ongoing regulatory obligations
• Build and operate the network risk framework covering financial crime, sanctions, fraud, settlement, operational, technology, third-party, data, and reputational risk
• Implement and optimize transaction monitoring, screening systems, case management workflows, dashboards, and reporting tools
• Lead investigations relating to suspicious activity, sanctions concerns, fraud events, operational incidents, and material risk exposures
• Embed compliance and risk requirements into product development, APIs, settlement workflows, foreign exchange processes, and emerging payment initiatives
• Coordinate internal and external audits, examinations, control testing programs, and remediation efforts
• Establish governance forums, executive reporting, risk metrics, and accountability structures across internal teams and network participants

Skills

Payments risk

Regulatory affairs

Financial crime

Cross-border payments

Sanctions compliance

AML/CTF

Regulatory engagements

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Professional certifications (advantageous)

Job description

Storm2 seeks a Head of Risk & Compliance to architect and lead a global network-wide governance, risk, and compliance program for a growing payments ecosystem. You will shape policies, controls, and processes across product, legal, and operations, partnering with regulators and external counsel to support market expansion.

The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on implementation, influencing how the network sits with participants, and how compliance is enforced through governance and