Global Sanctions Leader: Fintech Compliance & Strategy

Nubank; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 260,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Nubank is seeking a Global Head of Sanctions to design, implement, and continuously improve its global sanctions compliance program across markets. Based in Tysons, VA, this leader will coordinate with U.S.

regulators, oversee policy framework, screening, and risk management while guiding teams across multiple countries and languages. You will work with OFAC, Treasury, and regulators, advise product and partnerships teams on sanctions risk, and drive program enhancements in a fast‑growing

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in sanctions compliance or broader financial crimes compliance within financial services.
• Deep, current knowledge of OFAC regulations and sanctions programs, with working familiarity with EU, UN, and UK OFSI regimes.
• Experience building, scaling, or materially uplifting a sanctions program in a high-growth, regulated, or fintech environment.
• Demonstrated people leadership, including managing distributed or multi-country teams.
• Strong track record of stakeholder management with regulators, executives, and the Board.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Willingness to be based in or relocate to Virginia with periodic travel to Brazil and other Latin American offices.
• Experience at a global or multi-jurisdictional bank, payments company, or fintech operating across multiple regulatory regimes.
• CAMS or equivalent financial crimes compliance certification.
• Direct experience managing OFAC examinations, voluntary self-disclosures, or sanctions-related enforcement matters.
• Familiarity with sanctions screening technology vendors and model tuning/validation practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, own, and continuously enhance Nubank's global sanctions policy framework, ensuring alignment with OFAC, EU, UN, and other relevant sanctions regimes across all current and future markets.
• Direct the end-to-end sanctions screening program, including customer onboarding and ongoing screening, transaction and payments screening, and the systems, vendors, and models that power them.
• Oversee watchlist and reference data management, including list ingestion, update cadence, and screening logic tuning to balance detection effectiveness against false-positive rates.
• Lead investigation and escalation of potential and true sanctions hits, including disposition decisions, blocked and rejected transaction handling, and required regulatory filings and reporting.
• Serve as Nubank's primary interface with OFAC, Treasury, and other regulators on sanctions matters, including managing examinations, inquiries, and voluntary self-disclosures where applicable.
• Advise business, product, and partnerships teams on sanctions risk in new products, markets, customer segments, and third-party relationships before launch.
• Monitor geopolitical and regulatory developments and translate them into timely program updates.
• Coordinate independent testing, internal audit, and regulatory examinations of the sanctions program, and drive remediation of identified gaps.
• Own sanctions training and awareness programs for employees, contractors, and relevant third parties across the organization.

Skills

Sanctions compliance

Financial crimes compliance

OFAC knowledge

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Nubank is seeking a Global Head of Sanctions to design, implement, and continuously improve its global sanctions compliance program across markets. Based in Tysons, VA, this leader will coordinate with U.S.

regulators, oversee policy framework, screening, and risk management while guiding teams across multiple countries and languages. You will work with OFAC, Treasury, and regulators, advise product and partnerships teams on sanctions risk, and drive program enhancements in a fast‑growing