Lead, Regulated Compliance Programs

Crypto Pro Network; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchorage Digital is seeking a Lead for Regulated Compliance Programs to help scale and adapt compliance frameworks for our specialized operations. You will ensure these high-growth initiatives meet the highest fiduciary standards while leading teams through complex challenges in a rapidly evolving digital asset space.

The ideal candidate will possess an analytical mindset, significant regulatory experience, and a leadership style centered on empathy that aligns with our values. Join us to shape the future of finance in the digital economy.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience managing small to medium-sized teams.
• Navigate ambiguity, escalating only for critical blockers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the adaptation of a regulatory control framework.
• Ensure compliance meets fiduciary integrity standards.
• Communicate with senior stakeholders to secure buy-in.

Skills

Analytical skills

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry’s leading security infrastructure. The company, founded in 2017, is a first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S. and serves institutions globally with Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings. We are funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with a Series D valuation over $3 billion.

As Lead for Regulated Compliance Programs, you will be a key architect in adapting and scaling an integrated fiduciary and regulatory control framework for our most specialized strategic operations. Leveraging an existing bank infrastructure, you will ensure these high‑growth initiatives meet the highest standards of fiduciary integrity and protection. You will act as a qualified manager with a wide range of expertise, meaningfully contributing to the prioritization of work and ensuring our established bank‑grade standards are seamlessly applied to new public‑facing environments.

Technical Skills:

• Apply expertise and analytical skills to independently solve complex regulatory problems, influencing solutions across multiple internal functions.
• Contribute to department strategies, goals, and frameworks to ensure alignment with broader organizational priorities.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Take extreme ownership of complex challenges—such as settlement oversight and conflict mitigation—selecting the best methods with minimal oversight.
• Lead and significantly contribute to large, cross‑functional projects, driving execution and impact across multiple teams.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Monitor industry trends and internal objectives to inform team and department‑level goal‑setting.
• Proactively communicate how your program drives long‑term growth while ensuring processes are scalable to avoid single points of failure.

Communication and Influence:

• Build trust and credibility by tailoring communication to influence senior stakeholders and secure buy‑in for complex solutions.
• Mentor mid‑to‑experienced teammates and help them align their efforts with department goals and company strategy.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Typically a Bachelor’s degree and 8‑10+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Proven experience managing small to medium‑sized teams.
• The capability to independently navigate ambiguity, anticipating challenges and escalating only for critical blockers.
• A leadership style defined by empathy and humility that builds trust and exemplifies our values, principles, and policies.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• Experience in high‑growth digital asset or fintech compliance environments.
• Advanced certifications (e.g., CRCM or CPCO) related to fiduciary or banking regulations.
• Juris Doctorate (JD).
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system.

About Anchorage Digital:

The Anchorage Village, our team of more than 600 members, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. We are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. Anchorage Digital protects your privacy rights and handles personal or financial information in accordance with our privacy policy. We may use artificial intelligence tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.