Regulatory Law Expert - Compliance

mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 94,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. We are seeking a Regulatory Law Expert for a remote contract role to help design compliance programs, navigate agency investigations, and contribute to rulemaking processes.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years as regulatory attorney, direct ownership of compliance programs, and JD with bar admission (or international equivalent).

Qualifications

• 5+ years as regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency with regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking work.
• JD with bar admission or international equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations and enforcement actions, and rulemaking or comment processes.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation, healthcare and FDA regulation, antitrust and competition law, data privacy and cybersecurity regulation, and environmental and energy regulation.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms, compliance management systems, and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies like regulatory interpretation, compliance risk assessment, and enforcement response strategy to the standards track a world targets. Produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Skills

Regulatory law

Compliance management

Regulatory tooling

Enforcement strategy

Education

JD with bar admission

Tools

Regulatory tracking platforms

Compliance management systems

Agency filing systems

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Regulatory Law Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $90–$100/hour Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations and enforcement actions, and rulemaking or comment processes.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation , healthcare and FDA regulation , antitrust and competition law , data privacy and cybersecurity regulation , and environmental and energy regulation .
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms , compliance management systems , and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies like regulatory interpretation , compliance risk assessment , and enforcement response strategy to the standards track a world targets. Produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 5+ years working as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking actually work.
• A recognized professional credential is strongly preferred ( JD with bar admission , or an international equivalent).

Preferred

• Prior rubric, training, or compliance documentation authorship is a plus.