Senior People Compliance Manager

Remitly; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Remitly seeks a Senior People Compliance Manager to own global compliance programs, policies, and controls across geographies. You will partner with Legal, People, and business leaders to assess risk, set standards, and drive compliant execution from hiring to offboarding.

You will build governance, create roadmaps and audits, deliver training across jurisdictions, and use automation to streamline processes while staying ahead of regulatory changes in the global employment landscape.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in HR compliance or a related regulatory role.
• Deep knowledge of US labor/employment law and regulatory obligations.
• Experience managing multi-obligation project plans with audit readiness.
• Drafting and maintaining employee policies for multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience operating compliance controls inside an HRIS.
• Experience with internal audit compliance.
• Background check programs and contingent workforce classification.
• Track record of building multi-state US and global HR compliance programs.
• Excellent judgment and ability to explain regulations clearly.
• Hands-on or strong cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Advise the business on People compliance risk and policy areas.
• Monitor evolving labor/employment law across Remitly's global footprint.
• Own the global People policy library and related documents.
• Own compliance across the employee lifecycle from hiring to offboarding.
• Design roadmaps, audit calendars, escalation pathways, and reporting for leadership.
• Prepare compliance metrics and risk dashboards for leadership teams.
• Deliver mandatory trainings across jurisdictions and coordinate with Payroll on reporting.
• Apply AI and automation to streamline compliance tasks.

Skills

HR compliance

Labor law

Audit readiness

Policy drafting

HRIS

Background checks

Global compliance

Risk management

Project management

Communication

Job description

Job Description

At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money- we're here to move our global customers forward.

About the Role

The Senior People Compliance Manager is the organization's trusted subject matter expert on People compliance. You'll partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to identify compliance risks, recommend solutions, and support sound decision-making, while also owning the programs, policies, and controls that keep those recommendations grounded in day-to-day execution. You will serve as the primary point of contact between the Compliance team, Legal, and People organizations on People compliance matters, providing expert guidance, conducting proactive risk assessments, and maintaining audit readiness across our global footprint. The role demands ownership and influence, the ability to stay ahead of regulatory change, build and grow structures, and drive compliance initiatives across functions and geographies.

You Will

Advise the business on People compliance risk. Serve as the SME to People, Legal, and business leaders on compliance areas such as labor laws, collective bargaining requirements, pay transparency and compensation, worker classification, safety and health, global background checks, data retention, leave of absence, and restrictive covenants across our geographies. Monitor evolving labor/employment law across Remitly's international footprint. You will also act as the primary liaison with Employment Legal on risk assessment and mitigation. Own the global People policy library. Draft, maintain, and govern employee‑facing documents across our footprint, including employee handbooks, policies, offer letters, employment agreements, restrictive covenants, with document control, versioning, and consistent application across geographies. Own compliance across the employee lifecycle, from hiring to offboarding. Set the standards and controls that sit inside the process, including right‑to‑work and immigration, the global background check program and its vendor relationships, onboarding checklists, and offboarding protocols. You will partner with our global entities on process documentation and escalation. Stay ahead of regulatory change and clear the path into new markets. Monitor and interpret labor and employment law where we operate, translate change into policy and process updates, and lead People compliance readiness as we enter new and emerging jurisdictions. Build the governance that makes compliance sustainable. Design the roadmaps, audit calendars, escalation pathways, and reporting mechanisms that surface risk to leadership and support internal and external audit requests. Prepare compliance metrics and risk dashboards for People leadership and relevant committee reporting. Own mandatory employee trainings across across global jurisdictions Own statutory obligations and reporting globally. Deliver against filing and reporting requirements across jurisdictions, including pay transparency, own and facilitate mandatory training across jurisdictions, and partner with Payroll on tax and reporting obligations. Apply AI and automation to the work. Identify where compliance tracking, document review, and audit evidence gathering can be streamlined, and pilot tools that free capacity for higher‑judgment work.

You Have

• 8+ years in HR compliance, labor/employment law compliance, or a closely related regulatory program role.
• Deep working knowledge of labor/employment law and regulatory obligations across US; multiple global jurisdictions preferred.
• Experience managing project plans across multiple obligations simultaneously, sustaining audit readiness as a standing state.
• Direct experience drafting and maintaining employee policies and employee‑facing documents for multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience operating compliance controls inside an HRIS.
• Experience managing internal audit compliance.
• Experience with background check programs and contingent workforce classification.
• A track record of building and scaling multi‑state US and global HR compliance programs
• Excellent judgment, attention to detail, and ability to explain regulations in plain language
• Hands‑on experience or strong inter