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Director, Compliance
Location
California
Posted
124 days ago
Salary
$265K - $280K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Compliance
Solutus Legal Search
• Design, implement, and maintain a global compliance program aligned with U.S. and international export control and sanctions regimes, including EAR and OFAC. • Oversee ECCN classification and technical export analyses for advanced semiconductor and AI hardware products. • Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, finance, and product teams to ensure operational controls align with evolving regulatory requirements. • Develop and maintain compliance frameworks for complex commercial agreements, including government contracts and related regulatory programs. • Monitor and advise leadership on regulatory developments at the intersection of AI, advanced compute, export controls, and national security. • Support additional compliance domains, including privacy, supply chain integrity, environmental matters, ethics and code of conduct programs, and anti-corruption initiatives. • Build and scale global compliance training programs and internal controls appropriate for a rapidly growing organization. • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on compliance risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and regulatory positioning.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of legal, compliance, or regulatory experience, ideally within export-controlled or government-regulated industries.
- Experience in semiconductors, advanced compute, cloud infrastructure, aerospace/defense, or similarly regulated technology sectors strongly preferred.
- Deep familiarity with export controls, sanctions programs, and international trade compliance frameworks; exposure to federal contracting requirements a plus.
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling enterprise compliance programs in high-growth environments.
- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical operational controls and business-facing guidance.
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills and executive presence.
- Self-directed, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, technically sophisticated environment.
Benefits
- Fixed bonus
- Strong stock grant
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WhopWhop is marketplace that helps 1M+ entrepreneurs earn online. Discover, buy, & sell communities, courses and software.
About Whop Whop is a financial technology company on a mission to provide the world with sustainable income. Our vision is to create the world’s largest internet market, where people can create, connect, and transact all from a single platform. Whop enables individuals and businesses to accept payments, launch ventures, and engage with others across the network. Today, Whop facilitates over $3 billion in annual payouts to people in 144 countries. Growth continues to accelerate, with gross transaction volume increasing roughly 25% month over month. Whop has raised hundreds of millions from institutional investors like Insight, Bain Capital Ventures, A*, and Peter Thiel — including a recent strategic investment from Tether, the largest stablecoin company in the world. Our current team is made up of young, passionate entrepreneurs who grew up on the internet — over 75% built a business before joining Whop, including 53 former founders and 30 who scaled past $1M in revenue. Product leadership includes backgrounds from Meta and Robinhood. For more information, visit whop.com. About The Role We're hiring a Head of Compliance to design and own Whop's compliance program across all business lines. You'll own regulatory strategy and operational compliance across our payments platform and marketplace — from AML/KYC to trust & safety and privacy. You'll work closely with Product, Payments, and Leadership to build compliance into our business. This role will be part of our Legal, Compliance and Risk function. Scope Design, build, and scale Whop's overall compliance program Own AML/KYC, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring programs Manage trust & safety frameworks, prohibited products policies, and merchant underwriting Manage privacy, data protection, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) Ensure new features (including crypto/stablecoin) are compliant by design What We're Looking For 7+ years in compliance, AML/KYC, or regulatory affairs at payments/fintech/marketplace companies Comfortable with regulatory ambiguity — you can translate unclear rules into defensible positions Strong with numbers, metrics, and operational details High agency, builder mindset, good partner Exposure to crypto/stablecoins is a plus Benefits Overview Competitive base salary + equity Unlimited PTO, full health/vision/dental coverage Lunch & dinner M-F + Equinox + Citibike + free Ubers after 10pm + $9k rent subsidy (within 4 blocks of 300 Kent) Latest Macbook Pro & tech accessories




