Head of Compliance - Platforms (Fintech)

Location: San Francisco, United States. Hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office.

Company

hirify.global provides real-time, cross-border payments infrastructure for banks, fintechs, platforms, marketplaces, and businesses.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior Compliance advisor to the Platforms business and its commercial leadership.
• Identify compliance considerations early in sales and business-development processes and help structure viable solutions.
• Advise on platforms, marketplaces, enterprise clients, bank partners, card networks, stablecoin networks, and other payment infrastructure relationships.
• Evaluate two-tier business models, new platform use cases, customer segments, products, and payment flows.
• Assess higher-risk opportunities, recommend controls and mitigations, and coordinate compliance escalations affecting onboarding or launch.
• Build scalable compliance frameworks, playbooks, decision standards, training, and senior-risk reporting for the Platforms vertical.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in compliance, regulatory risk, financial crime, legal, payments, fintech, banking, or financial services.
• Significant experience advising commercial, sales, business-development, partnership, or account-management teams.
• Strong knowledge of cross-border payments, money movement, payment platforms, bank partnerships, and complex B2B relationships.
• Deep understanding of AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC/KYB, customer and partner due diligence, licensing, and payment regulations.
• Experience with platforms, marketplaces, embedded finance, payment facilitation, or businesses serving underlying merchants, sellers, or customers.
• Strong executive presence, judgment, communication, stakeholder-management, and risk-based decision-making skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise payments, payment APIs, banking-as-a-service, large enterprise customers, financial institutions, or complex distribution models.
• Experience engaging with external customers, bank partners, auditors, or regulators.
• CAMS, CRCM, legal qualification, or another relevant compliance certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working environment with three office days per week.
• Medical coverage, 24/7 employee assistance, generous vacation, and a year-end shutdown.
• Role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
• Performance bonuses, equity for specific roles, and recognition programs may be available.
• Global organization with employees from more than 33 nationalities across 18+ countries and more than 10 offices.