Head of Marketing Compliance (Crypto)

Location: San Jose, California, United States

Salary: $200,000–$300,000 per year, plus potential performance bonus and long-term incentives.

Company

OKX is a crypto exchange and developer of the OKX Wallet, providing access to crypto trading and decentralized applications for individuals and institutions.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day compliance reviews for new products, features, market expansions, and material product changes across the global product suite.
• Review product requirements, technical documentation, user journeys, onboarding flows, trading and transaction mechanics, rewards, disclosures, and operational processes.
• Conduct risk-based assessments covering licensing, regulatory perimeter, AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, consumer protection, financial promotions, market conduct, asset safeguarding, data privacy, and third-party risk.
• Define practical mitigants, controls, jurisdictional restrictions, monitoring requirements, escalation routes, and residual-risk documentation.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, Audit, and local Compliance teams to support compliant launches, post-launch monitoring, control testing, and remediation.
• Maintain audit trails, promote compliance-by-design practices, and deliver targeted guidance or training to relevant stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in Compliance, Legal, or Risk within financial services, fintech, payments, or cryptocurrency.
• Bachelor’s degree in law, finance, business, economics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience in product compliance, regulatory advisory, or product risk assessment for new products and material changes.
• Strong understanding of digital-asset products, including trading, custody, payments, staking, lending, structured products, wallets, and DeFi.
• Knowledge of licensing, AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, consumer protection, financial promotions, and trading or market-conduct requirements.
• Strong risk judgment, communication, stakeholder-management, project-management, documentation, and execution skills, including experience using AI-enabled technology for risk assessment.

Nice to have

• Product compliance or regulatory advisory experience at a crypto exchange, fintech, or technology-led financial-services company.
• Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional launches across the United States, European Union, Middle East, or Asia-Pacific.
• Knowledge of CeFi trading products, Web3, blockchain, smart contracts, DeFi protocols, or digital-asset transaction flows.
• Experience developing compliance risk-assessment frameworks, controls, and key risk indicators.

Culture & Benefits

• Values centered on collaboration, integrity, and execution.
• Learning and development programs with an education subsidy.
• Team-building programs and company events.
• Wellness and meal allowances.
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage for employees and dependants.