Compliance Lead, Payments Compliance & Licensing Program
Skills
ShopifyDocumentationEventsLegal WritingLicensingRenewalsSanction
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Multiple years of experience in financial services compliance with direct exposure to money transmission regulations
- Hands-on experience engaging with regulators through exams licensing applications formal correspondence or supervisory engagement
- Broad working knowledge of sanctions AML KYC and lending compliance such as UDAAP and ECOA
- Exceptional written and verbal communication with the ability to translate complex requirements into clear internal guidance
- Builder's mindset with comfort in ambiguity taking positions and supporting a program being built
- Demonstrated curiosity about AI and clear ideas for applying it to compliance work
- Ability to travel to NYC as needed for in-person regulatory exams and audits
Nice to have
- Builder mindset
- Regulator-facing confidence
- AI curiosity
- High-growth fintech experience
- Curious and adaptable
Day to day
- Own key areas of Shopify's money transmission licensing program, including applications, renewals, state examinations, and ongoing regulator engagement.
- Build trusted relationships with state regulators and represent Shopify in meetings, exams, written responses, supervisory interactions, and industry conferences.
- Support the broader compliance program by contributing to sanctions, AML/KYC, lending compliance, policy work, and practical process documentation as the business expands.