Head of Compliance

As Head of Compliance at Fun, you build and own the compliance function behind infrastructure that powers consumer-facing fintech applications. You establish the standards, controls, tooling, and judgment that let Fun orchestrate money movement globally without hesitation from partners, banks, or regulators. This is a first-hire, build role where compliance shapes product design from the start, not a checklist added afterward. You report directly to the General Counsel and work closely with the CEO, Financial and Operations, Engineering, Partnerships, and Customer Support.

What you'll do

• Own the sanctions program end to end, including screening standards, escalation and decisioning, recordkeeping, and reporting, with documented rationale for every design choice
• Build policies, procedures, and risk assessment tailored to Fun's non-custodial, decentralized rails architecture rather than inherited from templates, and explain that architecture to counterparties unfamiliar with it
• Select, implement, and manage blockchain analytics and screening vendors, holding them to measurable performance standards rather than sales promises
• Embed compliance into product design by working with Engineering, Product, and Customer Success early, ensuring controls live inside the product rather than around it
• Direct outside compliance advisors and specialists, setting questions, owning answers, and deciding what to build in-house versus procure

What you bring

• Eight or more years in compliance, including meaningful time at a leading crypto or DeFi company, a digital asset exchange, or a financial institution with a serious digital assets practice
• Working command of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions requirements as applied to on-chain activity, practical and current rather than theoretical
• Direct experience with non-custodial or self-custody product architectures and a clear point of view on how compliance obligations attach to them
• Fluency with blockchain analytics tooling and on-chain investigation so you can work a chain of transactions yourself rather than wait on a vendor's report
• A policy mindset: you can write the standard, defend it under pressure, and distinguish between a rule, a norm, and a vendor's default setting
• Excellent written communication, as the output of this role is largely documents that other people act on
• Comfort as the first and only compliance hire, with ambition to build a function rather than maintain one

Nice to have

• Experience standing up a compliance program from zero at an early-stage company
• Exposure to money transmission, money services business (MSB) registration, or state licensing frameworks
• Regulatory, enforcement, or policy experience at an agency, trade association, or in private practice
• Familiarity with card scheme rules and the compliance surface of fiat payment rails

What we offer

• Base salary of $300,000 to $360,000, in accordance with NYC pay transparency guidelines
• Equity ownership and performance incentives
• Comprehensive benefits
• Primarily in-person work at our Midtown, NYC headquarters, Monday through Thursday, with optional work-from-home Fridays

About Fun

Fun builds infrastructure that powers consumer-facing fintech applications, handling onboarding, account access, and money movement so users can interact with blockchain-based systems as seamlessly as traditional finance. Fun operates at the intersection of financial infrastructure, complex engineering, and product experience, enabling assets to move from fragmented systems onto blockchains more transparently and efficiently.