Senior Product Compliance Manager

As a Senior Product Compliance Manager at OKX, you will own day-to-day compliance reviews of new products, features, and market expansions across OKX's global business and product suite. You join the Product Compliance team, acting as a trusted compliance partner to Product and Engineering teams navigating complex regulatory requirements while enabling commercially viable outcomes. You will apply a risk-based approach to distinguish between hard legal constraints, risks addressable through controls, and residual risks requiring escalation or acceptance.

What you'll do

• Own and deliver compliance reviews of new products, features, market expansions and material changes to existing products across OKX's global business and product suite
• Review product requirements, technical documentation, user journeys, onboarding flows, trading or transaction mechanics, reward structures, disclosures and operational processes
• Apply a risk-based waterfall to distinguish hard legal or regulatory blockers from risks that may be addressed through controls, product conditions, jurisdictional restrictions, monitoring or escalation
• Conduct and document product compliance risk assessments covering regulatory perimeter and licensing, AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, consumer protection, financial promotions, trading and market conduct, asset safeguarding, data privacy and third-party risk
• Produce clear, evidence-based and solutions-focused compliance recommendations setting out identified risks, required mitigants, residual exposure and the proposed approval or escalation route
• Work directly with Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, Central Compliance and local Compliance teams to develop practical and scalable solutions to identified compliance requirements
• Maintain complete and accurate documentation and audit trails for product reviews, decisions, conditions, exceptions, approvals and subsequent changes
• Support post-launch monitoring, control testing and assurance in partnership with Audit, Product and other Compliance teams, and drive remediation of identified issues
• Promote a compliance-by-design culture within the product lifecycle, communicate the Product Compliance framework to stakeholders and deliver targeted training or guidance to Product, Engineering and business teams as required
• Support special projects and priority product launches in a fast-paced and continually evolving environment

What you bring

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in Compliance, Legal or Risk within financial services, fintech, payments or the cryptocurrency industry
• A Bachelor's degree in law, finance, business, economics, engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Significant hands-on experience in product compliance, regulatory advisory or product risk assessment, including advising on new products and material product changes
• A strong understanding of the digital-asset industry and the products offered by crypto platforms, including trading, custody, payments, staking or earn products, lending, structured products, wallets or DeFi
• Strong working knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements, including licensing and regulatory-perimeter considerations, AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, consumer protection, financial promotions and trading or market-conduct requirements
• Demonstrated ability to analyze products or initiatives involving significant complexity and risk and translate regulatory requirements into practical product requirements and controls
• Experience in and demonstrated success in leveraging AI-enabled technology to maintain risk assessment standards, including ongoing tuning of agentic skills aligned with the company's risk appetite
• Excellent risk judgment and the ability to balance compliance rigor with a pragmatic, risk-based approach that supports responsible commercial outcomes
• Proven ability to develop and deliver repeatable product compliance solutions, controls and review processes aligned with broader group requirements
• Strong project-management and execution skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent reviews, maintain accurate documentation and meet product-launch deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present clear recommendations and lead discussions with Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, senior management and other Compliance stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to influence product decisions and constructively challenge proposals without compromising compliance rigor
• A self-motivated and proactive approach, comfortable operating independently within a fast-paced, globally dispersed team
• High personal integrity and sound professional judgment, including the ability to identify when an issue requires escalation

Nice to have

• Direct product compliance or regulatory advisory experience at a crypto exchange, fintech or technology-led financial-services company
• Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional product launches and applying regulatory requirements across the United States, European Union, Middle East or Asia-Pacific
• Practical knowledge of CeFi trading products, including spot, derivatives, leverage, custody, institutional products and OTC flows
• Familiarity with Web3 products, blockchain technology, smart contracts, DeFi protocols and digital-asset transaction flows
• Experience developing compliance risk-assessment frameworks, controls, and key risk indicators

What we offer

• Competitive total compensation package
• Learning and development programs and education subsidy for employee growth and development
• Various team-building programs and company events
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants

About OKX

OKX is a leading crypto exchange and developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications. OKX is trusted by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets, backed by its Proof of Reserves. Part of OKG, OKX operates multiple products including OKLink globally, driven by core principles of We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done.