Head of Compliance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ireland.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and enhance the company's global compliance framework across all relevant jurisdictions.

• Create and uphold policies, standards, controls, governance forums, and reporting procedures.

• Lead comprehensive compliance risk assessments throughout the organization and maintain the compliance risk register.

• Establish processes for monitoring, testing, and issue management to identify, escalate, and address compliance gaps.

• Provide regular updates to the Head of Legal and the executive team regarding compliance risks, incidents, trends, and remediation efforts.

• Supervise the company's compliance strategy regarding data protection and privacy obligations — including GDPR and other relevant privacy requirements — in collaboration with the Legal and Security teams.

• Ensure the organization demonstrates accountability through appropriate documentation, reporting, and governance.

• Serve as the senior GRC lead for customer due diligence, regulated-sector questionnaires, control reviews, and audit requests.

• Develop and manage the compliance aspects of third-party risk management — encompassing vendor evaluations, subprocessors, outsourcing controls, and continuous monitoring.

• Ensure GRC readiness for external assurance frameworks and certifications, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and related control programs.

• Contribute compliance insights into new products, AI-related applications, commercial initiatives, customer contracts, and market expansion strategies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in a GRC, compliance, risk, governance, or regulatory assurance role.

• Experience in a B2B SaaS, fintech, regtech, payments, or other technology sectors serving regulated clients.

• Proven track record of building or scaling a compliance or GRC function within an international organization.

• Extensive working knowledge of privacy, control frameworks, policy governance, audit coordination, and third-party risk management.

• Experience in supporting enterprise customer due diligence and audit processes.

• Strong judgment and stakeholder management abilities — comfortable engaging at senior and executive levels.

• Capability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unleash your ambition in our dynamic, autonomous environment.

• Drive meaningful change.

• Contribute to a fairer future for every employee by joining a market leader that is transforming the world of work.

• Collaborate with a passionate, diverse, and talented team across the globe.