Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Execute Web3 regulatory advisory initiatives, encompassing licensing and authorization preparedness, gap evaluations, compliance assessments, and implementation assistance for CASPs, VASPs, token issuers, and various digital-asset enterprises.

• Aid clients in converting regulatory obligations into actionable governance, AML and CFT, cybersecurity, technology, and operational controls.

• Facilitate application-related tasks by organizing essential materials, evidence, stakeholders, and responses to regulatory bodies, particularly for processes in the European Union and United Arab Emirates.

• Communicate findings and suggestions through reports and workshops, while managing the delivery within the agreed scope, timelines, and follow-up initiatives.

• Monitor and evaluate Web3 regulations and supervisory expectations across key jurisdictions, especially the European Union and United Arab Emirates.

• Transform regulatory research and client insights into reusable approaches, templates, control mappings, knowledge resources, and regulatory service offerings.

• Collaborate with cybersecurity, AML, product, and engineering teams to enhance compliance tools and workflows, including defining requirements, regulatory content, and testing.

• Leverage market trends and client feedback to refine tools and services, ensuring more consistent and scalable delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in supporting a Web3 licensing or authorization process for a CASP, VASP, token issuer, or similar digital-asset entity.

• Direct experience with MiCA, VARA, ADGM FSRA, DFSA, or another regime from the European Union or United Arab Emirates is particularly beneficial.

• Two to four years of experience in digital-asset regulatory compliance, financial services licensing, legal or compliance operations, consulting, or a related field.

• Solid understanding of blockchain networks, wallets, custody, exchanges, transfers, token issuance, stablecoins, and prevalent digital-asset business models.

• Familiarity with governance, operational risk, consumer protection, technology, cybersecurity, and/or AML requirements pertinent to digital-asset firms.

• Capability to interpret regulations, map obligations to controls, generate clear documentation, and coordinate contributors, evidence, dependencies, and timelines.

• Proficient in written and spoken English.

• Ability to engage with clients, subject-matter experts, senior management, and regulators within a distributed team, ensuring reliable overlap with CET and CEST business hours.

• A relevant qualification or certification in legal, compliance, risk, accounting, or information security is advantageous.

• Additional proficiency in European or Middle Eastern languages is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work remotely from Europe or a nearby time zone, with regular alignment to European business hours.

• Competitive base salary along with equity or token options where applicable.

• Direct involvement in EU, UAE, and global digital-asset authorization initiatives.

• Support to enhance your expertise in Web3 regulatory matters.