<div class="content-intro"><h3>Better Money</h3> <p>Strike is the Bitcoin company. With Strike, you can buy and sell bitcoin, pay bills, and borrow against your holdings. From individuals to businesses, Strike is purpose-built for every step of the Bitcoin journey. Available in more than 100 countries — including the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Africa — Strike is building a better financial system powered by Bitcoin. Bitcoin is better money. Strike is how you use it.</p> <h3>Role</h3></div><p>Strike is hiring a US Regulatory Compliance Lead to own and run our regulatory compliance program for our US operations. Reporting directly to the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), this is a rare startup role with high visibility and real autonomy: you’ll be both the hands-on operator driving the day-to-day work (licensing filings, evidence production, exam responses) and the program leader setting the strategy, operating cadence, and priorities that keep Strike in a strong regulatory compliance position as we scale.</p> <p>You’ll lead key workstreams across state money transmitter licensing, MSB obligations, and lending-related licensing/compliance requirements (as applicable to our products), and you’ll be a primary point of contact for regulator engagement related to licensing and exams.</p> <p><strong>Location: Remote - Americas (US Time Zone availability is a strict requirement)</strong></p> <h3><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Own the end-to-end lifecycle of US MTLs: renewals, amendments, and reporting</li> <li>Administer licensing workflows in NMLS; own the licensing calendar and lead a cross-functional intake process—partnering with Legal, Finance, and Data to gather inputs, validate data, and complete required filings and reporting on time.</li> <li>Lead regulatory examinations: planning, request management, evidence production, written responses, and remediation tracking</li> <li>Maintain program governance: policies/procedures, monitoring/testing, and closed-loop issue management</li> <li>Own lending-related licensing and compliance obligations, including licensing maintenance, required reporting, and examination support.</li> <li>Coordinate independent AML/Sanctions audits and drive timely remediation</li> <li>Own and execute a Compliance Monitoring Program—design testing plans, perform/control testing, document results, and drive remediation to closure.</li> <li>Oversee our US compliance training program (new hire + annual + targeted refreshers)</li> <li>Prepare clear updates for Executive leadership/Board; improve workflows using automation/AI where appropriate</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What we’re looking for</strong></h3> <ul> <li>6+ years regulatory compliance experience in financial services, payments/FinTech, or crypto</li> <li>High-output operator: you can personally draft regulator-ready narratives, build trackers, assemble evidence, and drive cross-functional follow-through.</li> <li>Proven experience building and maintaining a compliance governance program, including policies/procedures, monitoring/testing, issue management, and management/Board reporting.</li> <li>Deep hands-on experience with US state MTL licensing + MSB obligations and NMLS fluence</li> <li>Direct regulator and exam experience (including drafting responses and managing evidence)</li> <li>Strong writing, organization, and execution skills; comfortable driving work cross-functionally in a startup</li> <li>Working knowledge of state money transmitter laws, and strong familiarity with BSA/AML and OFAC regulations</li> <li>Familiarity with lending compliance/licensing considerations (e.g., TILA, ECOA, UDAAP/UDAP) is a plus</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Nice to Have</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Knowledge of the Bitcoin industry and willingness to gain expertise of the compliance nuances in the Bitcoin space.</li> <li>Lending license compliance experience (e.g., TILA, ECOA)&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience building compliance processes in a high-growth environment; comfort operating as a senior IC without a team.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to leverage automation and AI to streamline evidence collection, tracking, and reporting while ensuring all processes remain auditable and defensible.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>US-Based Positions</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Salary range: $130,000 - $140,000</li> <li>Equity in a high-growth startup</li> <li>Health, dental, and vision insurance premium contributions; short &amp; long-term disability insurance and basic life insurance</li> <li>Cell phone and internet reimbursement</li> <li>Flexible PTO, sick leave &amp; parental leave</li> <li>Access to a company 401k plan</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Non US-Based positions</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Location Dependent</li> </ul> <p>We do not make hiring decisions based on educational history whatsoever. Our Founder is a college dropout. We employ high school dropouts, PHD candidates and everything in-between. We do not hire credentials. We simply hire talented, passionate individuals who are excited to be a part of our team.</p> <p>By clicking submit application below, you consent to our use and processing of your data as described in our <a href="https://resources.zaphq.io/docs/strike-candidate-privacy-notice.pdf">Candidate Privacy Notice</a>.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em><strong>Use of AI.</strong> Strike uses AI-assisted tools to help review, assess, and verify applications and support the integrity of our recruitment process. A human is always involved in our hiring decisions — we do not rely on automated processing alone.</em></p></div>