At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world's most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto. Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
As the
Lead for Regulated Compliance Programs , you will be a key architect in adapting and scaling an
integrated fiduciary and regulatory control framework for our most specialized strategic operations. Leveraging an existing bank infrastructure, you will ensure these high-growth initiatives meet the highest standards of fiduciary integrity and protection. You will act as a qualified manager with a wide range of expertise, meaningfully contributing to the prioritization of work and ensuring our established bank-grade standards are seamlessly applied to new public-facing environments.
Technical Skills: - Apply expertise and analytical skills to independently solve complex regulatory problems, influencing solutions across multiple internal functions.
- Contribute to department strategies, goals, and frameworks to ensure alignment with broader organizational priorities.
Complexity and Impact of Work: - Take extreme ownership of complex challenges-such as settlement oversight and conflict mitigation-selecting the best methods with minimal oversight.
- Lead and significantly contribute to large, cross-functional projects, driving execution and impact across multiple teams.
Organizational Knowledge: - Monitor industry trends and internal objectives to inform team and department-level goal-setting.
- Proactively communicate how your program drives long-term growth while ensuring processes are scalable to avoid single points of failure.
Communication and Influence: - Build trust and credibility by tailoring communication to influence senior stakeholders and secure buy-in for complex solutions.
- Mentor mid-to-experienced teammates and help them align their efforts with department goals and company strategy.
You may be a fit for this role if you have: - Typically a Bachelor's degree and 8-10+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Proven experience managing small to medium-sized teams.
- The capability to independently navigate ambiguity, anticipating challenges and escalating only for critical blockers.
- A leadership style defined by empathy and humility that builds trust and exemplifies our values, principles, and policies.
Although not a requirement, bonus points if: - Experience in high-growth digital asset or fintech compliance environments.
- Advanced certifications (e.g., CRCM or CPCO) related to fiduciary or banking regulations.
- Juris Doctorate (JD).
- You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)
About Anchorage Digital: Who we are The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 600 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work-regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.
Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. "Anchorage Digital" refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Protecting your privacy rights is important to Anchorage Digital, and we work to maintain the trust and confidence of our clients when handling personal or financial information. Please see our privacy policy notices here.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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