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Paxos · 20 hours ago

Governance & Oversight Program Manager

Paxos is on a mission to open the world's financial system to everyone by enabling the instant movement of any asset in a trustworthy way. As a Governance & Oversight Program Manager, you will lead critical compliance and regulatory initiatives across the organization, ensuring program execution and translating complex requirements into actionable plans while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end cross-functional compliance enhancement and remediation initiatives, aligning compliance, legal, product, and engineering teams to execute initiatives effectively
Translate complex regulatory and compliance requirements into clear action plans and technical solutions
Manage remediation efforts and regulatory compliance outcomes, ensuring sustainable, defensible, and documented results
Identify operational inefficiencies and lead meaningful process and control improvements to enhance program effectiveness and scalability
Apply critical thinking to evaluate potential solutions for compliance issues, process enhancements, and regulatory remediation
Drive accountability across stakeholders, ensuring ownership, follow-through, and timely delivery of assigned responsibilities
Anticipate emerging risks, evolving regulatory expectations, and potential execution challenges, escalating with mitigation strategies as needed
Establish and uphold best-in-class organizational and documentation practices to support governance, audit readiness, and long-term scalability
Utilize data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, Looker) to validate, test, and improve compliance processes and controls

Qualification

Compliance experienceAML expertiseRegulatory requirements knowledgeProgram managementData analysis toolsProcess improvementTechnical project coordinationBlockchain technologySQLCommunication skillsCross-functional collaboration

Required

Experience as part of a compliance team with focus on process improvement, issue management, and regulatory examination readiness
Demonstrated expertise in AML, sanctions, and fraud compliance workflows
Strong cross-functional program management and technical project coordination skills
Thorough understanding of regulatory requirements, documentation standards, audit and exam process, and compliance tooling
Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex compliance and technical concepts for diverse stakeholders

Preferred

Hands-on experience with compliance tooling platforms such as AML monitoring systems, sanctions screening tools, case management solutions, and blockchain technology tools (Chainalysis, Elliptic)
Background in regulated cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, or FinTech companies
Experience working globally and within a number of regulatory frameworks (e.g., US, EU, Singapore, South America)
Basic experience in SQL within modern data warehouse environments (Snowflake, Looker, etc.) and experience with Python for data analysis, automation, and building scalable applications

Company

Paxos is a regulated financial institution building infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets.

H1B Sponsorship

Paxos has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (7)
2024 (1)
2023 (12)
2022 (6)
2021 (14)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$543.48M
Key Investors
MercadoLibreAlameda ResearchOak HC/FT
2022-01-20Corporate Round
2022-01-01Series Unknown· $5M
2021-04-29Series D· $300M

Leadership Team

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Charles Cascarilla
CEO and Co-Founder
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Richmond Teo
Co-Founder, CEO Asia
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