Whop

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Head of Compliance

ComplianceComplianceFull TimeRemoteTeam 11-50H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California + 1 moreAll locations: California, New York

Posted

31 days ago

Salary

Not specified

Bachelor Degree9 yrs expEnglishAmlKycGdpCcpa

Job Description

About Whop Whop is a financial technology company on a mission to provide the world with sustainable income. Our vision is to create the world’s largest internet market, where people can create, connect, and transact all from a single platform. Whop enables individuals and businesses to accept payments, launch ventures, and engage with others across the network. Today, Whop facilitates over $3 billion in annual payouts to people in 144 countries. Growth continues to accelerate, with gross transaction volume increasing roughly 25% month over month. Whop has raised hundreds of millions from institutional investors like Insight, Bain Capital Ventures, A*, and Peter Thiel — including a recent strategic investment from Tether, the largest stablecoin company in the world. Our current team is made up of young, passionate entrepreneurs who grew up on the internet — over 75% built a business before joining Whop, including 53 former founders and 30 who scaled past $1M in revenue. Product leadership includes backgrounds from Meta and Robinhood. For more information, visit whop.com. About The Role We're hiring a Head of Compliance to design and own Whop's compliance program across all business lines. You'll own regulatory strategy and operational compliance across our payments platform and marketplace — from AML/KYC to trust & safety and privacy. You'll work closely with Product, Payments, and Leadership to build compliance into our business. This role will be part of our Legal, Compliance and Risk function. Scope Design, build, and scale Whop's overall compliance program Own AML/KYC, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring programs Manage trust & safety frameworks, prohibited products policies, and merchant underwriting Manage privacy, data protection, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) Ensure new features (including crypto/stablecoin) are compliant by design What We're Looking For 7+ years in compliance, AML/KYC, or regulatory affairs at payments/fintech/marketplace companies Comfortable with regulatory ambiguity — you can translate unclear rules into defensible positions Strong with numbers, metrics, and operational details High agency, builder mindset, good partner Exposure to crypto/stablecoins is a plus Benefits Overview Competitive base salary + equity Unlimited PTO, full health/vision/dental coverage Lunch & dinner M-F + Equinox + Citibike + free Ubers after 10pm + $9k rent subsidy (within 4 blocks of 300 Kent) Latest Macbook Pro & tech accessories

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