Product Compliance Manager, Bitcoin & Digital Assets

Block is a company focused on economic empowerment, particularly through Bitcoin and digital assets. They are seeking a Product Compliance Manager to drive compliance strategy across their Bitcoin products and ensure regulatory obligations are met while enabling innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary compliance partner to the Bitcoin product team - embedded in product development from day one, helping shape what gets built and how
• Drive compliance strategy across Block's Bitcoin and digital assets products, enabling new features to launch with confidence
• Own Bitcoin-specific risk workstreams and deliver against active regulatory settlement milestones across multiple jurisdictions
• Build and strengthen Block's Bitcoin compliance policy framework - closing gaps, raising standards, and staying ahead of regulatory expectations
• Define what we need to detect and screen for across Bitcoin transactions and sanctions - translating regulatory obligations into clear requirements for engineering teams
• Champion the use of AI and automation to scale our compliance program - identifying where these tools can sharpen detection, reduce manual lift, and make our processes more effective
• Manage relationships with blockchain analytics vendors - evaluate performance, push for better coverage, and ensure our tooling and AI capabilities keeps pace with the ecosystem
• Work directly with engineering teams on how screening, monitoring, automation and risk evaluation systems are designed and governed
• Bring clarity and alignment to complex decisions that span Legal, Compliance Operations, Sanctions, Product, and Engineering
• Be a trusted problem-solver - someone stakeholders come to because you find paths forward

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in compliance, with meaningful time spent in digital asset or cryptocurrency compliance
• Deep knowledge of Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering, sanctions regulations, and how they apply to blockchain-based products and transactions
• Hands-on experience with on-chain analytics tools (Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar) - you've used them to identify, assess, and manage risk
• Technical fluency - you can engage with engineering teams on how detection systems, data pipelines, and vendor integrations work
• Experience as a day-to-day partner to product and engineering teams, not just a review function
• A consultative mindset - you build trust by understanding what teams are trying to achieve and helping them get there compliantly
• Experience supporting regulatory exams, audits, or remediation work with state or federal regulators
• Genuine curiosity about digital assets - you follow this space because it matters to you
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience