Senior Compliance & Risk Manager

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not specified

Paddle offers digital product companies a completely different approach to their payment infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we’re a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payment fragmentation. It’s faster, safer, cheaper, and, above all, way better. We’re backed by investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North and serve over 5000 software sellers in 245 territories globally.

Role: Senior Compliance & Risk Manager

As Senior Compliance & Risk Manager, you will be a key member of Paddle’s legal and compliance team, reporting to our Deputy General Counsel. You will work closely with legal, product, and operational teams to ensure Paddle remains compliant with global payments and fintech regulations as we scale rapidly. This role is perfect for someone with 6-8 years of experience in payments, fintech, and scale-up businesses, who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can balance regulatory rigor with practical business solutions. The Paddle compliance function is critical to our operations and growth, enabling innovation while maintaining trust with customers and regulators. You’ll lead the compliance team, including hiring and managing two additional compliance professionals, to build a robust and scalable compliance framework. You’ll collaborate across teams, bringing expertise in payments compliance, risk management, and reporting. You’ll be instrumental in building robust systems to track, analyze, and report on compliance, ensuring Paddle stays ahead in a dynamic regulatory landscape. The role will be based in the UK but will be global in scope, reflecting Paddle’s international reach.

Requirements

• 6-8 years of experience in payments, fintech, and scale-up businesses.
• Experience in payments compliance, risk management, and reporting.
• Ability to balance regulatory rigor with practical business solutions.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership:
  • Hire, onboard, and manage two additional compliance professionals.
  • Foster a collaborative and high-performing team.
• Payments Compliance:
  • Develop and refine compliance policies and procedures.
  • Ensure adherence to global card scheme rules, consumer protection laws, and payments regulations.
• Data Protection:
  • Act as Paddle’s Data Protection Officer.
  • Lead on all data protection queries.
  • Ensure compliance with global data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
  • Oversee policies, training, and incident responses related to personal data.
• Compliance Monitoring:
  • Design and oversee simple tech-enabled monitoring programs.
  • Track compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
  • Use data-driven tools to identify trends and potential risks proactively.
• Reporting:
  • Deliver compliance reporting for internal stakeholders.

Application Instructions

• Not specified.