Careers - Compliance Technology Program Lead

Block

Actively hiring Posted this week
New York, NY Posted 4 days ago $171,800–$257,600 / year
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TL;DR

As a Compliance Technology Program Lead at Block, you will join the Machine Learning and Heuristic detection team to ensure that data infrastructure and models are compliant for both fiat and virtual currency products. Your day-to-day responsibilities include automating oversight, monitoring, and documentation using AI agents like Claude, drafting requirements, and maintaining governance frameworks aligned with SR 11-7 and OCC 2011-12. You will also design real-time dashboards to monitor model health and set standards for threshold tuning, while providing end-to-end technical oversight of Transaction Monitoring models, Sanctions Screening models, and Customer Risk Scoring models. The ideal candidate has over seven years of experience in compliance technology at regulated financial institutions, hands-on AI tool development expertise, and a deep understanding of AML regulations and virtual currency considerations. Proficiency with blockchain analytics tools like Chainalysis and TRM Labs is essential, along with strong data analytics and visualization skills.

Skills

Claude LLM-based agents GPT Prompt engineering Machine Learning Heuristic models Transaction Monitoring Sanctions Screening Customer Risk Scoring Data quality monitoring Model performance monitoring AML model validations Blockchain analytics Chainalysis TRM Labs Data analytics Visualization

What you'll do

  • Build automation using AI agents to scale oversight and documentation work.
  • Design human-in-the-loop checkpoints for automated outputs to ensure defensibility.
  • Establish model and data governance frameworks aligned with regulatory standards.
  • Lead the development of real-time dashboards to monitor model health continuously.
  • Set standards for threshold tuning and ongoing Below the Line testing controls.
  • Oversee Transaction Monitoring models, including heuristic detection logic and thresholds.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of compliance technology experience in regulated financial institutions or as a consultant.
  • Hands-on AI tool experience with Claude, GPT, and similar LLM-based agents for production automation.
  • Expertise in Machine Learning and Heuristic models across Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions Screening, and Customer Risk Scoring.
  • Experience with data quality and model performance monitoring, aligned with SR 11-7 and OCC 2011-12 standards.
  • Track record of driving cross-functional initiatives and working effectively with regulators and independent monitors.
  • Familiarity with virtual currencies and unique transaction monitoring/sanctions screening considerations.

Employer

About Block

Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company operating the Square merchant payments ecosystem, Cash App peer-to-peer payments, TIDAL music streaming, and Bitcoin-focused financial services. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments

Block currently has 47 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $180,000–$270,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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