Sanctions Compliance Officer

The role

The Sanctions Compliance Officer will build and lead the sanctions compliance program and operational screening function for Polymarket US. This role involves owning policies, managing a sanctions team, and ensuring the effectiveness of screening controls.

What you will do

• Own and enhance the sanctions compliance framework including policies, procedures, and governance.
• Serve as the primary sanctions subject matter expert for OFAC requirements and regulatory developments.
• Own the end-to-end sanctions screening framework for customers, transactions, and counterparties.
• Build and lead the sanctions team responsible for executing the screening framework.
• Manage the investigation and disposition of sanctions screening alerts.
• Develop and maintain escalation and decision frameworks for potential blocked or prohibited activity.
• Advise Legal, Compliance, Product, and business teams on sanctions risks.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to embed sanctions controls into product processes.
• Establish a quality and testing framework to assess sanctions controls.
• Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and automation for screening and alert reviews.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of sanctions, financial crimes, AML, or related compliance experience, with significant direct responsibility for U.S. economic sanctions.
• Deep subject matter expertise in OFAC regulations, sanctions programs, and guidance.
• Demonstrated experience building or leading both a sanctions program and sanctions / financial crime screening operations within a regulated financial institution, FinTech, broker-dealer, derivatives
• A combination of sanctions advisory and operational leadership experience.
• Experience leveraging AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve sanctions screening, alert review, investigations, or other financial crimes processes.
• Hands-on experience with sanctions screening, alert investigation, escalation, disposition, and blocked or rejected transaction analysis.
• Experience designing or overseeing sanctions screening systems, including matching logic, tuning, testing, list management, QA/QC, and false-positive reduction.
• Experience establishing operational metrics, productivity expectations, quality programs, escalation frameworks, and queue-management processes.
• Experience advising on sanctions risks associated with customers, counterparties, jurisdictions, transactions, products, and new business initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical guidance and operational controls.
• Experience drafting sanctions policies, procedures, risk assessments, escalation standards, and operational documentation.
• Experience supporting regulatory exams, audits, investigations, or independent testing.

Nice to have

• Prior experience working at the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
• Experience at a CFTC- or NFA-registered entity, including a DCM, DCO, or FCM.
• Experience with digital assets, blockchain analytics, or sanctions risks associated with crypto or blockchain-based activity.
• Experience implementing or enhancing sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening technology.
• Experience building a screening operations function from the ground up.

Benefits

• Competitive salary & equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
• 401k match
• Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories

About the company

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. It enables individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs.