Director, Sanctions
Core
Lead the global sanctions programme, providing second-line governance, strategy, and oversight for a regulated financial infrastructure platform serving 675,000+ businesses.
Role type
Director, Sanctions Compliance (Second-Line)
Builds
Global sanctions strategy, policy framework, and second-line governance across multiple jurisdictions.
Domain
Financial Crime / Sanctions Compliance / Global Payments
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Global sanctions regimes expertise (OFAC, EU, UK OFSI, UN, MAS, HKMA, AUSTRAC), executive leadership, cross-regional team management, AI/ML-driven alert reduction, graph analysis, regulatory examination leadership, risk-based decision-making, geopolitical trend analysis.
Preferred skills
Certified Sanctions Specialist (CGSS), CAMS, Juris Doctor, advanced degree in technical/quantitative discipline.
Technologies
AI/NLP-assisted screening tools, graph databases, automated alert disposition frameworks, fuzzy logic, name and transaction screening algorithms.
Responsibilities
Own and elevate global sanctions strategy and policy framework; provide independent second-line oversight of screening operations; act as escalation point for complex nexus determinations and asset freezing; partner with Data/Product/Engineering to validate AI/ML screening models; lead roadmap for modernizing sanctions screening with AI and graph analysis; lead regulatory examinations and supervisory inquiries; monitor geopolitical developments and enforcement trends; report programme health and risk trends to executive leadership; lead and scale a team of sanctions managers.
Seniority
Director, Executive Leadership
