New York, United States; San Jose, California, United States; United States (US)• New York City, United States (US)
Remote
Senior
Full Time
💰$250,444 - $360,639
cryptocurrencylegalregulatoryseniorleadership
Requirements
- •Strong communication and leadership skills, and excellent judgment
- •Self-starter who can contribute as both an individual and a team member, with limited reliance upon external counsel
- •Membership with a US state bar or equivalent
- •12+ years of regulatory experience dealing with financial services laws and regulations in a highly-regulated environment
- •Prior experience can be in-house at a regulated financial firm or in the crypto industry, at a top-tier law firm, and/or at a regulator
- •Experience driving projects to completion on expedited timelines
- •Must be highly-driven, proactive, responsive and precise
- •Experience making strategic recommendations to senior management and senior legal team members
- •Comfortable navigating legal ambiguity
- •Experience advising on cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory matters
- •Supervisory experience, and in particular, experience managing other attorneys
- •Enthusiastic about blockchain technology with experience advising on laws and regulations applicable in the crypto context
- •Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage and multi-cultural environment and across global time zones
- •Ability to effectively advise and build trust with business teams
- •Superior organizational skills
What You'll Do
- •Develop and advance a best-in-class regulatory strategy in the US and across the Americas, including the development and maintenance of strong relationships with regulators
- •Engage directly with regulators and business counterparties as a key point of contact for OKX, as well as interacting on a daily basis with senior executives at OKX
- •Identify growth opportunities and strategic initiatives based on proactive, timely, actionable analysis of US regulatory developments
- •Lead and manage attorneys covering various Americas regions so that legal efforts are coordinated and consistently achieve successful outcomes
- •Manage a wide range of legal requests and advise on legal risk with an eye toward achieving the strategic goals of the company's regional business leaders
Nice to Have
- •Expertise in the US securities laws and regulations
- •Prior in-house experience in a financial services or crypto firm
Benefits
- •Competitive base salary and bonus structure
- •Performance bonus and long-term incentives
- •Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
About OKX
OKX is the second largest global crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 ecosystem.
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