Head of Regulatory Change & Policy

Regulatory change: own Compliance’s regulatory change log, assess the implications and business impact of evolving regulatory requirements on OKX's product landscape and partner with the Change Management team to ensure regulatory change is translated into business-ready action and the relevant policy framework is put into place (assign policy owner, deadline and feed content into Compliance obligation register)

In coordination with internal Risk and Compliance stakeholders manage, oversee and maintain a global regulatory obligations mapping and horizon scanning capability

Support local Compliance Teams, where required, with building and maintaining relationships with regulators and policymakers and in representing OKX in industry consultations and regulatory engagement efforts to ensure aligned positions across jurisdictions

Build out the Regulatory Change function, with the potential to add one compliance analyst within the first six months, subject to the function demonstrating measurable output and business value.

Set the operating model, priorities, and quality bar for the function

Coach and develop team members as the function scales from strategy design into steady-state execution

Build strong, trusted working relationships with Legal, Risk, and local Compliance teams across regions

Significant experience (at least 10+ years) in regulatory change, regulatory affairs, or a comparable senior compliance/ policy role, ideally within crypto, fintech, or another heavily regulated financial sector

Demonstrated experience building or significantly reshaping a regulatory change function, not just operating within an existing one

Global exposure to crypto-specific regulation, with working knowledge of multiple regulatory regimes

Track record of influencing senior internal stakeholders (Legal, Risk, Compliance) without formal authority over them

Experience building and leading a team, including hiring and developing junior talent

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable operating at executive level internally and externally

Pragmatic, execution-oriented mindset — able to move from strategic vision to operational detail