Risk & Compliance Director

Mintlayer
Abu Dhabi
Full timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Team management"]

Build Mintlayer’s enterprise risk and compliance framework for Bitcoin-native DeFi. Own protocol, regulatory, counterparty, and fund-level risk management, design risk registers and control frameworks, and lead ADGM/VARA compliance programs including MiCA readiness and regulatory reporting. Serve as primary regulatory relationship owner with ADGM and VARA, produce board risk reports, and build/manage the compliance team.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Mintlayer
Mintlayer
1 month ago

Risk & Compliance Director

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Build Mintlayer’s enterprise risk and compliance framework for Bitcoin-native DeFi. Own protocol, regulatory, counterparty, and fund-level risk management, design risk registers and control frameworks, and lead ADGM/VARA compliance programs including MiCA readiness and regulatory reporting. Serve as primary regulatory relationship owner with ADGM and VARA, produce board risk reports, and build/manage the compliance team.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement the enterprise risk framework, including risk registers, risk appetite statements, and control frameworks.
  • •Build and run the regulatory compliance function across ADGM and VARA compliance programs, MiCA readiness, and regulatory reporting.
  • •Own counterparty risk assessment for institutional partnership onboarding.
  • •Develop fund-level risk management frameworks for Interest.One.
  • •Interface directly with ADGM and VARA and produce regular risk reports for the board; build and manage the compliance team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceGym MembershipRelocation Support

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in risk management or compliance in financial services or fintech.
  • •Direct experience with crypto-asset regulatory frameworks such as ADGM, VARA, MiCA, or FCA.
  • •Understanding of digital asset custody risk and smart contract risk.
  • •Experience building risk frameworks for regulated entities from the ground up.
Experience:7+ yearsFintechCrypto-assetsFinancial servicesDeFiDigital assets
Skills:Team management

Company Brief

Mintlayer
Develops a Bitcoin-focused blockchain protocol designed to enable decentralized finance applications, tokenization, and interoperability. The platform aims to combine Bitcoin’s security with smart-contract functionality for developers and users.
Industry: Blockchain & Web3
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Website