Responsibilities
Team Intro
USDS Financial Crimes Compliance is responsible for overseeing and operationalizing all aspects related to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions Compliance activities related to TikTok USDS. Collaborating cross-functionally with stakeholders across the U.S. and globally, we address complex and cutting-edge challenges, which include the identification of money-laundering, terrorist financing and sanction violations. We seek a highly motivated, experienced, and dynamic professional to join our team.
In order to enhance collaboration and cross-functional partnerships, among other things, at this time, our organization follows a hybrid work schedule that requires employees to work in the office 3 days a week, or as directed by their manager/department. We regularly review our hybrid work model, and the specific requirements may change at any time.
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Role Overview
As a Technical Program Manager for USDS Financial Crime Compliance, you will be at the forefront of ensuring adherence to regulations and organizational objectives related to AML, sanctions, and other financial crime compliance measures. Collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders, you will lead the design and implementation of monitoring initiatives, providing valuable insights to drive efficiency and effectiveness in risk detection. Your expertise in program management and stakeholder engagement will play a critical role in maintaining compliance and mitigating financial crime risks. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge initiatives in financial crime compliance within a dynamic and forward-thinking organization. In this role, you'll be instrumental in translating complex regulatory requirements into actionable technical roadmaps and will drive the execution of these initiatives by aligning diverse teams and resources.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop, implement, and/or optimize the systems and processes associated with anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and know your customer (KYC) compliance, aligning with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
- Lead the design and delivery of internal or external go-to-market materials for monitoring-related initiatives, providing reporting on initiatives and outcomes to financial crime leadership.
- Analyze thematic trends and signals across the financial crime compliance program to identify root causes and potential remediations, driving greater consistency of process, practices, and execution.
- Project manage and prioritize work based on urgency and complexity, building operational cadences across technical and operational teams to coordinate work effectively.
- Oversee the systems and processes designed to track, observe, and analyze specific activities for assigned financial crime compliance domains, enforcing governance standards for monitoring-related activities, and analyzing thematic trends to drive process consistency and execution.
- Responsible for maintaining system and data access for USDS Financial Crime, ensuring adherence to USDS data security standards, and implementing the principle of least privilege access for individuals.
- Act as the voice of the financial crime operations and strategy team in product and API designs, lead operational visions, drive process change management, and identify opportunities for improvement through engagement with internal product, engineering, and global risk teams.
- Perform special projects and additional duties and responsibilities as required.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in consulting, program management, compliance/risk management, or other operational disciplines.
- Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and product management principles, coupled with experience running technical project or program management initiatives with cross-functional stakeholders. Strong communication skills are essential for engaging both technical and business stakeholders.
- Track record of cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder management, and problem-solving, with the ability to summarize complex requirements effectively.
- Expertise in managing multiple dependencies, measuring performance against established objectives and KPIs, and making informed trade-off decisions.
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate complex findings to non-technical audiences.
- Customer-centric mindset, intellectual curiosity and passion for a culture of innovation, continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in agile methodologies, and project management tools such as Jira and Asana.
- Prior experience in project management in tech and/or security domains (security, fraud, identity, compliance).
- Experience in financial crime detection and prevention and/or in other security domains (security, fraud, identity, compliance).
- Basic familiarity with anti-money laundering (AML) and OFAC technology and U.S. AML regulations.
- Leadership qualities to challenge conventional thinking and drive breakthrough innovations.