Web3 Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Your tasks

• Regulatory Advisory and Client Delivery: Deliver regulatory consulting projects for crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), virtual asset service providers (VASPs), token issuers, and other digital-asset businesses. Support licensing readiness, authorization processes, compliance gap assessments, regulatory reviews, and implementation projects.
• Licensing and Authorization Support: Assist clients with preparing and coordinating licensing applications, supporting documentation, evidence, stakeholder contributions, and responses to regulatory authorities, particularly across European Union and United Arab Emirates jurisdictions.
• Compliance Framework Development: Translate regulatory requirements into practical governance frameworks, anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) procedures, cybersecurity measures, technology controls, and operational policies tailored to digital-asset business models.
• Regulatory Gap Assessments: Evaluate existing compliance arrangements against applicable regulatory requirements, identify deficiencies, and develop clear, actionable remediation plans to support licensing and ongoing compliance.
• Research and Regulatory Monitoring: Monitor evolving Web3 regulations, supervisory expectations, and industry developments across priority jurisdictions, with particular emphasis on the European Union and the United Arab Emirates.
• Documentation and Reporting: Prepare clear regulatory analyses, compliance reports, application materials, control mappings, and recommendations. Present findings through client workshops and written deliverables, ensuring alignment with project scope, deadlines, and follow-up actions.
• Internal Methodology and Service Development: Convert regulatory research and client engagement insights into reusable templates, methodologies, knowledge resources, and improved regulatory advisory services.
• Compliance Technology and Workflow Improvement: Collaborate with cybersecurity, AML, product, and engineering teams to define regulatory requirements, improve compliance tools and workflows, contribute to testing, and ensure solutions reflect applicable regulatory expectations.
• Continuous Improvement and Market Insights: Use client feedback and market developments to identify new service opportunities, improve delivery consistency, and develop scalable solutions for digital-asset businesses.

Requirements

• Relevant Professional Experience: Two to four years of experience in digital-asset regulatory compliance, financial-services licensing, legal or compliance operations, regulatory consulting, or a related field.
• Licensing and Authorization Expertise: Practical experience supporting a Web3 licensing or authorization process for a CASP, VASP, token issuer, or similar digital-asset business. Direct experience with the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), VARA, ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), DFSA, or other European Union or United Arab Emirates regulatory frameworks is particularly valuable.
• Web3 and Blockchain Knowledge: Practical understanding of blockchain networks, cryptocurrency wallets, custody arrangements, exchanges, digital-asset transfers, token issuance, stablecoins, and common digital-asset business models.
• Regulatory and Compliance Knowledge: Working knowledge of regulatory requirements relating to corporate governance, operational risk, consumer protection, technology, cybersecurity, and AML/CFT, with the ability to apply these principles to digital-asset businesses.
• Regulatory Analysis and Documentation: Strong ability to interpret complex regulatory texts, map obligations to appropriate controls, prepare clear documentation, and develop practical compliance recommendations.
• Project Coordination and Delivery: Excellent organizational skills and the ability to coordinate stakeholders, gather supporting evidence, manage dependencies, track deadlines, and deliver multiple workstreams within agreed project parameters.
• Communication and Collaboration: Professional written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate complex regulatory concepts clearly to clients, senior management, technical specialists, and other stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Mindset: Ability to collaborate effectively with cybersecurity, AML, product, and engineering teams, connecting regulatory expectations with technical and operational implementation.
• Adaptability and Ownership: A proactive, detail-oriented, and reliable approach to work, with the ability to learn quickly, solve problems independently, and thrive in a dynamic international environment.
• Additional Qualifications: A relevant degree, professional qualification, or certification in law, compliance, risk management, accounting, or information security is an advantage. Additional European or Middle Eastern language skills are also desirable.
• Working Hours and Location: Ability to work remotely from outside the United States, preferably from Europe or a nearby time zone, with reliable availability during Central European Time (CET) and Central European Summer Time (CEST) business hours.

What we offer

• Remote Work Flexibility: Work remotely from Europe, or a nearby time zone, provided you can maintain regular overlap with European business hours.
• Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive base salary, with equity or token-based options where applicable.
• International Regulatory Exposure: Gain hands-on experience with digital-asset licensing and authorization projects across the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, and other international markets.
• Professional Development: Deepen your expertise in Web3 regulation, digital-asset compliance, and emerging licensing frameworks through practical client engagements and collaboration with experienced specialists.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside professionals in cybersecurity, AML, product development, and engineering to deliver integrated regulatory and technical solutions.
• Innovation and Impact: Contribute to the development of regulatory services, compliance tools, and scalable methodologies that help digital-asset businesses navigate evolving legal requirements.
• International Work Environment: Join a distributed team operating across global markets at the intersection of blockchain security, technology, and regulatory compliance.
• Employment Type: Remote position. The role must be performed outside the United States; candidates working from within the U.S. cannot be considered.

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