Founded in July 2021, TBD is one of Block's four business units, alongside Square, Cash App, and Tidal. At TBD, we believe in a decentralized future that returns ownership and control over your finances, data, and identity. Guided by this vision, TBD is building an open source platform and developer infrastructure that enables everyone to access and participate in the global economy.

TBD is inviting the world to join us in building and adopting open and decentralized technologies that solve real problems for real people — from next generation infrastructure that lowers the cost of global payments and enables frictionless commerce, to decentralized identity technologies that enable anyone to access and participate in the global economy. Our mission advances economic empowerment through the power of decentralized solutions, built open source and collaboratively.

The offerings we build will provide developers, institutions, and individuals with the capabilities needed to build the next wave of innovative apps and services, and access this decentralized future. We’re leveraging bitcoin and other decentralized technologies to reinvent the global financial system in an open and permissionless way to further Block’s mission of economic empowerment, with a global focus.

The TBD Product Compliance team partners with teams across the organization to provide real time guidance and requirements to support all TBD product launches. We are looking for a Risk and Controls Program Manager to lead and own our Risk and Controls library. This includes creating product risk assessments, developing a risk and controls inventory, conducting controls gap analyses, supporting the drafting of policies and procedures, and may need to support regulatory examinations and independent audits. You will help ensure that we identify, assess, monitor and report on the appropriate product and compliance controls for all TBD products and services. You will partner with team members across Compliance, Governance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Product and Engineering teams. 

You will report to TBD’s Head of Compliance and will help to launch compliant, world class decentralized products and features.

You Will: 

• Create and maintain Product Risk Assessments across all TBD products and services, as applicable

• Create and maintain a Risk and Controls Library for TBD Compliance

• Partner with Product Managers, Engineering, Legal, Risk and Compliance to design and deliver product control solutions

• Work with relevant partners to investigate control failures and make appropriate improvements

• Perform gap analyses of existing Product and Compliance controls, when appropriate

• Create and monitor product and compliance control dashboards and exception reports

• Manage vendor integrations for Compliance systems and tools (onboarding, monitoring, case management, etc.) for appropriate implementation of associated controls

• Participate in the drafting and revision of TBD’s compliance policies and procedures

You Have: 

• 8+ years experience in anti-money laundering, risk management, operational risk, product controls or other relevant compliance control functions

• Strong BSA/AML Compliance regulatory knowledge and expertise with ability to design and implement appropriate compliance controls

• Solid understanding of blockchain technology, decentralized ecosystems, and regulated cryptocurrency products and services

• Prior experience in building and implementing risk frameworks and methodologies

• Proven ability to document risk and control language to appropriate industry standards

• Strong relationship building skills with cross functional partners

• Prior experience working in a start-up culture and a track record for rolling up your sleeves to things done

• Previous experience documenting technical or automated controls a plus

• Experiencing coaching and developing teams

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $142,000 - USD $213,000
Zone B: USD $132,100 - USD $198,100
Zone C: USD $124,900 - USD $187,300
Zone D: USD $113,600 - USD $170,400

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees) 
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits 

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

We’ve noticed a rise in recruiting impersonations across the industry, where individuals are sending fake job offer emails. Contact from any of our recruiters or employees will always come from an email address ending with @block.xyz, @squareup.com, @tidal.com, or @afterpay.com, @clearpay.co.uk.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, on average, U.S. open roles are posted for 70 days before being filled by a successful candidate.