Responsibilities
About the Team: The Global Payment team of ByteDance provides payment solutions - including payment acquisitions, disbursements, transaction monitoring, payment method management, foreign exchange conversion, accounting, reconciliations, and so on to ensure that our users have a smooth and secure payment experience on all of ByteDance's various products and services including TikTok, TikTok Shop and CapCut. Global Payment Compliance sits under Global Payment of Bytedance. At Global Payment Compliance, we build a world-class regulatory compliance team, systems, and controls to proactively mitigate regulatory risks and enable business growth through sound compliance framework implementation and license acquisitions. Our mission guides how we work with regulators and business partners. We are compliance risk managers who implement an effective, end-to-end compliance framework. We are also smart business enablers, supporting growth with global licensing coverage and a sound compliance strategy. Responsibilities Reports to Global Payment Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), this Lead PMO to Global Payment Compliance is a hands-on governance and compliance program-management professional who partners with the CCO and senior compliance leaders to drive strategy execution, program delivery, and risk management across global regulatory compliance, licensing, AML/sanctions compliance, compliance product development, and assurance/validation. This role is an IC position designed to scale with the business. The successful candidate will have the credibility, leadership presence, and operational discipline to step into lead responsibilities or manage compliance initiatives and teams as needed. - Strategy and governance - Collaborate with the CCO to translate regulatory strategy and risk appetite into actionable programs, plans, and milestones. - Maintain the global compliance program roadmap, ensuring alignment across licensing, AML/sanctions, product compliance, and assurance activities. - Establish and operate governance forums (steering committees, working groups) with clear decision rights, inputs, and RACI. - Program management and execution - Lead cross-functional program execution for high-priority compliance initiatives, including scope definition, resourcing, timelines, risk identification, issue tracking, and status reporting. - Drive timely delivery of regulatory filings, licenses, registrations, and compliance remediation projects. - Own program-level risk management artifacts (risk registers, control mapping, remediation plans) and escalate to CCO as needed. - Stakeholder management and communication - Act as the primary liaison between the CCO and business/functional leaders (Legal, Product, Risk, Security, Privacy, Tech, Finance, Operations) for compliance initiatives. - Produce concise, executive-level updates, dashboards, and MI for the C-suite and Board-level reporting. - Collaborate with internal and external auditors and regulators as required support audit readiness and regulatory examinations. - Compliance product development and assurance - Partner with Product Compliance and Engineering to embed regulatory requirements into product roadmaps and lifecycle and ensure product roadmap is well defined and calibrated with key stakeholders. - Support assurance and validation activities, including control design reviews, control testing programs, and third-party assurance where applicable. - Help define metrics, KPIs, and success criteria for product compliance and assurance activities. - Licensing and regulatory engagement - Monitor regulatory developments affecting licensing regimes, sanctions, and fintech operational expectations. - Coordinate applications, renewals, and correspondence with regulatory bodies support regulatory responses and remediation actions. - Operational excellence and control environment - Continuously improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the compliance program through process redesign, automation opportunities, and control optimization. - Maintain documentation discipline: policies, procedures, control matrices, testing plans, and evidence repositories. Key deliverables - Global compliance program and licensing roadmap with quarterly milestones and owners. - Monthly executive dashboards covering risk, control maturity, licensing, remediation status, and regulatory posture. - Quarterly risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) artifacts and independent testing evidence. - Licensing and sanction regime watch with impact assessments and action plans. - Product compliance integration artifacts (requirements, controls, validation evidence) aligned to product lifecycle. - Audit and regulatory examination support materials with clear issues, root causes, and closure plans.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree with relevant experience in financial services compliance, regulatory affairs, or risk management - Deep knowledge of AML/CFT, sanctions regimes (OFAC, EU/UK, UN), fintech licensing requirements, and cross-border data compliance - Proven experience partnering with product and engineering teams to integrate regulatory requirements into product development - Hands-on experience supporting internal/external audits and regulatory exams, including control testing, evidence collection, and remediation - Strong program and project management skills, with the ability to drive complex, cross-functional initiatives in global environments - Excellent written and communication skills ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into clear business guidance - High integrity, sound judgment, and ability to handle information with discretion Preferred Qualifications - Advanced degree or professional certifications (e.g., CAMS, CCEP, CIA, CISA, CFA, PMP, PRINCE2) - Track record of delivering compliance or risk programs in global fintech, payments, lending, or asset management sectors - Demonstrated leadership readiness, including regional or functional leadership, mentoring, or matrix management experience - Proficiency with GRC platforms, audit management tools, issue trackers, and data analytics for risk indicators - Strategic mindset with hands-on execution adaptable in fast-paced, high-growth environments - Willingness to travel occasionally and operate with strong ownership and autonomy
