General information
Job Title
Head of North America Risk & Compliance
City
New York City
Country
United States
Division
Commercial
Department
Sales North America
Head of North America Risk & Compliance
Thought Machine
Compliance / Regulatory
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Oct 18, 2025
Description
Thought Machine’s mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.
We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Nyca Partners, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Temasek, Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.
We have created a culture enabling our team to produce the best work in the industry, ensuring we have fun along the way. We’re regularly cited as having a great workplace culture and have been named the best place to work in New York City by Crain’s, for two years in a row. We are also listed in Crain’s 2022 Fast 50 – as one of the fastest-growing businesses in New York City.
Thought Machine is looking to grow the Risk and Compliance team by bringing on a new Head of North America Risk and Compliance, who will be responsible for ensuring Thought Machine continues to understand its federal and state legal and regulatory responsibilities in the USA. Primary duties will be working with the sales teams and prospective clients demonstrating knowledge of the regulations and how we comply with them, monitoring regulations, working with engineering to interpret and implement required regulatory updates, and communication of Thought Machines compliance capabilities with clients and prospects.
Duties
- Map federal and state by state legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to Thought Machine.
- Working closely with sales teams and prospects to demonstrate knowledge of regulations.
- Identify whether Thought Machine’s existing controls effectively mitigate US regulatory and legislative requirements and create US specific controls for US legislative and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure Thought Machine meets the USA bank’s requirements for third party risk management and the outsourcing of material services.
- Prepare Thought Machine for a Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) information technology examination.
- Ensure that Thought Machine meets the audit standards of US clients and oversee US client / third party audits.
- Communicate with clients and prospects Thought Machines capabilities and processes to maintain compliance.
- Support the wider global Risk & Compliance team with their duties.
Requirements
Essential
- Extensive experience working in Risk or Compliance at a fintech or leading financial services management consultancy (specifically covering retail banking or regulatory compliance consultancy for retail banks).
- Be able to demonstrate how you have worked with a product software team to ensure product meets Federal Regulatory requirements and successfully demonstrate this to a banking client or regulatory body.
- Experience of the FFIEC information technology examination.
- Experience of the Federal Reserve outsourcing guidelines (SR 13-19 Guidance on Service Provider Risk Management).
- Understand the USA data privacy framework (federal and state), including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, New York State Department of Financial Services requirements and the California Consumer Privacy Act.
- Able to work within a cross functional environment particularly with engineering and delivery functions.
- Able to work in an environment which is fast paced, agile and subject to frequent change; attention to detail is essential together with the capability to learn quickly.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary and commission
- Healthcare, vision and dental
- 25 days holiday
- Unlimited paid safe and sick time
- 401K matching (up to 7%)
- $750 per year flexible spend benefit
- Share options
- Commuter Pass
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Life and long-term disability insurance
- All the latest tech you need
- A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
- An environment where we encourage learning and progress
Thought Machine is committed to making a measurable positive impact on people's everyday lives. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description.