Program Manager, Sanctions Compliance
remitly · Arlington Virginia, United States ·
- Category
- Project management
- Experience
- 4+ years
Job Description:
At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we've tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it's supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we're not just here to move money— we're here to move our global customers forward.We're looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that's you and you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders.
About the Role:
Remitly is seeking a Program Manager, Sanctions Compliance to serve as a subject matter and program expert within the Sanctions Compliance Program, exercising a high degree of independent regulatory judgment on the program's most complex and consequential matters. This role sits at the intersection of deep sanctions expertise, complex project execution, and cross-functional influence — owning a number of workstreams across the program's preventive and detective, and corrective workstreams. The person will work closely with Legal, Product Compliance, Identity & Trust, regional compliance leads, and Operations, and their work will regularly inform materials reviewed by senior leadership, banking partners, and regulators.
You Will:
- Sanctions Program Subject Matter Expertise & Strategic Support
- Act as a subject matter authority and primary escalation point for sanctions queries across Remitly's global teams, resolving matters requiring expert-level regulatory interpretation.
- Translate program strategy into structured workplans with defined milestones and owners, driving them to completion and proactively surfacing risks to delivery.
- Prepare executive-facing briefing materials enabling the program's status and risk posture to be represented to senior leadership, the board, banking partners, and regulators with precision.
- Stand in credibly for the Global Head of Sanctions in working-level meetings.
- Own execution of corrective actions from regulatory inquiries, audits, and self-identified gaps, building structured remediation plans and tracking them to closure.
- Lead complex, time-sensitive remediation projects, maintaining clear audit trails of methodology and disposition.
- Maintain the sanctions issues register, ensuring precise remediation language, realistic due dates, and prompt escalation of aging items.
- Serve as primary program liaison to Remitly's Controls Testing and Internal Audit functions, owning evidence collection and continuous exam-readiness.
- Track findings through to closure, translating management action plans into executable remediation steps.
- Identify patterns across findings and proactively brief the Global Head of Sanctions on systemic, program-level gaps.
- Serve as the first and primary compliance point of contact for escalated alerts, independently issuing well-reasoned, documented dispositions against OFAC, UN, EU, UK, and other applicable lists.
- Own the sanctions policy lifecycle — annual reviews and ad hoc updates — ensuring language is current and meets regulatory expectations.
- Provide policy requirements for Operations SOPs and approve completed SOPs for alignment with policy intent.
- Review and approve sanctions training content, and lead the company-wide training refresh with Learning & Development.
- Draft and own sanctions control intake requests, translating regulatory requirements into technically actionable specifications.
- Identify sanctions control requirements from new products, corridor expansions, and regulatory developments with regional compliance leads and Product Compliance.
- Maintain the sanctions controls library spanning screening, alert management, payout governance, policy, and training, mapped to specific regulatory authorities.
- Lead execution of the annual Sanctions RCSA under the Global Head of Sanctions.
- Manage KPIs/KRIs reflecting program performance, screening effectiveness, and remediation progress.
- Produce recurring governance reporting for MBR, board-level deliverables, and banking partner communications on consistent reporting calendars.
- Monitor developments across OFAC, OFSI, UN, EU, and relevant corridor jurisdictions, producing timely intelligence briefings.
- Independently assess implications of new regulations, general licenses, and enforcement actions for Remitly's screening architecture and controls.
- Serve as the go-to internal resource on sanctions matters, grounding guidance in regulatory text and enforcement precedent.
You Have:
- Required
- 4-6 years in sanctions compliance at a financial institution, MSB, regulatory body, or consulting firm, with recognized mastery of OFAC's sanctions programs.
- Knowledge of global sanctions regimes across main markets in EMEA and APAC.
- Demonstrated ability to independently issue well-reasoned, documented dispositions on novel or time-sensitive fact patterns without direct supervision.
- Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional remediation from inception to closure against tight deadlines.
- Executive-caliber written communication: control language, policy documents, regulatory analyses, and board or regulator-ready materials.
- Experience with controls testing, internal audit, or regulatory examiners, including evidence production and remediation planning.
- Proficiency with project tracking tools and multi-workstream governance infrastructure.
- CAMS or CGSS certification
- Experience translating compliance requirements into technical control specs with engineering or product teams.
Compensation Details. The starting base salary range for this position is typically $136,000-$170,000. In the U.S., Remitly employees are shareholders in our Company and equity is part of our total compensation plan. Your recruiter can share more information about medical benefits offered, as well as other financial benefits and total compensation components offered with this role.
Our Benefits:
- Flexible paid time off
- Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
- Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
- Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Continuing education
Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together
At Remitly, we believe that true innovation sparks when we come together. Our Connected Work Culture fosters dynamic in-person collaboration, where ideas ignite and challenging problems find solutions faster.
Under the Company's current hybrid-work expectations, employees in this position work onsite Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional onsite attendance may be required based on business needs, and the Company may modify its hybrid-work expectations from time to time. These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.
Remitly is an E-Verify Employer
At Remitly, we are dedicated to ensuring that our workplace offers equal employment opportunities to all employees and candidates, in full compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Remitly is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.