[Hiring] Lead Compliance Manager @Motive

Role Description

Motive’s Financial Products team operates a fast-growing commercial lending and spend management program (Motive Card) built on partnerships with issuing banks and card networks. We’re hiring a Lead Compliance Manager to build and own the compliance function for this business end-to-end — from policy development through hands-on execution — as it scales into new products, segments, and markets.

Reporting to the Head of Risk, Financial Products, you will be the senior-most dedicated owner of AML/BSA, sanctions, KYC/KYB, and lending-compliance programs. You will manage the compliance relationship with our issuing bank and network partners across every market we operate in, translate regulatory requirements into policy and control design, and ensure those controls actually operate across a multi-geography, multi-partner program.

What You'll Do:

• Own and maintain Motive’s AML/BSA, Sanctions, and KYC/KYB policies and procedures across all markets where Motive operates.
• Design, implement, and monitor controls for sanctions and PEP screening, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity escalation.
• Serve as the primary compliance point of contact and relationship owner for issuing bank and card network partners.
• Partner with Risk, Legal, Underwriting, Product, and Engineering to embed lending-compliance requirements into new products and markets.
• Lead internal and third-party compliance audits and exams, driving findings to closure and maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Monitor regulatory developments across commercial lending, AML/sanctions, and payments in each market Motive operates or plans to enter.
• Build and run the governance structure for the compliance program — reporting, escalation paths, risk committees.
• Build out the compliance function as it scales, including hiring and managing future team members.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in compliance, audit, or risk management within lending, payments, or financial services.
• Hands-on experience managing compliance relationships with issuing banks, card networks, or other regulated financial partners.
• Multi-jurisdiction compliance program experience, including Canada and UK/EU required.
• Working knowledge of the regulatory frameworks governing commercial lending, AML/sanctions, and payments across North America and Europe.
• Proven ability to both write policy and operationalize it.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Legal, Risk, Product, and Engineering.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Ability to represent Motive credibly to external regulators, auditors, and bank partners.
• Ability to advise senior leadership on compliance risk.

Benefits

• Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits.
• Paid time off and sick time off.
• Short term and long term disability coverage.
• Life insurance.
• 401k contribution (subject to eligibility requirements).