Compliance Technology Program Lead

The posting, as Block wrote it

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The Role

Block is seeking a Compliance Technology Program Lead to ensure our Machine Learning and Heuristic detection models — and the data infrastructure that feeds them — are fit for purpose, for our fiat and virtual currency products. This role sits at the intersection of compliance, machine learning, and AI tooling: you will use modern intelligence tools, including Claude and other LLM-based agents, to automate significant portions of oversight, monitoring, and documentation work — turning a traditionally manual, documentation-heavy function into a scalable, defensible program. You will partner with Machine Learning, Engineering and BSA/AML Policy Teams to provide end-to-end technical oversight, effective challenge and ongoing monitoring throughout the model development lifecycle.

You Will

• Build with Modern AI Tools: Use AI agents (Claude and similar LLM-based tools) to build automation that scales oversight, monitoring, and documentation work — including drafting requirements, exam-ready documentation, data quality monitoring and ongoing model performance reporting.
• Design human-in-the-loop checkpoints so that automated outputs remain defensible to regulators and independent monitors.
• Establish and maintain model and data governance frameworks aligned with SR 11-7, SR 26-2, and OCC 2011-12 so engineering teams can ship defensible models at pace. Provide effective challenge throughout the model development lifecycle and partner with the BSA/AML Policy Team and CAX stakeholders to ensure documentation is exam-ready.
• Lead Ongoing Monitoring: Lead the design and development of real-time dashboards to monitor model health, including input data monitoring and ongoing model performance.
• Set standards for threshold tuning and ongoing Below the Line (BTL) testing controls.
• Establish frameworks and triggers for identifying when model performance is degrading and requires tuning or deprecation. Partner during subsequent tuning exercises and ensure changes are within risk appetite and documented defensibly.
• Provide End-to-End Oversight of Model Development: Oversee Transaction Monitoring models, including heuristic and rules-based detection logic, threshold settings (below the line testing), and the data pipelines that feed alerts.
• Oversee blockchain analytics and screening tools (TRM, Chainal

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ic 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.

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Zone A

$171,800 — $257,600 USD

Zone B

$159,800 — $239,600 USD

Zone C

$151,200 — $226,800 USD

Zone D

$142,600 — $213,800 USD

Application Guidelines

Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.

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Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning are just some of our offering. Check out our other benefits at Block.

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