Head of Enterprise Regulatory Advisory

The posting, as Elliptic wrote it

Company Description

Elliptic is the leader in digital asset decisioning, we have built the most comprehensive platform for efficiently extracting crypto data and intelligence across blockchains with the greatest accuracy.

Our platform’s unrivalled uptime, scalability, depth and breadth of our data and intelligence means exacting organizations choose Elliptic for their compliance, risk management, intelligence operations and blockchain infrastructure needs.

Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Washington D.C., Miami, San Francisco, UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co http://www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/elliptic/ and X https://x.com/elliptic.

The Impact You Will Have

As a Head of Enterprise Regulatory Advisory you will lead Elliptic’s public policy and regulatory engagement strategy across the United States, the most consequential jurisdiction shaping the future of digital assets.

Based in New York, you will be Elliptic’s senior voice on compliance and regulatory affairs across the Americas, guiding our approach to engaging with commercial clients, federal and state regulators, and international standard setters.

You will be one of Elliptic's subject-matter experts on the regulatory forces reshaping the US digital asset market, including the Clarity Act, stablecoin frameworks, FinCEN guidance, SEC and CFTC jurisdiction, and state-level licensing regimes. Just as importantly, you will understand what each of these means for our clients' businesses and for the revenue teams supporting them.

You will engage formally in shaping outcomes through consultations, working group seats, and direct engagement with regulators and industry associations, working closely with (though distinct from) our policy team, and helping craft our regulatory responses.

You will turn that regulatory engagement into commercial and reputational impact. You'll act as the subject-matter expert prospects and customers rely on directly, feed the voice of our ideal customer profile systematically into product and roadmap decisions, and translate our regulatory positions into thought leadership and advocacy, written with Elliptic's mindset and commercial point of view, that builds our brand and credibility across the Americas over time.

In this commercially oriented role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to existing and prospective clients, helping them navigate regulatory complexity, adopt Elliptic’s solutions with confidence, and meet their compliance objectives.

You will join a global, cross-functional team of regulatory specialists and subject matter experts, working at the forefront of engagement with governments, regulators, financial institutions, and crypto native businesses.

Your leadership will be instrumental in establishing Elliptic as the most trusted advisor for regulated institutions and public agencies seeking to understan
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ience crafting compliance positions, regulatory briefings, and thought leadership content on complex legal and regulatory topics.

• Proven record of influencing regulatory outcomes through formal consultations, working group engagement, and collaborative work with regulators and industry associations.
• Comfort working at the intersection of technology, law, and finance, including the regulatory applications of blockchain analytics and crypto asset compliance.
• Passion for shaping the future of responsible crypto innovation, financial integrity, and regulatory clarity.
• Used AI/LLM to conduct research on compliance and risk presentations for internal and external stakeholders, automating tasks and tools.
• Understanding of AI policy and the current/future regulation developments including impacts on blockchain data.

Bonus Points For

• Former experience in a federal regulatory body, or Treasury/FinCEN.
• Experience with stablecoins and their role in traditional finance and payments.
• Previous consulting or advisory experience in financial services or government affairs.
• Technical understanding of blockchain technology and digital asset infrastructure.
• Experience supporting or building a shared knowledge base, playbook, or enablement resource used directly by sales, account management or product teams.
• Experience developing and delivering training and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Experience working with international standard-setting bodies (FATF, Basel Committee).
• Advanced degree in law, finance, economics, or related field.
• Professional qualifications in compliance or related fields (CAMS, CFA, FRM, etc.).
• Experience in fintech, digital asset advisory, or crypto policy advocacy roles.

We know Diversity and Inclusion is much deeper than just hiring, but it is important for us to mention it here. We welcome and embrace individuals of all backgrounds and identities at Elliptic, and this is an ongoing priority for us.