About the Team

About the Opportunity

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and advance a best-in-class regulatory strategy in the US and across the Americas, including the development and maintenance of strong relationships with regulators.
• Engage directly with regulators and business counterparties as a key point of contact for OKX, as well as interacting on a daily basis with senior executives at OKX.
• Identify growth opportunities and strategic initiatives based on proactive, timely, actionable analysis of US regulatory developments.
• Lead and manage attorneys covering various Americas regions so that legal efforts are coordinated and consistently achieve successful outcomes.
• Manage a wide range of legal requests and advise on legal risk with an eye toward achieving the strategic goals of the company's regional business leaders.

What We Look For In You

• Strong communication and leadership skills, and excellent judgment
• Self-starter who can contribute as both an individual and a team member, with limited reliance upon external counsel.
• Membership with a US state bar or equivalent.
• 12+ years of regulatory experience dealing with financial services laws and regulations in a highly-regulated environment.
• Prior experience can be in-house at a regulated financial firm or in the crypto industry (preferable), at a top-tier law firm, and/or at a regulator.
• Experience driving projects to completion on expedited timelines.
• Must be highly-driven, proactive, responsive and precise.
• Experience making strategic recommendations to senior management and senior legal team members.
• Comfortable navigating legal ambiguity.
• Experience advising on cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory matters.
• Supervisory experience, and in particular, experience managing other attorneys.
• Enthusiastic about blockchain technology with experience advising on laws and regulations applicable in the crypto context.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, growth-stage and multi-cultural environment and across global time zones.
• Ability to effectively advise and build trust with business teams.
• Superior organizational skills.

Nice to Haves

• Expertise in the US securities laws and regulations.
• Prior in-house experience in a financial services or crypto firm.

OKX Statement:

• The salary range for this position is $250,444 - $360,639
• The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via OKX internal or external careers site.

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