Director, Player Protection & Compliance

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Skillz

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2012

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

Gaming • B2C • eCommerce

Skillz is the leading mobile gaming platform that connects players and developers through fun, fair competition. It provides the opportunity for casual gamers to turn their skills into real money and prizes, with various games available for players to compete head-to-head or in tournaments. Skillz uses proprietary technology to ensure evenly-matched play, offering a platform where players can win cash and prizes while enjoying their favorite games.

📋 Description

• Establish and operationalize a dedicated gaming compliance function, building the policies, processes, and infrastructure needed to support our business lines at scale. • Lead end-to-end promotional compliance across all active and upcoming consumer-facing programs, including state registration and bonding, official rules development, eligibility enforcement, and prize fulfillment oversight. • Own and maintain a company-wide compliance calendar, risk register, and incident escalation playbook, ensuring zero missed regulatory deadlines and full visibility into the company's compliance posture. • Design and enforce a pre-launch compliance review gate for all new programs and product features with a compliance surface area, partnering cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, and Legal to embed compliance into the launch process. • Monitor the regulatory landscape across relevant jurisdictions, proactively identify rule changes impacting our operations, and lead remediation efforts before effective dates.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in compliance, regulatory affairs, or a related legal/operations discipline, with direct exposure to promotions, consumer gaming, or consumer-facing regulatory compliance required. • At least 5 years of people management experience, including hiring and developing team members at varying levels. • Demonstrated experience establishing and operationalizing a compliance function, including policy development, process infrastructure, and cross-functional program rollout, at a startup or high-growth company. • Proven ability to operate as both a strategic leader and a hands-on practitioner, setting long-term compliance direction while personally executing on foundational work in the near term.

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision expenses for both you and your dependents. • 401K matching • Equity incentives • Pre-tax benefit options • Wellness initiatives, including meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, health and parenting guidance, virtual therapy sessions • Competitive paid time off (PTO) & company holidays