Head of Regulatory Affairs and Licensing

🕒 March 21

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Tether.to

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2014

₿ Crypto

💳 Fintech

💸 Finance

Crypto • Fintech • Finance

Tether. to is a leading digital asset company that pioneers the use of stablecoins in the blockchain space. As the most widely adopted stablecoin, Tether tokens are designed to be pegged 1-to-1 with fiat currencies, offering a stable digital asset option for users. The platform facilitates these token transactions across multiple blockchains, enhancing cross-border transactions while maintaining transparency with daily records of total assets and reserves. Tether's initiatives include educational programs promoting digital asset usage, especially targeting regions like the Middle East, Turkey, and the Philippines. Tether thus positions itself as a disruptor in the traditional financial system by enabling a stable, efficient method of handling transactions in the digital currency world.

📋 Description

• Monitor regulatory developments impacting Tether and affiliates companies in the region. • Maintain active relationships with policymakers, regulators, central banks, and financial intelligence units. • Represent the company in consultations, workshops, industry roundtables, and regulatory dialogues. • Prepare briefing papers, comment letters, and policy submissions aligned with broader global regulatory strategy. • Identify and successfully realise opportunities to shape emerging frameworks in a risk-sensitive, innovation-oriented manner. • Conduct structured assessments on whether licensing/registration is required for operations in the region. • Working with your team and local advisor, you will be responsible for successfully obtaining regulatory authorisations in the region, where required. • Support enterprise-level planning for new products or expansions in the region, advising on regulatory constraints and enablers to the Company’s leadership. • Contribute to internal reporting and executive briefings on policy risks and regulatory trajectory regionally.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years governmental affairs / regulatory affairs / legal experience ideally within the financial services or crypto-asset industry in the Middle East. • Proven ability in successfully leading regulatory affairs teams within either the financial services industry, or the digital asset industry. • Demonstrated experience working with regulators and government bodies advocating and advising in a regulatory capacity, with demonstrated achievements securing favourable policy positions on behalf of another organisation. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex regulatory topics for non-technical audiences. • Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders across borders and time zones.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements

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