Head of AML

About the Role

AngelList is hiring a Head of Anti-Money Laundering to join our Compliance team in New York or San Francisco (hybrid). This role sits at the intersection of fintech innovation and regulatory integrity. You'll own the AML program and compliance relationship with our banking partners end-to-end, keeping our partner network healthy and our programs exam-ready as we scale.

Day-to-day, you'll serve as the go-to compliance contact for the banks we work with, building real trust with our counterparts. Internally, you'll work closely with our KYC/TM Ops, Product, and Engineering teams optimizing process and systems. You'll also be a core contributor to the compliance buildout for Nova, meaning your fingerprints will be on something new, not just something inherited. What makes this role rare: you're not joining a large bank compliance department where you're one of fifty. You're the person. Partners will know your name, and what you build here will actually matter.

If you're energized by the idea of owning something important at a company that moves fast and takes compliance as a competitive advantage, this is your seat. You'll get real scope, real relationships, and a front-row view of how fintech compliance gets built right.

You'll own the AML/BSA program — drafting and maintaining policies that actually govern how the business operates, not just documents that live in a folder. You'll develop risk assessments for BSA/AML and OFAC/Sanctions, keep policies current as programs and regulations evolve, and make sure the right teams know when things change.

On the banking partner side, you'll run the monthly compliance reporting cycle, serve as the primary compliance contact across all partners, lead partner meetings, and stay ahead of issues before they become escalations. You'll maintain a clear tracker of obligations and open items across every relationship.

Internally, you'll work closely with KYC/TM Ops, Product, and Engineering — not just to support their work, but to improve the systems and processes underneath it. You'll also be a core contributor to compliance buildout for Nova and other products, which means you'll have real input on something new rather than inheriting what someone else built.

8–10 years of AML/BSA compliance experience at a fintech, broker-dealer, bank, payment processor, or MSB.

Direct experience managing banking partner or sponsor bank relationships.

Hands-on familiarity with transaction monitoring, UARs/SARs, and CDD/EDD.

Strong working knowledge of FinCEN regulations, BSA, and OFAC. Experience working within Broker Dealer context helpful.

Experience with platforms like Alloy, Unit21, or Persona.

Clear written communication — the kind that makes compliance reports useful, not just complete.

And the organizational rigor to manage multiple concurrent deadlines without things slipping.