Crypto Careers at Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. 

As the Regulatory Relations Lead, you are responsible for communications with our licensed entity regulatory supervisors across Anchorage Digital for day-to-day matters including pending applications, regulatory coordination mechanisms, remediations status (if applicable), and exam management processes to address the regulatory requirements of all relevant regulatory authorities. You are recognized as a subject matter expert in regulatory relations and are pivotal to the success of Anchorage Digital’s regulatory interactions more broadly.

You are responsible for devising and implementing well-coordinated regulatory reporting and engagement mechanisms; designing and causing the production of actionable management reporting in connection with regulator- and Board-facing materials; and generally coordinating streamlined regulatory, Board, and senior management interactions.

You bring a knowledge of best practices in regulatory relations with strong writing, policy development, and project management skills. You build effective relationships with stakeholders, including senior leaders, Board members, cross-functional partners, and regulators, and are regarded as a trusted advisor in regulatory relations across the firm.

You manage the Regulatory Relations function, will develop a small team which you will manage, and define priorities and team goals aligned with Anchorage Digital’s larger strategy, and will effectively manage each team member through accountability, performance management and mentoring to help each member reach his/her full potential.

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Regulatory Relations Lead role:

Technical Skills:

• Brings knowledge of best practices in regulatory coordination and engagement methods (e.g., exam management, licensing applications, regulatory remediation reporting) for heavily regulated financial institutions and change- and project-management methodologies.
• Demonstrates experience applying regulatory subject matter expertise to craft compelling narratives and corresponding reporting to influence and support regulatory strategy and defining programs that systematize the use of strategic intelligence in ongoing decision-making, Board reporting, and regulatory communications.
• Is internally recognized as an influential leader in regulatory relations and is involved in the development of Anchorage Digital’s strategic direction.
• Ensures technical work is properly evaluated for important projects and advises on how to improve execution.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Manages and scales an exam management program to address regulatory examination needs applying to Anchorage Digital’s licensed entities, driving regulatory strategy, and coordinating associated regulatory interactions.
• Designs and causes the production of actionable management reporting in connection with regulator- and Board-facing materials.
• Oversees the production of compelling written and quantitative reports for senior management to inform and influence regulatory strategy.
• Identifies, influences and/or resolves critical and complex issues where problems are not clearly defined or the law is unclear and which may affect the direction of Anchorage Digital.
• Translates regulatory requirements into functional and action plans and guides and monitors execution.
• Anticipates factors that could influence global strategies and Anchorage Digital’s position in the market and is accountable for results and implementing solutions with a longer term view that impact multiple functions across Anchorage Digital.
• Consistently demonstrates on-time delivery and high quality work product. Where a deadline or commitment is at risk, escalates to manager to help manage priorities, if appropriate, and alerts affected stakeholders so “no surprises.”

Organizational Knowledge:

• Plays an active role in groups/forums that define the long-term strategy and value proposition of Anchorage Digital.
• Uses a variety of means to communicate the needs and strategic direction of Anchorage Digital. Collaborates effectively across teams and disciplines to solve problems and resolve technical debates.
• Engages with other peers to develop methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for projects, programs, and people that have enterprise-wide impact.
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth knowledge of the company.
• Stays aware of changes through cross-functional collaboration to anticipate and prevent obstacles from hindering team performance.

Communication and Influence:

• Manages regulatory exams and is the primary day-to-day interface between regulators and Anchorage licensed entities for exam management, remediations (if applicable), license applications, and other communications.
• Presents reports to regulators, senior management, and boards. Handles strategic communication issues for Anchorage Digital in high profile situations and difficult on-the-spot questions. Is able to perform attentive and active listening, to speak and empathize with others at all grades, adapting the speech to the audience, both internally and externally, applied to small or big audiences.
• Articulates a clear strategy for the team, produces high quality output and execution, and communicates across the company effectively. This expressly includes clear, thoughtful, analytical and solutions-oriented communications, rather in high-impact slides/decks, written communications in slack or email, or verbal communications - all at a quality level expected of a senior leader.
• Focuses on providing thoughtful leadership and works on broader organization programs and projects that require understanding the different business impacts.
• Builds effective relationships with stakeholders including clients, team managers, cross-functional partners, and external partners. Is engaging, easy to approach and builds appropriate rapport, with diplomacy and tact, and recognized as a technical leader whose knowledge, ideas and critical thinking impact the strategic direction of Anchorage Digital.

Team Leadership:

• Leads a strategic or complex area that has a clear impact on the success of Anchorage Digital and works closely with and through the team to set team vision, mission and strategy for positive impact to Anchorage Digital.
• Sets and redefines priorities, reorganizing resources as required to increase capacity to respond to both internal and external demands.
• Appropriately involves others in decisions and plans that affect them, including setting the team vision, mission, strategy and priorities.
• Demonstrates the ability to pivot the team effectively to its highest and best use as priorities of strategic initiatives may shift.
• Ensures that knowledge is shared with the team and does not position themselves or others as a single point of failure.
• Delegates autonomy to team members in line with responsibilities of their role and holds individuals accountable for agreed upon commitments.
• Promotes group morale and productivity by being clear about output expectations.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Expertise in managing complex regulatory reporting, exams, and licensing, translating requirements into action.
• Track record of resolving critical, ambiguous regulatory issues with significant business impact.
• Superior written and verbal communication, adept at conveying complex regulatory information to all levels.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• Familiarity with international regulatory frameworks or multi-jurisdictional oversight specifically within the evolving digital asset landscape.
• A demonstrated aptitude for driving complex initiatives, optimizing workflows, and enhancing efficiency through structured project execution, often leveraging project management principles (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma) and tools (e.g., Jira, Notion, Linear).
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in  the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy. 

Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.

 

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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