Sr Corporate Compliance Counsel at Hydra Host

About Hydra Host Hydra Host is a fast-growing technology company delivering cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and data services to enterprise and government customers worldwide. Our global footprint spans complex and evolving regulatory regimes across trade compliance, financial services, data privacy, security, and more. We are building a world-class compliance program and are looking for an experienced compliance attorney to help lead it, supporting across a range of compliance areas impacting an AI technology company.

Position Overview The Senior Compliance Counsel is a senior leadership role on Hydra Host's Legal & Compliance team, serving as the lead for areas such as data privacy and/or Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance while also helping build and run other areas of our global compliance program. You will design and operate risk-based policies, procedures, and controls, and partner closely with Legal, Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Product to embed compliance into the business.

Beyond these core areas, you may take ownership of, or provide meaningful support across, trade compliance, government contracting, anti-bribery and corruption, competition, and security compliance as the program and your interests evolve. Responsibilities will be divided with the Head of Compliance and other team members based on experience, needs, and interests, but flexibility and adaptability will be critical to success.

This is a senior role reporting to the Head of Compliance, with significant autonomy, high visibility with executive leadership, and real opportunity to shape the compliance function as Hydra Host scales. Key Responsibilities Data Privacy Program Development Serve as Hydra Host's lead for data privacy compliance, owning the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the privacy program.

Draft and maintain relevant policies, procedures, and risk assessments, and lead periodic reviews to reflect regulatory change and business growth. BSA/AML Program Leadership Serve as Hydra Host's lead for Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, owning the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the AML/BSA program. Build and maintain a risk-based AML program, including customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD), suspicious activity monitoring, and recordkeeping and reporting obligations.

Draft and maintain AML/BSA policies, procedures, and risk assessments, and lead periodic reviews to reflect regulatory change and business growth. Partner with Finance, Product, and Engineering to ensure AML controls are embedded in payment flows, customer onboarding, and platform features. Monitoring, Investigations & Reporting Oversee transaction monitoring and screening processes, escalation workflows, and suspicious activity report (SAR) filings, where applicable, in coordination with outside counsel.

Lead AML-related investigations and manage relationships with regulators, auditors, and law enforcement as needed. Ensure timely completion of independent AML testing and audits, and manage remediation of findings. Cross-Functional Compliance Coverage Take ownership of, or provide substantive support across, other compliance areas including privacy, trade compliance (export controls, sanctions, imports, boycott), government contracting, anti-bribery and corruption, competition/antitrust, and security, based on your experience and organizational need.

Advise business partners on compliance risk in new products, markets, and partnerships spanning these areas. Build scalable policies, training, and monitoring programs, adapting your existing subject-matter expertise to new domains as the compliance program matures. Program Building & Governance Contribute to the design of Hydra Host's overall compliance governance structure, risk assessment methodology, and reporting to executive leadership and the Board, as appropriate.

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