Regulatory Compliance Manager

Job description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.

Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day.

We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth.

We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business.

The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.



This role can be based in San Francisco or Mountain View.

LinkedIn is seeking a Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager with expertise in legal and regulatory compliance to join our Global Compliance and Integrity team.

This role blends strategic and operational responsibilities, partnering with cross-functional stakeholders—including Legal, Product, Engineering, and Finance—to identify risks and establish governance and compliance processes to manage them in line with the company’s risk appetite.



The ideal candidate will bring a strong understanding of global regulatory frameworks and demonstrate experience translating legal requirements into actionable compliance controls.

You will be a key contributor to strengthening LinkedIn’s compliance posture, helping ensure adherence to laws such as the Digital Services Act (DSA), Digital Markets Act (DMA), GDPR, CCPA, and emerging AI regulations.



Responsibilities

+ Lead dynamic, risk-based governance and assurance assessments, including post-remediation validations, with a focus on legal and regulatory risk.



+ Conduct dynamic, risk assessments and support a dynamic, risk-based assurance plan.



+ Translate regulatory requirements into innovative compliance solutions, processes, and controls that fulfill legal obligations and align with business needs.



+ Drive change management initiatives for compliance programs across the organization.



+ Define, track, and report compliance metrics and KPIs to leadership, utilizing dashboards and regular updates.



+ Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement in risk and compliance.



+ Partner with Legal and cross-functional teams to monitor regulatory developments.

assess impact, and efficiently and effectively address relevant risks.



+ Support management in handling complex issues with internal and external auditors.



+ Participate and/or lead special or ad-hoc projects and initiatives.



+ Manage co-sourced consultants and optimize their engagement according to budget.



+ Demonstrate impeccable ethics and professional conduct.



+ Stay abreast of current events and regulatory changes impacting LinkedIn.

+ Support internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, and enforcement actions

+ Support management in handling complex issues with internal and external auditors.


**Basic Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor’s degree in business, law, management information systems, or related field or equivalent practical experience.



+ 4+ years of experience in risk management, regulatory compliance, or audit.



+ Demonstrated ability to interpret complex legal requirements into effectively risk-balanced compliance solutions and controls.


**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Master’s degree in business, management information systems, Law Degree or related field.



+ CIA, CPA, CISA or equivalent certification.



+ Experience with regulatory requirements impacting the tech industry (DMA, DSA, AI regulation).



+ Effective project management and communication skills, with a proven ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders.



+ Strong analytical skills and experience structuring solutions in complex, ambiguous environments.



+ Experience leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technologies to enhance compliance processes, monitoring, and reporting.



+ Demonstrated experience with compliance automation and GRC platforms (Power BI, Tableau, ServiceNow).



+ Proven ability to champion legal compliance initiatives by partnering cross-functionally to ensure alignment with global standards (GDPR, CCPA, DSA, OSA).



+ Experience working within a technology company operating on a global scale.


**Suggested Skills:**

+ Designing and Testing Controls
+ Regulatory Compliance
+ Internal and External Audit
+ Cross Functional Collaboration
**What We Offer:**

+ Competitive salary and bonus structure
+ Hybrid/flexible work environment
+ Professional development and learning opportunities
+ Inclusive, mission-driven culture
+ Opportunity to shape LinkedIn’s global compliance posture


LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.



The pay range for this role is $105,000 to $141,000.

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.



The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

**Equal Opportunity Statement**

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities.

Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.

Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process.

Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:

+ Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you
+ Having interviews in an accessible location
+ Being accompanied by a service dog
+ Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days.

However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.

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