
Upstart
Director, Compliance & Control Oversight – Growth
Europe, PortugalRemotePosted 8 days ago$201,200 – $278,500
Full TimeExecutiveRemotePT
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Job Description
About Upstart At Upstart, we’re united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. Every day, we bring creativity, experimentation, and advan
Key Highlights
- Control framework: Build and maintain the business control framework: marketing approval policies, campaign inventory and change control, compliance monitoring, and regulatory change management. Quantify exposure and calibrate controls based on actual risk — not volume or optics.
- Accountability: Own root cause analysis and remediation design for growth-related compliance matters — complaints, risk assessments, marketing claims violations, and disclosure errors — working with the issue management function to drive durable fixes tracked to completion.
- Team leadership: Build and develop a compliance team with depth across consumer protection, marketing, and acquisition channel regulation. Set the standard for analytical rigor, proactive issue identification, and practical guidance that enables the business — not just gatekeeping.
- Consumer lending experience: 7+ years in compliance, legal, or risk management in consumer lending, banking, or fintech
- Marketing compliance: Direct experience in marketing compliance, customer acquisition oversight, or partner/affiliate compliance
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Consumer lending experience: 7+ years in compliance, legal, or risk management in consumer lending, banking, or fintech
- Marketing compliance: Direct experience in marketing compliance, customer acquisition oversight, or partner/affiliate compliance
- Regulatory knowledge: Deep working knowledge of consumer protection regulations applicable to loan marketing and offer generation, including UDAAP, Regulation B, CAN-SPAM, TCPA, and applicable state laws
- Program leadership: Demonstrated experience managing a first-line compliance function in a bank-regulated environment, including operating across first-line, second-line, and Legal structures with clear accountability; credible with regulators, internal audit, and senior leadership
- Analytical rigor: Able to apply UDAAP, Regulation B, and related consumer protection frameworks to novel marketing and channel contexts — quantifying exposure and prioritizing controls based on materiality, not issue volume
- Influence: Confident and credible with Growth and Product leaders, regulators, and second-line partners — including experience supporting OCC, CFPB, or state regulatory examinations on consumer lending compliance; able to hold a position and represent the business directly
- Initiative: Track record of identifying compliance gaps in marketing programs, acquisition channels, or partner relationships before they escalate — proposing solutions and driving execution without waiting for direction
- Ownership: Accountable end-to-end for compliance outcomes — works root causes through to resolution on marketing violations, disclosure issues, and control gaps, not just escalation
- Secured lending: Familiarity with secured consumer lending marketing compliance, including HELOC or home equity lending
- AI fluency: Familiarity with AI/ML-driven credit decisioning — including adverse action accuracy and fair lending implications — and comfort using AI tools to increase the efficiency and quality of compliance work
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
- Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
- Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
- Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
- Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
- Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
- Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
- Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
- Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)
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Job Details
Employment Type
Full Time
Experience Level
Executive
Salary Range
$201,200 – $278,500
Location
Europe, Portugal
Work Mode
Remote
Posted
8 days ago
Country
PT